Menu - work in progress, updated when I think.

So I get bored from time to time and start to flex my culinary muscles to see what I can come up with or how to theoretically add spice to my otherwise boring town and it's lame ass culinary scene. So here's what I'm thinking so far, maybe they'll make an appearance but probably not. Feel free to comment.

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Apps:

Spinach and Artichoke dip on seasoned crustinis

Crab Cake Trio, hand made crab cakes broiled and served with roasted red pepper remoulade

Shrimp cocktail, a different approach to traditional shrimp cocktail. Gulf shrimp sauteed in herbs, garlic, butter and white wine served on top of pineapple salsa.

Salads:

Char grilled chicken over baby greens accompanied by white raisins, grilled peaches, bacon, fontina cheese and drizzled with balsamic dressing.

Smoked salmon with baby greens, goat cheese, pine nuts, cranberries and white balsamic vinaigrette.

Grilled romaine with shrimp, tomato, corn, parmesan-reggiano and topped with classic caesar dressing.

Entrees:

Bone in Ribeye with mango avocado salsa served with polenta cake and vegetable of the day.

Filet Mignon with beet sauce and pomegranate reduction, shoe string french-fries



Frenched Chops with apple fennel slaw, apple jus-lie served with couscous and haircot verts.

Sesame seed encrusted Ahi-Tuna seared medium-rare paired with jasmine rice cake, Asian coleslaw, wasabi-ponzu sauce and mandarin orange compote.

Almond encrusted trout with rosemary and cherry sauce...

Seared Halibut with artichoke hearts, roasted tomatoes, pearl onions and peas tossed in a white wine sauce.

West Indies spice rubbed chicken with apple mango chutney and cilantro. Served with wild rice and broccoli rabe.

Lobster tail broiled in cream and select spices finished with peas, corn, red bliss potatoes and garnished with greens salad. (Sherry Vinaigrette?)

Arg...

I'm pretty terrible at this blogging thing...

Ahem, I promise I'll update with some random crap soon. Busy, summer is coming and that means I'm gearing up at the restaurant for a summer chained to a stove and spent yelling at people. Man... my life could be so much easier if they just listened to me. =X

PAX 09 baby, who's ready for it? I know I am!

We're all so smart yes?

One thing I feel I should briefly speak out on. Everyone has an opinion, that could potentially be a problem the a democracy where numbers supposedly matter... but when half the numbers cannot be counted, then we run into a bit of a contrast, the baby boomers versus the 80's/90's generation.

Personally I am opposed to this bill. I am a straight male but I care not who you love or want to be with, my rare concern is that you are happy. I feel that no government should limit your happiness, that is the beauty of American 'freedom' is that we do not accept any major religion into our government, supposedly but who calls that into question? Certainly not the founding fathers or the people that founded this nation.

I realize I am a little late on this, but I feel this could grossly effect our entire nation which is apparently build on freedom of religion. (Which could potentially be a huge problem consider we are by majority a Christian nation and thusly our own government apparently follows those practices see “One Nation under God” not god [thusly giving everyone the right to define god as any means to any religion, I'll chalk it up to a grammatical flaw])

I mark this entirely up to a different of generations. I personally, DO NOT GIVE A FUCK. Love who you want, make love, do whatever, we all want to love and to be loved and I really do not care who you do it with. I find that acceptable. I'm not here to protect anything sacred, I do not believe that it is entirely scared, marriage that is. It is a great and beautiful thing but in no Bible that I have read (and I read them for literary purposes, it's great story telling) does it specially define marriage.

Do you specifically want that definition? First, look up zealotry. Then read the Levidicas, I'm sorry... that's the only place that specially defines marriage as a 'man and a woman', which to be is absolut bullshit and solidifies my argument. If we believe this country was founded on freedom of religion that why should any religion believe that they have the majority to define what is or isn't marriage? I do not believe honestly that anyone in power of government nor state has the right to define marriage, you have no power you have no right, there is no definition in government for morals, believe it or not, this is a state found upon separation and we have increasingly infringed upon that line. It's actually disgusting our won hypocrisy and how much we actually beat down other religion.

I'm sorry, I did love American at one point but I have come to this simple rationalization, we hate others... we hate what we cannot understand. We really do hate everything and hate within. Why can we not fucking wake up? Oh wait, I'm sorry, we're granted a free public education where we teach everyone to evaluate their own opinions. We are not the Middle East where our dollar keeps the piratically mentally challenged. This is the world we live in, if you're smart enough to escape, you're crazy... well I'll accept that.

Look, what does same sex mean to the war hawks and the jaded fucks that currently run us? They personally are afraid, they is no true country behind them, this not the end of the world. We're not all going to turn gay or bisexual, we're going to continue on. If they want to adopt a child or if lesbians want to conceive, let them. At least a child is going to a home where they will be cared for (hopefully, but I have yet to hear of abuse from a same sex relationship), so American, I know where a good part of us stand... grow the HELL UP. Because I'm tired of listening to the “scared” “institution” there is no scared nor institution in politics or law. THEY ARE BOTH COLD AND HEARTLESS. Designed to be that way and shall remain that way, if you put a heart in law and politics then you will surely create an entirely sperate problem and most likely result in the downfall of the world. (For the record, I have no problem with compassion, but I know when it is appropriate) Morals / religion + politics = inane. I'm sorry, it won't work out. Don't believe me? Wake up, seriously, I'm no cult leader but I realize that American was built up hypocrisy and we should just drop this entire issue it is not relevant as to what the big picture actually projects. If I can blame same sex marriage to the downfall of America than I am seriously going to take up arms and retake this government for the betterment of the people, which I do have a right to do, for the simple fact that we as a word are dying in the details rather than looking at the bigger picture.

This is our world. We clash, youth versus the ancient. They did not have to grow up with “gays” or those that did were in the closet, deal with it. We so far have got along fine. Personally, I can attribute more problems to YOUR MOTHER FUCKING GOD DAMN RELIOGION THAN YOU CAN TO GAY PEOPLE. How many wars have gays caused? How many genocides? How many dead? How many innocent victims, how many life altering, world changing events? Does anyone care to explain to me this? Because I swear you have nothing on ME or anyone else who believes that there is nothing scared in marriage, yes it is beautiful, but it is in no need of protection... man and woman can be web, but god damn it, same sex marriage is the new black and white, what is the problem? What is it going to cause? Economic downfall (we already have that) religious collapse (aren't we supposed to be free of that) [BUT WAIT, it's overtones are CONTROLLING this government and many others], war (oh come the hell on...); what does this really boil down to? CNN, FOX, NBC, come right the HELL OUT AND SAY IT. RELIGION. RELIGION, RELIGION. I'm tired of it, I'm sick of it, we're dead in the water, someone in some authority come right out and say it. This isn't bull shit, I promise you, look into it, deeply, free yourself just for a little bit and look at this in a grander scheme.

I'm not wanting anyone to drink the koolaid but honestly, wake up and just think... this is not LAW, laws are set by man, religion is set by 'god' and well god is not law and in this country our laws are set by man free from religious bars but to me... we're just done, we need the “end of days” because to me, that means we cannot go on living this way anymore. And that is EXACTLY what we need. We need to finally come to our senses, but hell... you've been controlled by contradicting ideas and the promise of hell for this long... why not keep on the path? One more crusade to launch in the name of whatever... for whatever reason, for no god damn gain anymore.

I'm sorry people... this boils down to a matter of religious morals, which set us all and to me. Accept people for who they are, not the code they live by. Suck it up and we'll fix all of this in time.

Random crap...

Have I ever told anyone that I really suck at keeping up to date on this thing? You know... personal details and interests, sucks...

So Fable 2 finally hit the store like... last month and I'm creeping my progress through it still. I can't say that my mind is blown but I haven't lost all hope. The game is fun to play but I believe they could have stuck with the old combat system. It was super fluent and easy to use, that is probably the biggest thing I miss.

As for story... it's parallel. I mean, I like Lionhead Studios a little bit but they should consider shutting Peter up for over hyping and experience we've already played with little room for a completely “new” story. But alas, with the bad there is some good. It is still enjoyable to play and I should just man up and finish playing the rest of the story instead of trying to sleep with every girl in Albion... wait what?

I have to admit, I wasn't so stoked about anything so far... Wrath of the Lick King (Why the fuck does my game lag Blizzard?!?!?!), Gears of War 2, etc... etc... but it has been quite and epic end of season for the gaming industry. And I've been throwing around a lot of money for reserves, which kind of sucks but hey! Cold weather soon, what a perfect excuse to stay inside and play games until I can't afford to pay for gas and the heat gets turned off and I finally freeze.

As with all great things the election has happened and Obama won by a land side. To be honest, I was surprised but I felt a little better as the night went on. Personally I'm just waiting for time to pass before I start cracking my mouth off to badly about Mccaine losing and Obama winning and what not, god forbid facebook has been a heated political battleground since the whole thing started and now it's even worse! I will stand firmly with my choice of who I voted for and hope that we do see change, what change entails I have no clue but I have a little faith that things are going to be just fine.

Say no one would like to donate to buy me a new drumset fund eh? Turns out in the past month or two I've busted two very beautiful cymbals. My 20 inch Zildjian A Medium ride that was from the 80's so you know it had beautiful sounds and looked amazing, that is a huge heart ache to me. Also I managed to rail the crap out of my 18 inch K Thin Ride, I admit, I thought it was tougher but I forgot that it was “thin” I guess I should learn not to windmill cymbals. Was hoping to actually get a new set before Christmas entirely, found a Gretsch Club Mod kit for a great price and the sizes I'm looking for but alas... money is tight. Soon though! And new cymbals, I will once again terrorize all of my neighbors.

Song of the moment; The Allman Brothers – Mountain Jam. If you can get your hands on it, it'll blow your socks off.

Make history

If you are of age and are state side, GO VOTE! You have no excuse not too.

The slow crawl to infinity

5 years on Bungie.net today... wow.

Owned or mamed?

There is a reason you DO NOT WEAR shorts in a kitchen. I had to relearn this the hard way yesterday.

Taking a pot of boiling potatoes over to the sink was not such a good idea as the handle was so hot that it burned through my towels and cased me to drop the pot on the dish tank causing boiling water to rocket into the air and all over my legs. (Random string of curse words here...)

First degree burns all down my legs and into my shoes... how's that to start off a Saturday service? Needless to say, it sucks hardcore badly and has made walking rather painful as well.

If I manage to get the dressings off I might snap a picture, I'm pretty sure it's rather gnarly right about now... shrug, we'll see if I get around to it.


Fable in October? Oh my yes...