What are you eating and drinking tonight?
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
Monkfish tails barbecued with lemon and thyme marinade. Served with salads, pasta, blah blah blah.
Never had Monkfish before. 'Twas nice.
Never had Monkfish before. 'Twas nice.
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
Cheese omlette... Yum.
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Monkfish paella is sublime... There's something special about the combination of rice and fish...Gary the Enfield wrote:Monkfish tails barbecued with lemon and thyme marinade. Served with salads, pasta, blah blah blah.
Never had Monkfish before. 'Twas nice.
The Moro recipe I use is fab and infallible when followed to the letter.

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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
William the White wrote:Monkfish paella is sublime... There's something special about the combination of rice and fish...Gary the Enfield wrote:Monkfish tails barbecued with lemon and thyme marinade. Served with salads, pasta, blah blah blah.
Never had Monkfish before. 'Twas nice.
The Moro recipe I use is fab and infallible when followed to the letter.
And presumably you would be willing to dispense it to the uninitiated?
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
Honestly? It's amongst my favourite fish - and as far as eating summat's flesh goes, in the main I exist on fish and chicken. Monkfish stands up to being consumed with a good red wine too. (OK, I know I'd even drink red wine with GG's cheesy omelette, but you know what I meanGary the Enfield wrote:
Never had Monkfish before. 'Twas nice.

Should any of you find yourselves in Shrewsbury and in need of a good Indian nosebag, then I implore you to check out Cafe Saffron. Not quite as good as Spice Valley was when it first opened, but at least as good as it is now, and it's still fecking good.
For main I had ( I've copied this bit from their menu, obviously)
Tawa Labra ... £10.95
Marinated grilled chicken, cooked with fresh ginger, garlic and fresh green herbs. Served on a hot Tawa to give that Labra taste.
Split a pilau rice and probably the best garlic naan I've ever eaten with another member of the group. We all got stuck into the popps (and arl ov dat shit), each had a starter too, along with main and a couple of Cobras; £23 each.

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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
Jamies Italian again up Angel. Turkey Milanese with rocket salad and posh chips. Champion
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
Tonight, post theatre visit (play finished about 7.30) went for a second visit to Evuna Tapas and Wine Merchants on Deansgate, Mancland...
Excellent food, so tasty.
To stray towards heresy on here - better than El Rincon... We had three tapas each. Couldn't finish. Fish, seafood, tortilla, chicken... All brilliant...
Excellent food, so tasty.
To stray towards heresy on here - better than El Rincon... We had three tapas each. Couldn't finish. Fish, seafood, tortilla, chicken... All brilliant...
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
Not tonight but just now.
2 eggs, 3 rashers of bacon, 2 sausages, mushrooms and fried tomatoes.
4 slices of bread and butter and cup of tea.
Marvellous.
I hasten to add that I did one hour weights in the gym and ran a 5k
before this.
5 mile walk this afternoon and couple of pints.
2 eggs, 3 rashers of bacon, 2 sausages, mushrooms and fried tomatoes.
4 slices of bread and butter and cup of tea.
Marvellous.
I hasten to add that I did one hour weights in the gym and ran a 5k

5 mile walk this afternoon and couple of pints.
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
I'll be there on Thursday. I know exactly where this place is & will give it a go. Rather less salubrious a town, but for high class Indian scran in that general area the Anise, in Wrexham, is worth a go too.Bruce Rioja wrote:Should any of you find yourselves in Shrewsbury and in need of a good Indian nosebag, then I implore you to check out Cafe Saffron. Not quite as good as Spice Valley was when it first opened, but at least as good as it is now, and it's still fecking good.Gary the Enfield wrote:
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Oh & GtE ... never had Monkfish ? Amazed. No fish quite like it. Expensive though.
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If you get the fishmonger to prep it for you, ALWAYS make sure they've removed that membrane that surrounds Monkfish. Cook it in that and you've ruined a feckin expensive fillet. From experience.
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
just had a simple cheese omlet - 2 fresh free-range eggs, some red leicester, dash of soy sauce, salt and pepper, fried in butter...
wow! dunno why I haven't bothered doing this before!! yum to the power of nirvana!
wow! dunno why I haven't bothered doing this before!! yum to the power of nirvana!

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Yup cheese omlettes are gooood.... See my post above. especially with fresh free range eggs from your own garden. Dunno about the sauce and pepper additions though.thebish wrote:just had a simple cheese omlet - 2 fresh free-range eggs, some red leicester, dash of soy sauce, salt and pepper, fried in butter...
wow! dunno why I haven't bothered doing this before!! yum to the power of nirvana!
Twins had scrambled egg for brekkie this morning, i have tons at the moment, they are laying really well.
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The honesty box only had free range duck eggs left in last week, so I bought a half a dozen. Wowzers!!!!thebish wrote:just had a simple cheese omlet - 2 fresh free-range eggs, some red leicester, dash of soy sauce, salt and pepper, fried in butter...
wow! dunno why I haven't bothered doing this before!! yum to the power of nirvana!

Absolutely delicious.
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
Sardines from the fish market tonight... they look good... though, in truth, they nearly always disappoint after the Portuguese experience (I had sardines at least five times in my 12 days in Portugal!).
Going to cook on a hot griddle, have with some tiny new potatoes, asparagus and mangetouts... Simple... And, I hope, delicious...
Have some gorgonzola, going to have a little nibble with some oloroso. Seem to be going through a sherry phase at the moment - have some fino and manzanilla in stock also.
Going to cook on a hot griddle, have with some tiny new potatoes, asparagus and mangetouts... Simple... And, I hope, delicious...
Have some gorgonzola, going to have a little nibble with some oloroso. Seem to be going through a sherry phase at the moment - have some fino and manzanilla in stock also.
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
Have you been to Portugal? Did you eat the fish there? You've not mentioned it before...... 

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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
would have been funnier without the smiley you shithouse 

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Mate, I know.. But I couldn't be arsed with a load of people getting on my back..General Mannerheim wrote:would have been funnier without the smiley you shithouse
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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
I really can't decide what I want to eat but I'm thinking a Thai take away, maybe a little chicken with curry paste, green beans and sweet basil with a bowl of phad thai 

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Re: What are you eating and drinking tonight?
Ham salad and a pint of milk. That's not really normal for a Friday evening, is it?! Least, it's not in my house anyway. 

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