Archives for August 2009

My brother-in-law returned from Sydney last week and brought home with him three large flash-boiled lobsters. Seeing that they were fresh and ready for the grill, my sister-in-laws decided to have a surf and turf dinner last week. They cut up the striploin they had purchased from Euraco into thick slabs of steaks. The marbling effect of those steaks were fantastic, and those steaks were simply mouth-watering delicious. It was tender and soft, with just the right amount of fat. We only barely seasoned the meat with some freshly ground black pepper and kosher salt and yet they tasted unbelievable.

With the steaks grilling, we turned our attention to the lobsters. They looked juicy and succulent, all ready to be eaten. A lovely orange red with succulent white flesh spilling out of them, they were almost picture perfect. Well, maybe food perfect.

When they emerged from the grill, we were not disappointed. The meat was thick and oozing with natural sweetness. And oh, the lobster roe? It was fragrant and had the most complex flavour. This was the way fresh seafood should be eaten. With little or no seasoning, one could almost taste the ocean.

Home-styled surf and turf. Don’t you wish you were there?

Hubby decided to do us the honours of cooking dinner two days ago. The resolve was to use up some of the food items in the refrigerator. I had a craving for mushroom soup and seeing that we had some sour cream left in the fridge, J proceeded to whip up a delicious Hungarian mushroom soup. The soup is rather thick and creamy, with a tinge of sweetness from the sauteed onions that he had added into the soup. He usually adds a dash of paprika to the soup, but that day, he didn’t.

Seeing that we still had plenty of sausages left, and some Hokkaido frozen scallops, he decided that an aglio olio was in place. Even though, in his rush to serve dinner, he had forgotten to add the salt, the saltiness of the sausage, together with a sprinkling of freshly ground parmesan cheese more than made up for the taste. All in all, it was a very satisfying, home-cooked meal.

J and I had purchased some yummylicious foie gras and proscuitto from Italy and France, and needed to finish them up before they start to go bad. Seeing it as a good opportunity to catch up with friends, and to relax over food and wine, we invited a couple from church over for dinner. The dinner menu was as follows: Pesto salad with roasted mini portobellos, proscuitto with rock melon and arugula, and the main course – pan seared foie gras with butter apples and white corn polenta. Delicious! It was a bit of a rush trying to prepare all the food though, as we were out for a musical matinee that afternoon. But all’s well ends well, with dessert of course, which was some homemade lemon ice-cream.