Lamb shreds with deep fried rice sounds good and enjoy the fact that she said it was one of her best meals while in Xian China in the Muslim district as we really enjoyed looking at all the food there.
FRIDAY FINDS showcases the books you ‘found’ and added to your To Be Read (TBR) list… whether you found them online, or in a bookstore, or in the library — wherever! (they aren’t necessarily books you purchased). An Invisible Thread Imagined London sounds like a treat for any lover of books and London! The Secret Holocaust Diaries
January 31 1979 Las Vegas had one of the worst snowstorms in history smothered the valley Wednesday, closing schools and McCarran International Airport, forcing power lines and causing more than 150 traffic accidents.
As of 10 p.m. 7.2 inches of snow had fallen in the valley and 6 inches were on the ground at McCarran.
Not since Jan. 25, 1949, when nearly five inches of snow fell, had the city been stung by such crippling snowstorm.
The image above shows The Stardust, which has been torn down and the sign now rests in The Neon Museum, a great place to visit in Las Vegas.
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
My sentence, and I only picked one because it jumped out at me is from Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn. "I ached once, hard, like a period typed at the end of a sentence."
Well we started the week off with leftovers from Saturday mainly because they are there. My original plan was to go shopping and get a chicken to roast but since I hadn't decided what we were going to eat the rest of the week there isn't any point in going shopping. I'm also kinda stumped on a new recipe to try. I could call the loaded baked potatoes a new recipe as it isn't something we have ever had as a stand alone dinner... Also pretty indecisive as to what we will visit this week. Sunday - Football and DH nursing a sore throat Lunch - frozen homemade chicken soup and baguette and cheeses Dinner - leftover ham, potatoes and cabbage/carrots. Monday - The Strip after lunch and picking up our show tickets for next week. Lunch - with friends (Jacqui and Shawn) vacationing in Las Vegas at Gordon Ramsay's BurGR.
Dinner - pizza too full from a late lunch Tuesday DH golfing Lunch - tuna sandwich salad with hard boiled egg Dinner - roast chicken, roast potatoes and cauliflower the cauliflower looked awful so we went with broccoli. Wednesday - Valley of Fire it was a little overcast so not great for photos in the desert. Instead we drove to Boulder Dam and then to Boulder City. We hadn't seen the bridge at the Dam as it only opened in 2010 and we have a soft spot for Boulder City.
In 2006 we drove to Boulder City and when we reached it we looked at each other and said "we've been here before!!" We had been there in 2004 when we went to the Dam. We stopped into the Boulder Dam Brewery and had a snack of chicken wings.
Lunch - probably out tuna sandwiches Dinner - Loaded baked potatoes Thursday - Movies DH went golfing as it was a warm but overcast day. Lunch Dinner - chicken pot pie using the leftovers from Tuesday Friday - Old Las Vegas walking tour decided instead to pick up our mail and since we were over that way to visit Terrible's, Planet Hollywood and Hooters' Casinos. Then we parked at New York, New York and wandered on that side of the Strip.
Lunch - leftover chicken pot pie. Dinner - Salmon with homemade mayo-mustard-horseradish sauce we went to the Gold Coast TGIF for steak. Saturday - stay at home, movies and surfing. Lunch - had late big breakfast of sausages, bacon and eggs so we munched on potato chips in the afternoon with coke. Don't judge me!! Dinner - homemade pizza
The suggested theme was storefronts or any other image you felt like sharing.
I had a photo in mind of my Grandfather holding my hand as we walked down a street in Dublin and I thought it had a storefront in it, but I finally found it (I really should put proper names on my scanned photos!!) and there isn't really any storefront just the side of buildings. Don't the men look so dapper with their hats! My Grandfather always wore a hat.
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Anyone who knows me knows I love to take pictures of food when we travel or go out to eat.
This was taken in Greece in the seaside town of Piraeus, the main port for Greece. It is a short bus ride from Athens. We took the Hop On Hop Off bus out there to wander around and have lunch.
This is my octopus which was the most delicious I have ever eaten. I haven't ordered calamari since!
Source Very good friends of ours always make this for parties and had to have the recipe for my box. Apple Caramel Dip1 pkg (8oz) cream cheese 3/4 cup brown sugar 1 container caramel (usually found in the produce section) 1 pkg Skor bits Granny Smith apples, sliced
1. Beat the cream cheese with brown sugar until smooth. Spread thinly onto large serving plate.
2. Heat the caramel slightly (about 15 second in microwave) to make spreadable. Spread on top of cream cheese.
3. Sprinkle the package of Skor bits all over the top. Serve with sliced Granny Smith apples for dipping. I also found similar recipes online using various types of candy bars.
1 large Symphony candy bar with almonds and toffee, crumbled into small pieces
We had a mission to work our way through Gordon Ramsay's restaurants in Las Vegas:Steak, his Pub and Grill and finally BurGR.
We started with his most expensive upscale Steak and ended at his least pretentious casual burger joint.
It has been an amazing culinary experience with nary a bad word about food, service and ambiance. It has certainly raised the bar for any further dining experiences.
After this experience I can see us going back to his venues to work our way through the appetizers and desserts.
BurGR is located immediately inside the Las Vegas Blvd doors of Planet Hollywood. We had some show tickets to pick up so we wandered around the Mile shops and were surprised that there was also a branch of A Cheeseburger in Paradise located there, a restaurant that we always go to when in Honolulu Hawaii.
We were meeting friends that were in Las Vegas for a vacation at noon at BurGR in Planet Hollywood. This is the most casual of his places in Vegas and it doesn't take reservations. We sauntered back around 11:40 and were placed on the waiting list. The hostess took our phone number so she could text us when the table was ready. We took a seat in the bar to await our friends.
We were seated and our server was amazing, she could explain every item on the menu.
Here is a video prepared for their opening in December.
We ordered drinks and some appetizers to start.
First up were jalapeno poppers, which I dislike in most places as they are just generic, frozen, dropped in a deep fryer.
Not these!! There six poppers served in shot glasses which contain homemade cheddar bacon ranch dressing to soften the heat. We were also warned that one of the poppers had the seeds left in it had an extra surprise.
DH must have gotten that one, it was the smallest on the plate but he loves any kind of heat so didn't even blink while the rest of us oohed and ahhed about the heat we were feeling.
These were delicious which is an understatement.
This photo is not a great one.
Since I had raved about the pork belly at the Pub we sampled an order as it only contained two buns and we cut those in half.
I would go back and have several orders by myself!
Then we shared an order of onion rings which we were promised that the onion wouldn't do that slithery thing that usually happens.
Next we ordered our burgers, two Hell's Kitchen with jalapenos and avocados for the guys, one Uber and one Britannia.
Burgers are, of the burgers are intensely flavorful, cooked over an open flame fueled by hard woods. The burgers are made with cuts of short rib, brisket and chuck and basted in Devonshire butter, which adds to the rich taste. Burgers are served on milk-based brioche buns, made fresh daily and topped with sesame seeds. I will have to learn how to make these buns as they did not get wet on the bottom nor did they fall apart.
We, very wisely, decided to only order one fry, truffle parmesan. These fries are hand-cut and thrice cooking will ensure extra crispness. Also they use Kennebec potatoes offering a lighter, less starchy and crisper fry—perfect for the signature curry ketchup and chipotle ketchup.
We had tried the sticky toffee pudding in his other two restaurants so we decided we would order to share. This would be my open disappointment, these are served as push-up pops which is clearly stated on the menu, however I just did't get a taste of the toffee and it also said it was a salted peanut butter but there was no flavour of that either.
But we still enjoyed them!
The rules for this meme are: Please join this weekly meme. Grab a copy of the photo above and link back toAn Accidental Blog. Share with the rest of us your passion for France. Did you read a good book set in France? See a movie? Take a photo in France? Have an adventure? Eat a fabulous meal or even just a pastry? Or if you're in France now, go ahead and lord it over the rest of us. We can take it. Maybe we can all satisfy our yearnings for France, until we get there again.
This week may end up making use of the leftovers in the fridge and freezer. As mentioned in Week 1 Recap
we are spending some time this winter in Las Vegas so have limited access to ordinary kitchen ingredients (unless we completely outfit a kitchen which is not going to happen) so we are having fun improvising.
Here is Week 2 Recap.
Monday- Movies Gangster Squad since it was so cold out. Normally we go on Thursdays but it is supposed to warm up by then.
Lunch - leftovers pea soup and beans with toast
Dinner - last night's stew with added vegetables.
Tuesday - National Atomic Testing Museum
Lunch - the last of the stew
Dinner - Frozen chili from last week's menu with frozen rice also from last week's chicken a la orange as I made too much. Plus garlic bread (store bought 2 for $5)
Dinner - Turkey soup and rice. Made and frozen from Christmas turkey. We were so stuffed from lunch that we had a baguette and cheese (baby brie and jalapeno Havarti) instead.
Thursday - Mob Museum and then Fremont Experience
Lunch - Turkey soup and rice
Dinner -Turkey meatloaf I can use up the cabbage I have left over from Sunday and also will make the breadcrumbs from a stale garlic bread that is languishing in the fridge Chicken fajitas as we had calamari at Femont St in Hennessey's.
Friday - DH golfing
Lunch - leftover fajitas from last night.
Dinner - I'm thinking of chicken fajitasTurkey meatloaf I can useup the cabbageI have left over from Sunday and also will make the breadcrumbs from a stale garlic bread that is languishing in the fridge and some canned peas. The meatloaf was excellent.
Saturday
Lunch - leftover meatloaf from last night.
Dinner - Ham with buttered sauteed cabbage ? peas (as they are in the cupboard)?Then we would definitely have to have with Potatoes au Gratin from My Recipe Box.
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