~ Menu ~
Panko
Crusted Avocado with Spicy Salmon & Roasted Garlic Dip
White
Wine Spritzer
Ca Phe Sua Da ~ only hot!
I have
just had the most wonderful lunch! I’m
usually pretty good at eating, though I say it myself as shouldn’t, but today
was exceptional and totally unexpected.
We usually take our resident old guy out for fish and chips on a
Saturday but the weather being so appalling I decided to stay at home and play
with food.
A series
of events led up to this delicious meal …
- I roasted two fine garlics the other day to top up my supplies.
- I had salmon for dinner last
night.
- We bought a couple of ripe avocadoes yesterday for just 16p each. It seems that to get them at the peak of perfection you have to wait till they are past their sell by date which suits me down to the ground, so to speak! Of course they needed eating up and avocado is not real man food, at least not in our house. Yesterday I ate one avocado on toast with pasta sauce as one does.
And so
to lunch ~ I puréed the small pieces of salmon leftover from dinner (maybe an
ounce or so in old money) with half a teaspoon of roasted garlic, a scant
tablespoon of mayonnaise (Hellman’s Light) and a few drips of hot sauce. I coated avocado wedges in seasoned flour
(well seasoned because avocado is rather bland), then beaten egg and then panko
crumbs and shallow fried in a little olive oil. Crunchy sea salt and a few
sprigs of fresh coriander completed my meal.
Oh – and the white wine Spritzer of course.
Ca Phe
Sua Da!
There
has been half a can of condensed milk in the fridge for a while so I decided to
try Ca Phe Sua Da! This is Vietnamese
Iced Coffee only I had mine hot. It is
not as exotic as one might expect being just good strong coffee mixed with
condensed milk in the ratio about 3:1 and poured over ice. I didn’t bother with the ice it being mid
June and so really cold. This too was
surprisingly delicious – surprising because I usually drink my coffee black and
unsweetened yet thoroughly enjoyed this sweet milky drink. (On a personal note – Carol, I think you
might like this!)
2 comments:
I adore Vietnamese coffee... hot or cold! I've had condensed milk in the house lately, left over from ice cream making, so lots of lovely coffee for me!
And have some avocados too, leftover from ice cream making and guacamole, so must try them with the breadcrumbs, sounds fab.
That panko crusted avocado looks sooo good!
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