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Floating Fever Eel

POSTED BY Joel on Mar 19 under Food

When I awoke this morning, I had sharp pain in my throat from a sore throat and I could barely swallow.  I gargled some Listerine, which seemed to kill the bugs and the pain.  I still didn’t feel well, so I called in sick to work and did my link buying from home.
Tonight, I was [...]

La Isla Puerto Rican Restaurant in Ballard, WA

POSTED BY Joel on Feb 19 under Food

Last night the weekly dinner crew headed out to go to an ethiopian restaurant named Waid’s in the Central District of Seattle.  However, Waid’s was closed for Presidents Day, so Plato led Ian, Diane, Tara and I on to a different destination: La Isla.
La Isla is a small Puerto Rican restaurant in Ballard, WA. Plato [...]

Ian Coleman Makes Beef Tartare

POSTED BY Joel on Feb 3 under Food

My talented professional chef friend Ian Coleman came over for one of our Monday night dinner’s a while back and prepared the best beef tartare I have ever tasted. Beef tartare is a mix of three different types of raw beef (sorry Ian, I can’t remember which cuts) combined with various sauces and seasonings [...]

BEEFSTEAK!

POSTED BY Joel on Jan 30 under Food

Unending piles of tenderloin, filet mignon, crab, bacon-wrapped kidneys, shrimp and lamb chops.
 
Butter garlic and cheese french fries.

Bottomless kegs of excellent beer.

No women allowed

Your two greasy hands feeding your face all of the above while all of your best friends feast with you.

It’s called a Beefsteak.
And I’m going to host one. 
I saw [...]

Dinner with Plato: Scotch Salmon Recipe

POSTED BY Joel on Jan 29 under Food

Plato hosted the monday night dinner at his studio in the University District.  He cooked scotch salmon.  Scotch salmon is salmon with a scotch-based sauce on top of it.  The sauce contained Drambuie (a scotch liquer), Johnny Walker Black Label scotch, creme fraiche, heavy cream, orange juice, and lots of other goodies.  We also had [...]

Fresh Wild Alaskan Cod

POSTED BY Joel on Jan 24 under Food

Today I went to Uwajimaya’s marketplace in the International District and bought myself two pounds of fresh wild alaskan cod and I’m cooking it right now. My apartment smells like heaven. I found a recipe online and made some alterations for my own version. I laid down a bed of onions on [...]

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