Some Good Meals

[Evil Penevil 7,609]

This isn't the breakast I had this morning, but I wish it had been. Ham and eggs with pancakes and maple syrup on the side. I had that meal at a classic diner in Edison, NJ, in 2012, but I didn't rediscover the SD with them until a few days ago.



A thick slice of Virginia ham is hiding under the eggs.



A delicious chicken wrap for brunch the day before:





The diner:







Evil

Edited February 22, 2016 by Evil Penevil

[Fatboyfat 361]

That looks like an "High" Tea to me! You need some baked beans on the plate to turn it into a breakfast!

[Evil Penevil 7,609]

That looks like an "High" Tea to me! You need some baked beans on the plate to turn it into a breakfast!

 

Pancakes and maple syrup are extremely filling; no need for beans. That's why lumberjacks used to eat them for breakfast. In the days before motorsaws , a lumberjack could burn off 10,000 calories a day. Nowadays, a sedentary person only needs 2,000 calories a day and maybe 500 more for a moderately active person.

Edited February 23, 2016 by Evil Penevil

[Evil Penevil 7,609]

A quick meal while waiting for a repair to be done at Tukcom. Chicken teriyaki bowl, surprisingly tasty at 155 baht. S & P Cafe next to Starbucks on Tukcom's entry level.

[VPI78 10,458]

Lobster night at Cactus in Bkk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Evil Penevil 7,609]

That looks like one hell of a feast! Lucky you!

 

Evil

[VPI78 10,458]

That looks like one hell of a feast! Lucky you!

 

Evil

 

It was good and John does the Lobster fest monthly but it is often too much food. Last time we took a whole Lobster back north with us and the wife turned it into several meals including her signature "Lobster-fried rice." 555

 

 

If you'll indulge me a bit more, I don't mean to TF this thread, but I wandered over to the Soi 15 Hooters for Buddha day yesterday afternoon and tried the chicken wrap which when paid for with the easily obtained 20% discount card comes in at a more reasonable 330 Baht and found it to be good.

 

 

 

 

A few more shots of the place, gratuitous line dancing included; then for me it was over to P{P{ for the evening and a pizza at Madrid which was serving as usual factored by beer being served in paper cups. As a courtesy to them no shots of the inside from last night.

 

[jacko 8,578]

 

Pancakes and maple syrup are extremely filling; no need for beans. That's why lumberjacks used to eat them for breakfast. In the days before motorsaws , a lumaberjack could burn off 10,000 calories a day. Nowadays, a sedentary person only needs 2,000 calories a day and maybe 500 more for a moderately active person.

Before they put on women's clothing,

And hang around in bars.

Edited February 22, 2016 by jacko

[Evil Penevil 7,609]

 

This was a good meal (smoked salmon on a bagel) at a rather interesting restaurant: Vanguard Kitchen, located in Terminal C at Newark Liberty Airport in Newark, NJ. Newark Liberty is one of the three big airports that serves the New York metro area and a hub for United Airlines. The pics of the restaurant I lifted off the Net.

 

 

 

The restaurant is associated with UA, as you can pay for meals using frequent flyer miles. Each table has a tablet (IPad) from which you both order and pay.

 

 

You can also surf the Net while you eat. I didn't try any porno sites- I'd imagine they are blocked- but I had no problem logging into Pattaya Talk.

 

 

The food itself was good but expensive. The smoked salmon and bagel, which came with capers, raw onion and tomato as well as salad and a generous dollop of cream cheese, was fresh and fine. You can opt out of any of the toppings when you order on the IPad. The meal cost a total of USD 20.00 (700 baht), including an 18% service charge and a bottomless glass of soda water. I paid with 6,000 FF miles.

 

It's a bit strange the service charge is so high because the waitress does little more than carry out your food, although I did see them helping some less computer-oriented customers to order.

 

Anyway, it's not a bad place to kill some time while waiting for a flight.

 

Evil

Edited June 10, 2016 by Evil Penevil

[Butch 3,456]

 

Before they put on women's clothing,

And hang around in bars.

 

 

I wish I was a girlie, just like my dear PaPa!

 

 

Interesting Evil as myself and the family are flying out of there in a few months!. If we get time I might pop in.

[Evil Penevil 7,609]

A had a very good meal in Xinn Tien Di, a Cantonese restaurant on the third floor of Gaysorn Plaza in Bangkok. The restaurant is noted for its Peking Duck and that's what we had.

 

 

The exterior and interior shots have been lifted from the Internet as I had the wrong set of lenses with me for such pictures.

 

 

 

The star of Peking Duck is the crispy skin, not the duck meat. The skin is sliced from the duck and eaten with spring onions, cucumbers and a special sauce, all wrapped in a very thin pancake (actually a crepe). The duck carcass is then taken away and the meat is prepared as a separate dish, most often as duck soup to end the meal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We also ordered fried goat ribs as a second course. I've never associated goat with either Chinese or Thai cuisine and it was in fact the first time I'd seen it on a menu in Thailand. The ribs were very meaty and flavorful, better than pork ribs, I thought.

 

 

 

As side dishes, we chose baked morning glory with garlic and ...

 

 

four kinds of Chinese vegetables.

 

 

I forgot to photograph the duck meat dish. We ordered it stir-fried with garlic and soy sauce. It was OK but nothing special. As said, it's the duck skin that is the highlight of Peking duck.

 

The duck cost 680 baht (two dishes) and with the other three dishes, the total cost was 1,500 baht for three people. A bottle of SML went for 150 baht.

 

It was an excellent meal and I wish we had a restaurant like Xinn Tien Di in Pattaya.

 

Evil

[Evil Penevil 7,609]

A simple but good meal- Panang beef curry and rice for 135 baht at a small restaurant on Soi Bukhao. Really good balance of flavors in the sauce with just the right touch od heat. The beef was tasty and not tough!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evil

Edited August 18, 2016 by Evil Penevil

[Evil Penevil 7,609]

The "Blue Elk" burger at Bareburgers on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Elk medium rare, duck bacon, Amish blue cheese, tomato fig jam and stout onions. Delicious! The complimentary bottle of water in the 93 F heat (34 C) was very welcome.

Cost of the burger was $15 and $2.75 for the white peach ice tea. With tax, the meal was $19.47 and I left a $3.53 tip, so $23.00 all in. I didn't want chips or any other side.

It's interesting that the Blue Elk burger was cheaper than a Hooters' burger. I have a feeling the rent Bareburgers pays a few blocks from the UN is higher than Beach Road.

Evil

[js007 795]

NYC prices can be out of sight. I can remember paying the better part of $10 for a burger 40 years ago in SOHO. I'm not sure what that would equate to today, but I guess it would be a lot.

[Evil Penevil 7,609]

 

Lunch at the Coach House Diner in northern New Jersey across the Hudson from Manhattan. Today, it's a full service restaurant famous for its large portions. It also has one of the best salad bars I've experienced.

 

 

 

 

I had one of the day's specials, all-beef knockwurst with homemade sauerkraut and boiled potato. The salad-bar starter and the main course came with five (!) pieces of bread baked on the premises.

 

 

 

The special cost $10.00 and the bottomless glass of Coke Zero was $2.25. It was enough food for two meals.

 

Evil

[Evil Penevil 7,609]

Back in the U.S. for my pre-Christmas visit. My motel room had a microwave and fridge, so I decided to see what sort of Christmas dinner I could put together with ingredients that were pre-cooked or could be cooked in a microwave. Total cost for the plate below was $6.00 (210 baht) for turkey breast, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and stuffing. The veggies were left over from a microwave dinner. I bought everything at a supermarket.

This was a microwave turkey dinner for $2.00 (70 baht):

And the Dunkin' Donuts' turkey dinner sandwich for $5.00 (not my photo):

Santa Penevil

[Harvey 249]

I don't want to create a whole new thread for a single post, so I'll add this here.

 

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Seeking for an easy afternoon meal, I walked next door from my hotel to The Avenue for some quick Italian at Pizza Pizza. Despite the restaurant's name, I eschewed the pizza for a meal of some bruschetta and spaghetti alla carbonara. And it was good.

 

The bruschetta did not skimp on garlic and olive oil. This is a good thing as in too many restaurants, bruschetta is merely a collection of diced tomatoes on top of toasted bread with no other ingredients or flavorings. The bruschetta here had great notes of garlic, onions, and olive oil...very refreshing. If I were to make it at home, I'd have more basil in it. But that's just quibbling.

 

 

The spaghetti carbonara was everything a carbonara should be -- bad for your blood cholesterol, creamy, substantive, flavorful. A really good pasta dish.

 

 

The service was fast and attentive. The environment clean and cool thanks to effective aircon. A good place to stop for a mid-afternoon meal.

 

In all, 3 "noms" out of a possible 4. I know this place is sort of chain-ish. But for ease of a solid meal, you can't go wrong.

 

Harv

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A simple meal but a good one: minced beef over mashed potatoes at Every Day is Fry Day at New Plaza. It cost a very modest 130 baht.

 

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The mashed potatoes were good and to my taste buds, freshly made. The mince was a bit bland, but that's the way some people like it and it was certainly no problem to give it a few splashes of Worcestershire Sauce to liven it up.

 

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The could have been improved by browning the onions slightly and frying them together with the beef before the liquid was added, but it was nevertheless an Ok dish. I'll be back to have it again, as mince over mash is a nostalgic favorite of mine, taking me back to elementary school cafeteria meals as well as lunches made by both my grandmothers.

 

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Evil

Ate this a few times over the past two weeks or so ,now 140bhat, one of my favs in Pattaya