Steak, how do I eat thee? Let me count the ways.

Way number 349.1: Pan seared with a side of tomatoes and rice. The tomatoes are cooked with onion and your oil of choice with just plain salt and pepper (and a little adobo). I cooked the rice with some beef broth.

churros and chocolate from Pamplona

I was down around 28th street for a Hanky Panky sample sale and decided to stop into Pamplona. I was a little too hungry to remember to take a picture of the steak sandwich I had, but it was tasty. I would have rather had a lime based sauce on it than the aioli it came with, however. They even asked me how I wanted my steak cooked (medium rare, baby).

Anyway after I wolfed that down I had to try the churros I'd been hearing so much about so here they are in all their take out glory.

I put the container in the microwave to heat both them and the chocolate up and the dish was much improved by it!

Best part was they had those cute little coke bottles behind the bar so I got to sip one while I waited for my order to be ready.

Pamplona
37 E 28th St
New York, NY 10016
(212) 213-2328

I put your hand up on my hip, then we eat some taco dip

So here's a picture of the taco dip from the nan taco below. I just used a seasoning packet in the meat, put it on top of some refried beans, covered it in cheese, baked it, then garnished with cilantro, sour cream and salsa verde.

humongo nan-taco

I'd made a sort of taco dip on Monday and decided to take some into work for lunch on Tuesday. I needed a non-greasy starch to cut the richness so I went and got a big piece of plain nan from Grill 44 and made a humongo soft taco out of it. I garnished it with onions and cilantro soaked in lime and a bit of sour cream. The dip had refried beans, ground beef with taco seasoning+* and sharp cheddar cheese. Pardon the cameraphone pic!


*Taco seasoning+ is me adding whatever I felt like after the packet was put on the beef.

pork chops in a mustard curry sauce over red beans in coconut rice

So I went to visit my parents on Sunday and took down the wallpaper in the bathroom for them. I decided to bring over some food too so I cooked 4 pork chops then made a sauce with onions, brandy, spicy brown mustard, a few dashes of sweet curry powder, chicken stock and thyme (with a pat of butter just cause). I garnished it with a ton of cilantro and had limes on the side to squeeze over.

This was placed over kidney beans (canned) that I'd boiled in a can of coconut milk with one pig tail, some hot pepper and a few other things. I added rice after the pig tail was cooked through.

I "plated" it in the tupperware I was taking over to the 'rental units.

I also brought along some "not yo' mama's banana pudding" by Paula Deen. This time I used these butter cookies in a tin from Rite Aid since they were there and on sale. Those are two words I really use a lot to justify my purchases.

Of course since the bottom said they were "made in China" (which I love things made from but freaked out about possible melamine contamination) I called a Rite Aid rep at almost midnight to ask if it was ok to use them.

It's ok. I already know I'm crazy.