Evening out in DC
The wife and I got some Wizard tickets from my parents that they couldn’t use, and I made some reservations at Zaytinya. Neither of us had been to Zaytinya in about 5 years or so, so we were excited. We started out with cocktails (3pm in Istanbul for her, Turkish Storm for me), and butternut squash hummus.
The hummus was crazy. Its going to be hard to go back to plain hummus. The next three mezza to come out were the snail kibbeh, octopus santorini, and loucaniko sausage.
Everything was so good, its hard to find a standout. That said, the snails were particular good. I wouldn’t miss the octopus either.
The last two courses were the meatballs, and lamb kleftico (a special, and probably the best food of the night).
We order a couple more drinks, the fashionably date and a serefe, and a mini greek apricot yogurt dessert to share. Everything tasted amazing. This is definitely one of the best meals I’ve had in a good while. I’ll probably try to recreate or at least use some of the drinks as a muse. The fashionably date is essentially a manhattan with date syrup, and the turkish storm would just require one to make some syrup flavored with cardamom.
The game was insane. Awesome ending. And we saw Wolf again, but not as close this time.
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Quick Lunch
More often than not, I end up eating lunch at my desk. Just a quick protein questbar. Other days, when I’m working from home and have time, I’ll whip up something quick. Today I made an egg burrito. Just a tortilla, two eggs, sour creme, and some cholula. The other day, I made the tuna fish sandwich shown above. There is nothing sexy about a tuna fish sandwich, but I do enjoy one now and again. A friend of mine had never had a fried bologna sandwich, so who knows, maybe you don’t know how to whip up a quick tuna fish sandwich. I don’t use recipes and don’t often measure, so my basic method is below:
Put two pieces of bread in the toaster. I use my wife’s homemade bread, but any will do. Get a bowl, and put one can of tuna in. I prefer tuna in olive oil, and add olive oil to drained tuna in water when I don’t have it. Next, squeeze some mayo (I like the kind that has olive oil in it) and pickle relish in the bowl. Slice up a stick of celery. Add red pepper flakes, cayenne pepper, or both. Mix it up. About this time, the toast should be ready, so assemble the sandwich and you’re good to go.
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Aeropress
I bought some cafe du monde coffee a while back after reading about it in A Man in Full. As I’ve said before, I’m not much of a coffee drinker, but I know a thing or two from listening to my friends that are. I didn’t want a coffee machine for my home as I don’t drink much, and a kcup machine was not available, or really needed when I chose a system. The Aeropress appealed to me on several levels. Its cheap, portable, easy to use, fast, and makes a good cup of coffee. I would not recommend it if you’re making batches of coffee regularly, but for a cup here and there, its perfect. I just finished my can of cafe du monde this morning. If I can find some coffee with chicory that you can grind yourself, I might get another can. If not, I may just get another can of cafe du monde. I bought some kcups of chicory coffee for the office, but while working at home, you can’t beat the aeropress.
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Caffeine
I’m not really much of a coffee drinker. At home, I use starbucks via for guests since I don’t have a machine. I do have an aeropress that I use very rarely. I do however, enjoy tea in the morning, and sometimes later in the day as well. I was recently turned on to stash. Their Irish breakfast tea is pretty good. I generally prefer English breakfast tea, but I like to keep both on hand. Check out their amazon reviews. Pretty impressive.
I’m in the office today. I have developed a taste for coffee with chicory, so I bought some k-cups. In my opinion, these have a more pronounced chicory flavor than cafe du monde. Its very rich, heavy, and a tad sweet. I’m a fan.
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V and Prez Day catchup
For Vday, the wife and I went to Sea Pearl in Merrifield. Despite how close it is to us, it was the first time we’d been. The ginger smash (shorter drink) was so good I’d order it again. That said, I was not overly impressed by anything but the company. It was very good, but not great. I found a review here I believe to be pretty fair. Then we went to the angelika film center and saw the Monuments Men. If you like history, I’d recommend it. We also watched the USA Russia olympic hockey match. Amazing.
We went house shopping with my sister in Old Town, and went to Overwood. I had southern eggs benedict. The southern part consisted of fried green tomatoes on the bottom. Delicious. Monday night my wife made homemade bread and then grilled cheese and tomato soup. Can’t beat the classics.
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Snow Day Part II
After working from home all day, I got to shovel the vehicles out. It took longer than expected.
Then we took a walk to dinner.
Since my wife saw the chicken and waffles post from earlier in the week and got jealous, I took her to Dogwood Tavern to rectify the situation. We started with fried green tomatoes (not as good as homemade or in season), and then had chicken and waffles with peppered maple syrup. The beer, which was delicious, was some kind of schwarzbier. Also the collards, insane.
No snowmen or snowball fights, but all and all, a good day.
The next morning I had to use some 4wd to get out.
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Chicken and Waffles
I went into DC for a meeting the other day. On the way back, I walked though Farragut Square, and saw some food trucks. I don’t usually work near food trucks, so I don’t get to enjoy many. As luck would have it, I came across the truck I’ve most been looking forward to trying.
I went with the classic combo.
A sweet and savory delight. If you’re ever in DC, and come across the capital chicken and waffle truck, go for the classic combo. Or better yet, don’t leave it to fate:
@CapitalCW
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Weekend Cooking
This weekend I got a wild hair to do some cooking. I started with Salmon steak and a simple salad with balsamic and olive oil. Nothing fancy, just quality ingredients and not overcooking the salmon.
Then Sunday evening I had dinner with the family. I got my dad a pizza stone recently we hadn’t broken in, so I decided to make some fig and goat cheese pizza with prosciutto. I had the wife make some dough beforehand, and grab the groceries. I looked a few receipes for inspiration, but I’m not really one for directions. I made four pizzas, each different. For two, I marinated the figs (two kinds) in red wine, shallots, garlic, and rosemary. For the other two, I just put the figs on. I forgot to put prosciutto on one. I put soft goat cheese on two, and crumbled goat cheese on the others. I intended to put arugula on all of them, but it looks like I remembered it on two.
We also got to break in my mom’s new pots and pans.
My sister’s dog was up to no good, as usual.
After getting the dough into shape, I’d brush with olive oil, and cook one side on the grill. Then I’d bring it back in to load it up with toppings. This gives it a better chance to cook the crust evenly.
I tried to stay warm with two heaters going. The finished product:
As you can tell, I’m more from the Chicago school (pizza not econ in this instance) when it comes to toppings. Everything was awesome. If you have a grill, get a pizza stone and give it a try. I don’t recall what recipes I looked at, but this pizza looks pretty good. It reminds me that I also caramelized some vidalias on the pizzas I made.
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Me Day
I had a pretty stressful week the week before last. I decided to take a me day. I reaggravated an old rowing injury, and had a sore back, so I decided to pop a few muscle relaxers and advil, and start my day at NMTI right down the road from me in Falls Church City. NMTI is a massage school that offers massages from current students for $35 an hour. Its a great deal, and the worst massage I’ve ever had there was still good. More often than not, the massage is excellent. Its very easy to schedule your massage online.
After the massage, I stopped in palm beach tan to get some color.
After tanning, I swung by my parents house for a soak. I poured a little Talisker Storm, and put some jazz on my portable speakers.
After the hot tub, I quickly got into the sauna to dry off and stay warm (notice the snow on the ground).
In the evening, I took the metro in DC to meet a friend at Old Ebbit Grill for the orca platter (half off during happy hour). We also got a bottle of rose bubbly. A couple at the next table asked what we were celebrating (assuming we were together).
We ended the evening at Shelly’s Back Room. Had some nice cigars, and a few glasses of Blanton’s (only 9 bucks a glass, about the cheapest place to have Blantons out).
What a great day. I’m not sure how I’ll be able to top it.
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Sweet Rice
Two Falls Church City restaurant reviews on my blog in one day?
Sweet Rice is one of two Thai restaurants in FCC. I also like the other option (Pilin Thai), and when they do restaurant week, the deals are incredible. Both Thai restaurants’ weak point used to be their wine lists. I’ve had some OK wines at Pilin Thai, but never a good bottle. I’m no wine snob, especially when the price is $20-30, so when I say the wine lists were weak, I mean the wine was pretty much undrinkable. Sweet Rice has updated their wine list, and now there are a couple pretty good options. My favorite is the Riesling (dry, creamy, great value). Sweet Rice has plenty to choose from on the menu, but the Kapow chicken (or seafood) is my favorite. If you haven’t been, definitely check it out.
I found another review here.
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