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Cookin again
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Zardnaar
Legend
"Supporting to local economy" went back to a restaurant chain. Last time they were good but not amazing. Pub food steak, pizza, salad burgers type stuff.
Sweet chilli, cheese and sour cream flatbread. Kinda amazing 9/10 for a starter. Really nice.
Mains.
Just a burger with bacon. One if the nicest burgers I've had recently. 9/10. Chips had some sort of seasoning which rocked ketchup and aioli as dipping sauce.
Finally desert.
Sticky date pudding. Served hot kind of like a cake with dates in it and toffee sauce. And icecream and sprinkling of icing sugar. 8/10 was very nice but sticky date is more my wife's thing.
Sweet chilli, cheese and sour cream flatbread. Kinda amazing 9/10 for a starter. Really nice.
Mains.
Just a burger with bacon. One if the nicest burgers I've had recently. 9/10. Chips had some sort of seasoning which rocked ketchup and aioli as dipping sauce.
Finally desert.
Sticky date pudding. Served hot kind of like a cake with dates in it and toffee sauce. And icecream and sprinkling of icing sugar. 8/10 was very nice but sticky date is more my wife's thing.
We just found a new burger joint. We’ve eaten there twice, and I had the same thing each time.
My usual go to is a mushroom-onion Swiss. I’m also a big fan of bacon cheeseburgers with sautéed onions and avocado or guacamole. And there have been others that, while epic, are no longer available where I am, like wild boar burgers or a guihess marinated burger from an Irish pub that disappeared like Brigadoon the day after St. Patrick’s day one year.
A rarity- a blue cheese bacon burger. I love them, but they’re damned hard to do right. Well, this new place NAILED it! I was so impressed by theirs, I had to check their work the second time back. Not only that, their onion rings were perfect. Lightly breaded, crispy, flavorful, and served with your choice of their spicy secret sauce or a homemade buttermilk ranch... I wrecked my stomach eating a large order the first time- a size really intended for sharing, not for solo dining. A mistake...but a thoroughly enjoyable one.
(Until the onions started to make me gassy...)
My usual go to is a mushroom-onion Swiss. I’m also a big fan of bacon cheeseburgers with sautéed onions and avocado or guacamole. And there have been others that, while epic, are no longer available where I am, like wild boar burgers or a guihess marinated burger from an Irish pub that disappeared like Brigadoon the day after St. Patrick’s day one year.
A rarity- a blue cheese bacon burger. I love them, but they’re damned hard to do right. Well, this new place NAILED it! I was so impressed by theirs, I had to check their work the second time back. Not only that, their onion rings were perfect. Lightly breaded, crispy, flavorful, and served with your choice of their spicy secret sauce or a homemade buttermilk ranch... I wrecked my stomach eating a large order the first time- a size really intended for sharing, not for solo dining. A mistake...but a thoroughly enjoyable one.
(Until the onions started to make me gassy...)
Zardnaar
Legend
Just made me hungry again. Trying to lower salt intake so fries and burgers off the menu.
My go to is usually cheese and bacon burger with onion rings, aioli and bbq sauce. Or egg, bacon pineapple copious onions.
To much salt though so no bacon. Had awesome burger earlier in week but paid the price next day or to.
Local fish and chip shop does a beautiful bsteak and egg burger (beef pattie, schnitzel, egg, cheese, salad).
Very really eat McDonald's but had a quarter pounder with mayo that was great.
More premium options brie, blue, camembert cheese. I got a bit more inventive when wife was away on holiday.
Mushroom or peppercornn sauce also works. Onion rings can really backfire.
My go to is usually cheese and bacon burger with onion rings, aioli and bbq sauce. Or egg, bacon pineapple copious onions.
To much salt though so no bacon. Had awesome burger earlier in week but paid the price next day or to.
Local fish and chip shop does a beautiful bsteak and egg burger (beef pattie, schnitzel, egg, cheese, salad).
Very really eat McDonald's but had a quarter pounder with mayo that was great.
More premium options brie, blue, camembert cheese. I got a bit more inventive when wife was away on holiday.
Mushroom or peppercornn sauce also works. Onion rings can really backfire.
I’ve been on an ultra-low sodium diet for more than a decade now. I don’t always follow it religiously, but I can definitely tell w I’ve been a “bad boy.”
In that time, I’ve learned that using other ingredients like vinegar, lemon juice, citric acid, dry wines or beers can minimize the craving for salt in SOME recipes. Other times, using a broader & deeper array of seasoning does the trick.
Of course, sometimes only salt will do, either for flavor reasons or chemical reaction ones.
Even so, I’ve found a trick or two that helps. I learned a while back that finely chopping a seasoning (or ingredient) lets its flavor disperse more evenl throughout a dish- one of the reasons why finely ground spices are so common in western cuisines. And the flip side is that coarser ingredients pack their flavor into more discrete packagee.
So these days, if I MUST cook with salt, I generally use finely ground salt as is traditional. But all of the salt on my table is coarse flakes or comes from a grinder.
In that time, I’ve learned that using other ingredients like vinegar, lemon juice, citric acid, dry wines or beers can minimize the craving for salt in SOME recipes. Other times, using a broader & deeper array of seasoning does the trick.
Of course, sometimes only salt will do, either for flavor reasons or chemical reaction ones.
Even so, I’ve found a trick or two that helps. I learned a while back that finely chopping a seasoning (or ingredient) lets its flavor disperse more evenl throughout a dish- one of the reasons why finely ground spices are so common in western cuisines. And the flip side is that coarser ingredients pack their flavor into more discrete packagee.
So these days, if I MUST cook with salt, I generally use finely ground salt as is traditional. But all of the salt on my table is coarse flakes or comes from a grinder.
Zardnaar
Legend
I avoid most of the worst fast food (pizza, McDonalds etc).
Substituted heat last year, got lazy around Christmas oops.
Bit heavy handed in chilli sauce I treat it like mustard and can eat very hot vindaloo. Father in law got me with carolina reaper.
Indian chilli and cheese naan bread also got me. Hiccups after the first bite.
Vegetarian until dinner time. More oats, fruit, yoghurt and cereal.
Substituted heat last year, got lazy around Christmas oops.
Bit heavy handed in chilli sauce I treat it like mustard and can eat very hot vindaloo. Father in law got me with carolina reaper.
Indian chilli and cheese naan bread also got me. Hiccups after the first bite.
Vegetarian until dinner time. More oats, fruit, yoghurt and cereal.
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Zardnaar
Legend
D&D night off to the usual Turkish kebab place for some fine dining. Noisier night more people in town students are back (doh).
Meat with chips!!! That's what it's called in the menu. Basically a big pile of fries with the chicken shish on top with BBQ and Chilli sauce.
Nutritional value probably not much. On of my old haunts from the 90's still pretty damn good, new owner. Decor hasn't really changed and it was a bit rough in 1999.
Meat with chips!!! That's what it's called in the menu. Basically a big pile of fries with the chicken shish on top with BBQ and Chilli sauce.
Nutritional value probably not much. On of my old haunts from the 90's still pretty damn good, new owner. Decor hasn't really changed and it was a bit rough in 1999.
Would eat, especially on game night!
