Foodish

 

Joel hasn't been on the blast for a while but he mentioned at breakfast that I am slacking on food.

Well, sorry Joel, I just haven't been cooking that much. Cooked the thanksgiving turkey, with somewhat mixed results...

BigDave sent this ai picture rendition of me yesterday.

I did make scones the other night, first time in a while. Maybe one of the best batches ever...

My scones are not like other people's scones.

I fill them with great stuff, there is a lot going on.

These are made with organic blueberry, cranberry, ginger, walnut and hazelnut. 

Later I topped them off with a maple, butter, confectioner sugar glaze.

I left the nuts and the ginger chunky.

For some reason, these tasted terrific. Just nailed it. Even though I lost my little plastic pastry cutter that I use to mix and the flour didn't mix in as well as I had hoped. Each bite an explosion of taste. Blueberries were at just the right point on the sweet/tart scale. 

I am going to have to make another batch pronto.

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Last night I cooked a big Fred's steak from Schaubs in Palo Alto. It too was wonderful, a gift from our friend Melissa. If you have never had a Fred's steak you need to put one on your bucket list.

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What else to report?  Peter and I went out to my favorite sushi bar, Sushi Camp in Temecula and had a wonderful meal.

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The Italian restaurant at the old Village Inn, Scampis location is now serving Indian. People are asking my wife to check it out, she is an expert on the cuisine, I am ambivalent.

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Took Kevin to Bronx Pizza before the basketball game. Best in San Diego since 1997. The spinach ricotta slice is to die for.

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I went to Fallbrook's Pho place the other day but couldn't get water or service for what seemed an eternity and left. The place is really good now but understaffed.

I walked over to Yumi and saw unfamiliar faces and a new menu with more Chinese. Food was honestly not very good.

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Carnitas burritos at Robertito's are over twelve bucks now. Really?

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Duck fried rice is always good at Thai Thai.

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Walked out of Mariscos after waiting ten minutes for a menu and water. On to Rosas, always great!

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Kent and I met Roxanne and Mick at the Chicken Pot Pie shop before the USD game. Place is good but I advise sticking to the pot pie.

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I received some bad attitude from staff a month ago and we stopped going to the Hearth.  New owners and bad vibes. They kept raising the prices on really bad coffee. Best coffee in town is the drive through Java Time. Baking it up, across from my store is really good too and over a dollar a cup cheaper than the Hearth.

My pals and I are going to Fallbrook Donuts instead. A bit cramped but a great donut and decent coffee and no attitude.

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Saw Curtis Price's jazz group at Village Roots on Sunday.  Great band, amazing drummer. I was stood up and went solo. I had a beer, first time in a year or two. A rich porter, it was delicious. The pizza is really good too.

There you have it.