Runs with knives!
Tonight’s dinner was the monthly Wine Dinner at the Iron Horse Inn. Ted, Tracy (her first wine dinner in some time!), Angel, Mike, Greg, Wendy, and I met at ‘the Horse’ to partake of the following menu: The Iron Horse Restaurant Treats From Our Cellar…
This evening Wendy & I attended a special preview event at MESH RESTAURANT, the new project by local ‘Culinary Visionaries’ Paul & Pam Sturkey. The new space is located in a strip mall (!) in West Chester, just a few minutes from our house, and close…
Tonight was HAPPY MOUTH and it was Holly’s turn to select. Ted, Tracy, Angel, Dave, Robin, Ed, Holly, Jay, guests Rose & Keith, Ron, Wendy, and I met at The Golden Lamb (Ohio’s oldest inn, established in 1803) in Lebanon Ohio. A bunch of the crew went up early to take advantage of the antique stores that are in Lebanon.
At the restaurant, I had an appetizer of country pate with black peppercorns, then an entree of skillet fried chicken, whipped potatoes, and chunky applesauce. Wendy & I split Tina’s Favorite Cake — a warmed slice of pound cake topped with cherries, vanilla ice cream, and whipped cream. Everything was very hearty and good, and we enjoyed being in a private dining room (the Harrison room).
I arrived at Pigall’s at 1:15, and worked prep, doing a variety of tasks like picking Arugula, slicing cucumbers, peeling onions, assembling garnishes, helping prepare the amuse bouche, and a few other things. I couldn’t stay long today because this evening was HAPPY MOUTH, so…
   It’s official. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve worked at Jean-Robert at Pigall’s, but I was there again today, working prep only (arriving at 1:00pm and staying till about 5:30pm). While there, I topped-and-tailed snow peas, sliced shallots, helped with the…
The HAPPY MOUTH SUPPER CLUB met tonight at Teranga in Hartwell. It was Ted’s month to select (well, actually it’s Wendy’s month, but she and Ted swapped for our Memphis trip)Â and he selected this Sengalese restaurant for it’s interesting cuisine.
We were the only dine-in customers in the restaurant and noticed that there was a very steady stream of carry-out traffic, and most of those customers were leaving with giant trays of food.
Ted, Tracy, Ed, Holly, Wendy B, Jay, Doug, Dave, Robin, Wendy, and Drew arrived to the modest restaurant, got comfortable, and the meal began. We started with Ginger, a powerfully-flavored ginger beverage that is brewed in-house. It was tasty, but too strong for my taste. We also tried another beverage that was very sweet — like Hawaiian Punch but with more depth.
We ordered food — everything from beef to chicken to whole fried fish — and everything (every darned thing) was delicious. Wendy & Drew had the whole fried fish (tilliapa) and it was wonderful. Drew’s sides were couscous, a warm onion slaw, half a hard-boiled egg, and a cool, pickled onion salad.
Most everyone was unable to finish despite the tasty-ness of their meals because the portions are GIGANTIC. Even Doug, who is a big eater, left some of his beef on the plate!
We had another nice surprise as we paid — everything was very inexpensive. Wendy & I got out for $20 before the tip!
After dinner, some of us headed over to J. Alexander’s for desserts of chocolate cake and carrot cake before heading home.
Dinner? What’s that? No dinner tonight, as I went from work at UC down to work at Jean-Robert at Pigall’s preparing a special dinner for a bunch of wine people. I nibbled a bit here and there, but no real dinner was consumed.