The Empress

Roasted Vegetables
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I ate lunch at The Empress today. The menu is interesting with breakfast and lunch options available till 5pm. I ordered the vichyssoise soup and the Roasted Vegetable Plate.
The vichyssoise was had great flavor and was nicely cold on a hot day.



The Roasted Vegetables where outstanding. I think this is the best bunch of vegetables I have ever eaten, seriously. I have had great menestras de verduras in spain but those have ham in them, this was straight up tasty veg.



The hummus was garlicky, and paired well with the well seasoned vegetables. I had a great lunch, attentive service in a nice place.

OK Another Paella

paella
Originally uploaded by EatingVideo

I've posted these a couple of times, but they are easy and tasty, should be made by all, depending on the ingredients you have.

Started with chorizo



peeled shrimp, shells saved



bag of clams



roasted and peeled red pepper



Started out by sauteeing the shrimp shells in olive oil.



removed the shells and sauteed the chorizo



then added the peeled shrimp



sauteed for a bit and removed it all. Sauteed garlic with the bomba rice and added pimenton and sauteed for a couple of seconds more.



before adding the chicken stock (3 to 1 liquid to rice)



brought it to a boil and addd the peppers



I then added the clams



I added the shrimp and chorizo back when the rice began to show



Terrific dish, quite a few steps but done in under 30 minutes with all ingredients prepped.

padron pepper pizza

piquillo pepper pizza
Originally uploaded by EatingVideo

Pizza crust, pizza sauce, wilted spinach and whole blistered padron peppers. Tasty!

Geoduck harvests by Manny Howard

Stuntfoodways founder Manny Howard writes about American Indian tribes in the Pacific Northwest dominating a rich trade in giant clams.

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Karen's City Diner - Great food

Fried salted herring
Originally uploaded by EatingVideo

Grabbed some breakfast at Karen's City Diner on Broad Street after dropping my daughter off at camp. I have driven by this place multiple times and thought about trying it but I'm glad I finally did. The staff was incredibly friendly. They clearly remembered the frequent customers and what they usually ordered. I checked out the breakfast menu and the fried herring stood out to me. I went with grits and a short stack as sides but there are obviously other choices. The fish was perfectly fried, crispy and flavorfull, the eggs also perfect sunny side up. Grits great, pancakes great (would consider coming back just for some pancakes.)



I really enjoyed this meal and will be back... maybe work my way into the regular circle.

latke and lamb

latke brown
Originally uploaded by EatingVideo

I cooked a quick version of latke and paired it with some grilled lamb. The latke I made with grated onion (1), potato (3), one tablespoon salt, one tablespoon granulated garlic, one (1) teaspoon lime 3 tablespoons of dry oregano. I grabbed a small bit of the potato mix and dropped it in an inch of hot vegetable oil.



I turned it multiple times, knowing where the hot spots on the pan where. till it looked like this



The lamb I cooked on indirect heat on the grill till it was nice and medium rare...





Really great home cooking not too hard although a bit time consuming, lamb and fried shredded potato

Kentico Cuban Bar & Grill

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The boy and I were left alone for another weekend so we decided to eat out. Initially we shot for Comfort, but the drive by showed a line of people so we drove around the block and ended up at Kentico.



I ordered one of the specialty mojitos which was very good



The boy went with the cuban sandwich



I ordered the roast pork with yuca in mojo sauce



with a side of black beans



The boy thought the sandwich was very good. My pork was good, I prefer it when it is not shredded for me, but it was very tasty. The yuca was excellent, garlicky and well seasoned as were the beans.
I ordered the guava and cheese dessert



The candied guava was very good, but the pairing with cream cheese although complimentary on the salt and sweet front is not as good as using a harder cheese such as queso fresco.
The boy had the tres leches cake



Which he thought was also very good. I ended with an espresso.



A nice meal good friendly service.