Tonight - Indian

Erica/Stefan and Curtis/Char and one of their friends are coming over for Indian tonight. This I AM making. Going to try a coconut based Indian VERY spicy chicken curry, plus a mushroom curry, dal, rice, and roti. I'm buying the roti, however. The Spice Centre on 34th in Little India has fantastic frozen roti. Just heat in the oven and serve. You literally can't tell the difference between those and ones fresh from a restaurant.

Looking forward to it! But I also have to make a potato salad for the Mom's day/bDay celebration tomorrow at Leslie's, so I better get my ass in gear and go to the market.

Later!

Last Night - Ethiopian

Before all of you get excited (like, 2 of you) that I made this myself - I didn't. Shelby and I had a music gig to go to, and before we went to Langano Skies, a FANTASTIC Ethiopian place here. I think I actually like Ethiopian more than Indian, but who can say. I haven't had quite the depth of variety in Ethiopian that I've had with Indian. And I certainly haven't tried to make it yet.

We had a beef dish, a spicy lamb dish (which I REALLY liked), some spiced lentils, a couple sambusas (which are essentially samosas) and of course Injeera bread. Or as Shelby calls it - soft tensor bandages.

It was awesome. Really enjoyed it.

Mac and Cheese Night

Erica, Stefan and Fawn came over last night. We tied into a bunch of wine and cocktails, and I made a giant casserole of baked Mac and Cheese, a biggie salad of wild greens/amish tomatoes/purple onion with my signature vinaigrette, and some broiled baguette with the awesome herb butter.

It was delicious. Plus I did my "cheater" mac and cheese, so it was super easy. We had a BLAST. Played American Idol on wii... everyone was singing their heads off.

Good times.

Supposed to go to a birthday party tonight. While I know I'll have fun if I go, part of me just wants to order in Chinese and rent a movie.

We'll see what happens.

Spicy Asian Soup

A couple nights ago I had an impromptu dinner with Shirley, and from my trip to Chinatown this week had all the stuff to make a really good soup. Used a satay soup base (lee kum kee, natch) and then cooked noodles and some baby bok choy in there, and ladled it in bowls with some diced bbq pork, slices of rotisserie chicken, and some sprouts/lime wedges/thai basil etc. It was awesome! Definitely my go-to Asian type soup. I should expand my repertoire a bit. That can be my project for next week! Asian soups ahoy!