Wedding project day 27

Sausage, egg and and cheese sandwich

a big bowl of Pho with Vietnamese sausage roll

chicken fritters  

Wedding project day 26

I'm bad, I cheated 2 days i a row.

Late night wings and breadsticks

some pasta

some taco bell (it's gross, I know but it is so satisfying sometimes)

Wedding project days 24 and 25

Day 24

I really can't remember what I ate today.  I had a large bowl of pasta at some point (read: late at night)

A sausage sandwich

staff meal, Pizza?, salad?

Day 25

a delicious burger

a lot of beer

some tasty cheese

Wedding project day 23

Sausage egg and cheese sandwich

left over pizza

Shorti italian hoagie

Some tasty cheese

Wedding project day 22

Three slices of pizza and a few slices of bread, that's it

Wedding project days 20 and 21

Day 20

Fallafel cart Lunch w/ a soda

Hush puppies and brisket

Day 21

A bowl of fruit for breakfast

a bowl of rice for dinner

a bread bowl of pasta for late night grubbing (cheat)

I really stuck with a bowl theme today

Wedding project days 18 and 19: Back Home at Last

Day 18: the beginning of hell week 

The Varga Caesar salad

Wawa flatbread and mashed potatoes, gross, I know

Day 19

a kielbasa with cheese and onions, gross but yum

staff meal, frito pie, gross and gross

BEER OF THE WEEK: Vacation Edition

As the saying goes, Do as the Romans do.  So this weeks beer is going to be a bay area local. 

Sierra Nevada Anniversary Ale

Weighing in at a respectable 5.9 ABV this has all the qualities of the new American style, IPA.  All hops and citrus with a pleasant bitterness on the finish.

Going into the glass you get the classic hop aromas of pine and citrus, which come from the blend of chinook and Cascade hops.  It also features a nice fluffy white head that has very good retention.  It almost stings the nose with a bit of floral spice.

As far as mouthfeel you get what you expect.  A pleasing crispness followed by a lingering bitterness.  It does have enough malt to mellow some of the bitterness and give the beer a nice backbone.  Pairs great with anything spicy, particularly and thing Asian.  Sushi with a bit of wasabi pairs great with this beer, or if just having a snack a good, sharp Tillamook cheddar also plays well.

Well not my favorite beer I've posted, a very good example of the style.  Besides, when you're in Rome you don't order tequila.

Wedding project day 17: Traveling edition

Airport food!

Breakfast at the diner, omelet, hash browns and toast

lunch at the food court, beans, tacos and guac

Southwest in-flight snacks 

Wedding project days 15 and 16: Vacation edition

Day 15

Cereal

picnic lunch in a vineyard; potato salad, chicken salad and the like

shrimp Caesar salad with some beer

Day 16

more cereal

road snacks and half a french dip with Mr. Pibb (why can't I find this in Philly?)

Left overs French dip, shrimp, Caprese salad and a martini 

Wedding project day 14: Vacation edition

Big breakfast: eggs, toast, bacon and scones

Jack in the Box tacos

Steelhead salmon,ravioli and cheesecake

a slice of pizza, late.

Wedding project day 13: Vacation edition

Brunch leftovers

In and Out burger and fries

Steak and potatoes 

How American am I

Wedding project days 11 and 12: Vacation edition

Day 11

Huge brunch, stuffed french toast, Moroccan beef with eggs, quiche, bacon, homefries the works

San Francisco sushi, Awesome

Day 12

Croissant, real sourdough

some pasta salad, half a Dean and Deluca sandwich and a whole lot of wine, one ounce at a time

pizza

Wedding project day 10: Vacation edition

morning tea with tea sandwich's

Grilled lunch, burger's and the like

flautas and lemonade and mini golf

ah, California.

Wedding project day 9: Traveling edition

Gross.

Bratwurst 

Roast pork sandwich from Chickie's and Pete's airport edition

Southwest airline snacks

In and Out Burger and milkshake (Ah yeah!!)

Wedding project day 8

Delicious Falafel Sandwich from my guy at the cart

and a late night cheat... Domino's.

No really, all I had before 11:30 PM was a sandwich and a gatorade.

Wedding project day 7

Sausage egg and cheese sandwich

a Mountain Dew

a whole lot of oysters with a few pisser clams thrown in for good measure

a few slices of pizza, Hawaiian 

Restaurant week

So I should give a small plug to the place I'm working, right?

So yolks, if you are choosing to attend the madness that is Restaurant Week, Supper should be on your short list.

Why, you ask?  Because they are offering 5 courses, that's right 5, for 35 buck-a-roos.  

Check it out;

Restaurant Week Menu

  

BEER OF THE WEEK!!!

Oh man do I have a treat for you today.  The Brainchild of Mr. Ferran Adria,

I give you Estrella Damm Inedit.

Weighing in at a low 4.8 ABV this beer was specially designed to be paired with food.  It was designed like a wine and that may be one of the reasons it drinks a bit like Champagne.

It pours a beautiful straw gold with a good pale white head which fades quickly and releases lovely citrus and vanilla notes.

This beer is supremely drinkable; it only comes in a 750ml but you won't want to share it.

The mouthfeel is silky with strong notes of orange peel and honey with the slightest bitterness and subtle spices.

The standard beer characteristics of malt and hop bitterness are totally gone and have been replaced with the yeast and bread quality of good Champagne.  It's a real trip at first but is awesome with food.  

It's not cheap but good wine/beer isn't, right?

Wedding project day 6

Bagel with cream cheese

a piece of chicken and some mashed potatoes while wine tasting

left over BBQ food 

Easy grilling

Okay kids here are two of my favorite things to grill.

In a metal or aluminum pan slice two onions and pour in two bottles of brown ale.  Place the pan on your top grill rack with the grill on medium heat.

Meanwhile shuck and clean some corn, 6 ears will do.  Place these on a sheet of foil.  Cut up half a stick of butter and 5 cloves of garlic and place on corn.  Season with salt and pepper and wrap up tight in foil, 2 layers.  Place this on the top rack next to the pan with the onions.  Add 6 brats to the pan with onions.  

Let these cook for about 20-25 minutes.  If you like take this opportunity to grill some other things.  

Remove the corn pack from the grill and cut open.  Place ears on bottom grill rack and pull the brats from beer and place these next to corn and get a nice bit of char on both corn and brats.

Cover the brats with the beer cooked onions and a good stone ground mustard.

Enjoy.  

wedding project day 5

Sabrina's brunch: bagel with lox and a schmear

a soda

BBQ lunch: Brats, pulled pork, corn, asparagus, pasta, potato and beet salads

beers and honeydew margaritas, Awesome.

Wedding project day 3 and 4

Day 3

Amish breakfast creamed chipped beef on toast eggs

honey lemonade

staff meal: chicken

awesome drinks at Southwark

some tasty beer and a late night cheat, half a cheesesteak. Jim's is delicious at 2 AM

Day 4

Soft shell crab sandwich at Varga

Caesar salad at Varga

How did I go there twice in one day?

The Wedding Project

Day 2

Bacon, egg and cheese sandwich

a few chicken wings with peppers and onions

Beef gulash

a big Aventinus

The New Project

Okay kiddies here's the deal. So I am trying to lose a wee bit of my general girth. Now I'm not into the whole diet thing because eventually you go off said diet and then you just regain anything you may have lost. So I am going to lose weight by making small changes to my general lifestyle and eating habits.

THE PROPOSAL

To lose 1/5 of my total body weight by the time I get married. (vaguely 19 months away)

HOW I'LL DO IT

-no food after 10 PM

-no more than 2 sodas a week, preferably I'll go down to no soda at all but we'll see

-more exercise, Minimum 40 push-ups and 100 sit-ups a day

-if eating in a restaurant any dessert will be shared

-Beer, drink less of it? I mean I have to keep up with Beer of the Week right? Oh, and I can have beer after 10PM, I mean, come on.

-I'm allowed one cheat a week

I'll also try to catalog, here, what I eat and drink on a daily basis.

So I guess I need a name for this project so I'll call it The Wedding project.

And here's my first update.

Day 1,

Fallafel cart lunch, chicken, figs, grapes, greens, fallafel, freaking delicious.

Mt. Dew

Bowl of cereal

skated 8 miles