The local Ruby Tuesday is promoting its local eats menu. Free dessert for two local eats entrée ordered. So of course, The Cat and The Mouse had to try. 🙂
Roast Pork
Slow roasted pork, rice, and steamed broccoli. The Cat thought the pork was a tiny bit on the dry side. The Mouse thought the pork was okay, just not Chinese roasted pork belly with crispy skin.
Hamburger Steak
“Fully loaded” with two hamburger patties, onion and mushroom gravy, dirty rice, and steamed broccoli. The Mouse was happy and full.
The Chinese restaurant that used to be downtown moved to the outskirts of the city. The owners said the downtown location was too big. The Cat and The Mouse coming back from an errand, both getting hungry. Too late for dim sum.
Salt and Pepper Porkchop
Moist and tender.
Chinese Broccoli
Cooked well, tender but still crisp.
Singapore Style Rice Noodle
Mild curry flavor. One of the better versions The Mouse has eaten recently.
Appears that there will be more errands in this area, repeat visits to this eatery might be in the foreseeable future. 🙂
The Mouse stopped by a different grocery store on the way back from getting his vaccination. Picked up a package of pork tongue (usually not found at the grocery stores he frequents).
The Mouse picked the smallest package, to experiment, went on the internet for tips (no pun intended). Hee hee.
Cut slits into the skin, boiled/simmered between 3 to 4 hours, removed from water, peeled skin (cooled but still warm), new water, apple cider vinegar, sea salt, star anise, ginger, whiskey, carrot, lots of tree ear fungus, simmered for another hour or so.
Braised pork tongue. The Cat liked. The Mouse thought about adding a small amount of miso but was afraid the taste would be too strong.
Dinner at The Cat and The Mouse’s favorite place, friend’s birthday.
First:
Abalone Soup
Split pea. Inventive chef.
Second:
Iced Seafood
Lobster, sashimi, poke, etc. oh my! Nom!
Third:
Salad
The Cat and guest had Caesar, Chef changed up The Mouse’s dressing to a red wine blend because of The Mouse’s dairy issue. The Mouse did get anchovies. 🙂
Fourth:
Portabello Mushroom Crusted Salmon
Balsamic vinegar glaze, tomato coulis, fiddle head fern, oven roasted tomato. The salmon soft like buttah. Mmm.
Intermezzo:
Meyer’s Lemon Sorbet
Fifth:
Snake River Farm Kurobuta Pork
Truffle madeira sauce, haricot vert beans, mushrooms. One of the best pork dishes outside of pork belly The Mouse experienced. Mmm!
Sixth:
Fresh Strawberry Jello with Fresh Mint and Gelato
The chef explained to us his fruit extraction machine that steams the fruit and extracts pure juice. He hauled it from Germany a long time ago. The Mouse wonder if the machine could work on mango. Hee hee.
Chef usually makes epic chef’s choice meals but this one was Tolkien epic. Thank Chef H!
