Ok so it’s weekend. You come home exhausted from work to find your other half has (in his words) “started supper so that you can just relax”. Fantastic! What this actually translates into is that he has started a fire, opened himself a beer and put a wine glass out on the counter for you. Read the rest of this entry »
Ross’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Baked Trout
November 26, 2009 by Paul Davey
Utterly delicious trout cooked by Ross
Whilst most people have children that become doctors, lawyers, graphic designers and civil engineers, I bred a rock musician. This is his band. I can understand the disappointment those other parents might feel when they look at their son or daughter wasting their lives in some fancy surgery, getting rich treating people for their ailments. Bad parenting carries a heavy price. Read the rest of this entry »
Sandy’s Noodles with an Eastern Twist
November 25, 2009 by simmelmanThis is more a method than a recipe … but what a bloody fine method it turned out to be! One of those dishes you can whip up in a flash and dazzle your guests with your multi-cultural cooking talents. Read the rest of this entry »
Deep freeze the bogroll Mavis, we’re having a Dorset Naga!
November 25, 2009 by Paul Davey
Some chillis, yesterday.
Chillies. Chilis. Chiles. The ultimate show-off ingredient. How often have you been out for a Ruby when one of the group you are with looks at the menu, sees Vindaloo and complains slightly loudly that they’d like something a lot hotter? It hasn’t happened to you? Well I have experienced this form of dick-swinging–and have then watched the dick-swinger being humbled–and I mean properly humbled by something so hot that it is akin to battery acid, only not as light, delicate and refreshing. Tosser. Read the rest of this entry »
Paul’s Mediterranean-Middle-Eastern-Lamb Dish
November 24, 2009 by Paul Davey
This was seriously good. As usual, I shot the pic in a mad, screaming rush because I wanted to get stuck in to it!
Today, I have some lamb neck fillet. What to do? What to do?
I’m thinking Mediterranean with perhaps a Middle Eastern or an Arabic twist. Well, that would indicate the possible use of couscous, but certain people in my household don’t dig it. So, with couscous ruled out, I’m going to opt for potatoes instead. We are at one with potatoes. They are our friends. Read the rest of this entry »
A Bargain Basement Bellyfull
November 23, 2009 by Paul Davey
Serve this with a nice, fresh salad. Health, health, health, sweetie!
Having had a splendid weekend of guzzling expensive food with a pair of deeply delicious steaks on Saturday and a Topside Roast on Sunday, it is now time to realise that I am poor. With this in mind, I have been looking at several Samsung-branded cardboard boxes as I’m told that these make excellent beds when sleeping in the streets. Apparently the fridge boxes are the pick of the bunch. Read the rest of this entry »
Sandy’s Particular Pesto
November 23, 2009 by simmelmanBeing my very first attempt – I hope that this is where I’m meant to be, and how I’m meant to be doing it!
Herewith dead-easy, throw-it-together pesto that is so delicious you’ll have no trouble hogging it all for yourself. No need for amounts – just throw in what you think, taste it and adjust where necessary. Read the rest of this entry »
Notting Hill Carnivore
November 23, 2009 by Paul Davey
Anna's fillet steak with red wine, onion and mushroom sauce, lambs lettuce salad and miniature weapons grade roast potatoes
The title of this post will be the name of my restaurant in Notting Hill. Good hey?
I wish!
On Saturday, as previously mentioned, Anna and I wanted to celebrate five years of her patiently and kindly tolerating my erratic behaviour and kitchen experiments. To properly do this, I bought some very, very good steak. Fillet for her and a thumping great ribeye for me. Read the rest of this entry »
Meet Your Local Meat Man
November 22, 2009 by Paul Davey
Fillet for Anna, Ribeye for me. Two exceptional steaks.
Because this weekend was as close as we could get to coincide with the anniversary of my lovely, beloved Anna and I meeting, (Five years. Yes, she is a saint and very brave, yadda, yadda, yadda) we decided to have a slap up meal for two. Which meant we were going to have steak. And not just any steak. I wanted to get her the finest steak I could find; true loves deserve true loveliness. Read the rest of this entry »
No Idea About Authentic Italian Cooking? Here’s an Ida
November 20, 2009 by Paul DaveyIf you live anywhere near Queens Park in London, you might want to indulge yourself in a masterclass of Italian cooking. I received in my inbox today, an email from this well reputed, locally favoured family-run Italian restaurant. If I wasn’t tied up with tightening the brakes on the cat, and counting all my eggs in one basket before they hatch, I’d attend. (Also, if I could spare the pretty reasonable cost, but I have to watch the pennies at the moment etc. etc)
