Going to start off with the salmon dish. Same marinade, Italian dressing then topped with teriyaki sauce. The salmon was one long filet with no skin so very little meat lost. Got a lot of pieces from it and then fixed my, now go to, rice dish. I think I am going to have to remember to add broccoli to the rice because it needs something more in it. The salmon was okay, not prime fish but good enough.
Something new this week. Picked up some pre-cooked roast beef, the kind that comes in a tray you can microwave. Fresh lettuce, tomatoes and onions, mayo and that wonderful white sauce and we splurged on some avocados and brioche buns.
I opted to get leaf lettuce instead of Romaine this time, it's fluffy and wavy and just better on a sandwich. Even the cashier agreed when she saw it, not that it is a prime endorsement but a nice point of conversation. One note though, will not be getting the brioche style buns again, way too soft and squishy even after toasting.
I was too hungry to get many pictures but we had chicken sandwiches again with similar fixings as the roast beef. I finally got my meat tenderizer mallet! Yay! The pounding may commence! Still ended up with similar size pieces despite pounding the heck out of the breasts. I also upgraded the white sauce. Mistakenly added sour cream and then thought it still needed something extra. Cleaned out the last of the horseradish, added in some milk and about two tablespoons... almost half a packet of Rance dressing mix. A little more milk, dash or two of some hot sauce, squirt of lemon juice, dash of cajun spice and some of the smokey chipotle adobo sauce then stirred. Nice kick to it and added just the right flavor to the sandwich.
We've been watching a show called Food Paradise. They go to different food festivals, restaurants, food halls and all that. What we've realized is about a third of all the featured restaurants didn't survive the pandemic. Some of the rest closed and reopened but then didn't last very long. The running thread I realized is most of the featured food was just way over the top. Huge stacked burgers, fusion versions of things like sushi or mac and cheese and then food trucks for one episode. If your food is so unique and specific for your location, it will fail. It's a 'locals' thing and 9 times out of 10, it will not survive. One restaurant that did survive when we looked it up, average price per person is $10-$20. If I'm going to get food that expensive, I'll go down the road to 5 Guys.
On the other hand, it gave me some ideas on how to spice things up, change up flavor profiles and condiment ideas. So it's good for inspiration but that's about it. Got really annoying after awhile when people would basically say the same things about the flavors and 'crunch' and 'texture'. Gets old real fast.
Food is expensive when you eat out. Will see what else comes up this month.
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