Your birthday dinner... (Page 2)

Grilled salmon; pasta with pesto sauce and some Italian-type veggies; Ceasar salad, for desert something involving very dark chocolate and raspberries; champagne.

Jeez, I wish I could, and join you all for them too.  We've got some really great meals here.  I just love to cook, and LOVE to eat, and I think it's a fun little window into getting to know you all a little better:)

 A big one, huh?  My next one is a big one too.  I'm actually kind of looking forward to it.  Mine is on April 15, and this past year I just spent the day sobbing about Boston.  

If you, um, ever need a dinner partner (and we can figure out who will foot the bill), I am officially volunteering.

My mom used to make me "floating island"--and it is superb.  So simple. So good.

I have never had the pleasure of having a '59 Chateau Y'quem, but I'm quite sure it would be fabulous.  Good sauterne is one of my most favorite drinks, right up there with good port;)

Maytag Blue? 

Gimme' oysters and beer... (raw on the half shell, bottle of Crystal Hot Sauce, and a Turbodog)

I actually had a 30th birthday that was one of those won't ever forget dining experiences.  Commander's Palace in New Orleans (the chef just won the james beard best chef south).  Sazerac to kick it off, turtle soup, filet of speckled trout, Louisiana strawberry shortcake (like no shortcake you can even imagine).

We've got a lot of oyster fans here.  Me too.  Have any of you ever had a really diverse oyster "sampler"? 

I used to wait tables/tend bar in a seafood restaurant (Georgetown Seafoood Grill, anyone?) that had between 9-12 different kinds of oysters at a time.  It was a real hardship, but part of my job was having to taste the different oysters to be able to describe them acurately to guests.  So awesome.  Did a fair share of shucking too. 

Know the way to tell the difference between a west coast and an east coast oyster?  West coasts have a wavy edge to their shells, east coast oysters don't.  Random bit of trivia for your Tuesday morning.  You're welcome;)  

Well I'm gonna do this--thanks for the link.  My kids have never experienced the greatness, and I think they'd dig it.  I have never cooked them myself so I hope I don't screw it up.  Good recipes my Southern friends?

Kudos

For me it's easy

Pan Seared Sashimi grade Tuna

Shoestring French Fries

Chips & Salsa to start

Perfect Martini before dinner and then breaking into the jar of the best radiator filtered shine In TN.

You win the award for absolutely most random selection of meal items thus far--not that there's anything wrong with that.

What makes your martini perfect?

Punk.

I still think Maytag Blue kicks your gorganzola, btw;)

This is such a difficult decision.  I live in an area where I can get great steak and put on my own grille and have better than I have had in most any restaurant.  But since I don't have the world travels to know what is out there, I would say right now it would probably be "al pastor" tacos with a desert of sopaipillas that are the "puffed" style, so you can put honey in them.  That is how they were made for me when I was a young kid and we visited Mexico.

Or possibly a low country boil of crawfish, shrimp, andouille sausage, corn and baby potato.

Or possibly a dish that I can no long find in Omaha, but it was called shrimp and sausage linguini with spicy broccoli sauce.

Or possibly a St; Louis style pizza.

Is it lunch time yet?

Blue Points are still my favorites too:)  

OK, maybe you can't find that in Omaha, but you know what you do have?  

The Boilerroom.  Love it.

It's really one of the few redeeming features of O-town.

Can you get good Mexican in Omaha?