Food

OCEANO in Leyton has just been visited. By Moi.

I'm a happy man tonite.

Still haven't been, mos def gonna go in the next couple of weeks.

Big cooking session tonight - quick spicy pasta for tea, two big trays of biscotti for the coffee shop on saturday, burger patties for tomorrow's dinner and made jerk sauce to marinate the chicken for saturday night. I've never been so organised.

Gonna be a good weekend.

they look amazing. recipe?

yeh those biscotti's look tdf.

would any of you foodies like to come to our polo put luck party? here is the thread. http://www.lfgss.com/thread72422.html

Still haven't been, mos def gonna go in the next couple of weeks.

Whenever you make it to Oceano, don't forget to order:

Starter: Clams
Fish: Cod (Bacalhau)

...and you'll be on to a Winner!

yeh those biscotti's look tdf.

would any of you foodies like to come to our polo put luck party? here is the thread. http://www.lfgss.com/thread72422.html

ah bums. would love to dude, i'm away in germanyland tho. sure some of these gourmands will contribute.

they look amazing. recipe?

http://www.joyofbaking.com/biscotti/AlmondBiscotti.html

Went with the top result on Google.

I added pistachios as well as the full amount of almonds. Didn't chop the nuts up, I like them chunky.

The method talks about forming a dough and rolling it out but I overdid it with the eggs and ended up with a gooey stiff batter which i roughly shaped on the baking sheet. All went well though.

sweet. thanks man.

veggie nosh-up anyone? http://www.lfgss.com/post2411499-24.html

now High fearlessly eats it all has gone veggie,
he gets to join sustrans or something

http://www.sustrans.org.uk/resources/in-the-news/free-range-fuel-with-hugh-fearnley-whittingstall

We went veggie tonight and had a crazy 5 veg lasagne, with a spinach and ricotta top instead of bechamel, was pretty tasty and fairly quick, you could do it on a weeknight.
Should have put more parmesan on the top, and Tesco didn't have any pine nuts..
recipe here

^ Reminded of this recipe, I made it tonight. Thanks Clefty! Added onions though and didn't mix the ricotta with the spinach.

Looks awesome Alex!

As do those biscotti, might have to make some of the chocolate ones I saw on the same site.
I need to do some baking, been too embroiled in the new griddle.

The very same. I've heard them called 'crackling' and 'batter-bits', depending on location. Mini heart-attacks also works well.

My soon-to-be-ex-wife-from-the-north-east always called them scranchums... Delicious...

I bought half a kilo (eight!) of delicious spicy Galician chorizos from La Plaza on Portobello Road today for four poxy quid... Got home after a couple at Le Reej and rustled up a quick and delicious caldo with them, fantastic flavour... I cannot recommend this little deli enough, just up from Honest Jon's... I bought a huge Serrano ham baguette (no cheap bollocks, lovely crusty, Spanish rustique type thing) in there for two quid... Loads of other lovely freshly made Spanish sarnies to choose from... Really, go there if you're a local or just happen to be moochin' in W11...

This^, Hello anyone? Or any other similar company? Anyone?
I don't use that but I do use this http://www.japancentre.com/

They do food, drink, kitchenware, books, gifts etc plus have a nice recipe section.

I love exploring foreign food stores though the sales periods can result in some interesting impulse shopping - !

^^R Garcia & Sons is another great place on Portobello Road. I made a point of buying my garlic from there, as it was always plump, juicy and full of pungency, unlike the dried-up, sorry excuse for garlic offered up by Tesco. Everything else is also excellent.

what's the quickest, safest way to defrost frozen salmon if you don't have a microwave (i don't).

i've got it in a bowl of room temperature water at the moment as that's what i do with prawns.

??

ta. it's still like a giant fishy icecube. armpits it is.

i was going to do risotto tonight. porcinis you say....hmmm... maybe tomorrow.

Mmmm. Just stuck this butternut squashiness with feta in the oven.

while taking this banana bread out of the oven...

veggie nosh-up anyone? http://www.lfgss.com/post2411499-24.html

First veggie night: Sagar on King St, 25 Sept, 7pm - if anyone is interested.
List here: http://www.lfgss.com/post2413617-51.html

I made warm salad yesterday

My parents showed me the monster squash they'd grown earlier too

not really suer what to with 18.4lbs of squash, its not even the biggest one they've grown either apparently.

anyway nothing posh tonight just beef shin goulash

now High fearlessly eats it all has gone veggie,
he gets to join sustrans or something

http://www.sustrans.org.uk/resources/in-the-news/free-range-fuel-with-hugh-fearnley-whittingstall

Not veggie.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/sep/16/cooking-milk-fearnley-whitingstall-recipes

Incidentally, rumours of my vegetarianism have been somewhat exaggerated. Part of my treatise on the matter is that the more veg we eat, the more we'll enjoy our fewer and more precious outings with meat. Today's recipes reflect that notion nicely, I think.

OCEANO in Leyton has just been visited. By Moi.

this,

*It's called steak on the stone.

I'm still haunted by this.

Nice salad Spotter.

cheers, though i must confess that i tend to use salad as a vehicle for dressing