Another repost that stinks like onions

or, well.. is about onions.. food-related means I can post it here, right? anywhoo it turns out that onions in India are expensive right now and groupon actually had a coupon available for said bulbs... and.. it sold out in 44 minutes!

Dim Sum Guide

A repost: lifehacker posted this video of a very decent guide to dimsum

Happy Cow

is happy

Nosh Euro Bistro [Restaurants]

1. nosh  

   /näSH/
   

   Noun Food.

   Verb Eat food enthusiastically or greedily: "you can nosh to your heart's content"; "noshing my favorite food".

   Synonyms food - chow - grub

So, while visiting this restaurant today, after a few weeks hiatus from "quiet" dining.. I remembered that we promised to compile a list of eateries to visit in Dallas. Not because we're experts in the matter, but we do try and get out of the house from time to time and enjoy the various dishes from our multicultural city. Today as treat day, once again, thanks to groupon, this, I believe is the 4th time we've been to Nosh, and every time has been worth it. Yelp has it categorized as one of the $$$ places, and yes, it is on the expensive side; didn't I just say that today was treat  day? 

When you get there, well, funny enough, some of the best places we've been to in Dallas are hole-in-the-wall strip mall places, we've learned not to judge a place by it's exterior appearance. When you come in, there's a bar on the left where, I would assume that if you don't have a reservation you'd have to wait for your table and to the very front of you is a view of the kitchen in all it's steaming, frying, sauteing glamour. Unfortunately, today we were greeted by what we assume was some relative of the chef/owner that was severely under-dressed, and, much to out non-surprise looks like she speaks Spanish, but guess what? "doesn't".. anywhoo.. reservation? yes... ok, come this way. Seated at our tables we scanned what we already knew was on the menu (from the page above), but even after debating one way or the other, scallops? well, ok, oh, a wagyu  hamburger? no, you know what? I didn't put on a nice shirt so I would eat with my hands, and hell no, I will NOT eat a hamburger with knife and fork, that's just wrong ಠ_ಠ.  Escargot? yes, of course! we've also had the ahi tuna tartare that is very good.

Main dish from the specials menu.. rabbit confit with canellini beans, call me beaner, but God dayum those frenchies know how to cook good bean casseroles!

Entreé #2: Gnocchi with lobster and wild mushrooms, ok, us westerners get so excited about lobster and then the o'l lobster comes and... hommard... not OUR rock-lobster... it's not bad, but, in our minds at least, it's definitely not lobster. Potatoe potato..

 And the desert! A ricotta pana cotta... damn good! we especially like the non-americanness of the dish, it's not overly sweet like if you were at chain restaurant and ordered apple pie a la mode or something, no, it's slightly sweet, and in every smooth spoonful you can actually taste that it's made out of cheese, not a friggin' sugar cane.

All in all, Nosh has yet to disappoint, yes, I would recommend that you try to go before the dinner rush because in my case, some of the beans were a bit undercooked. And our waiter was a bit of a socially awkward penguin, not noticing that we were there to enjoy our food and dining experience; all is forgiven because he was noticeably embarrassed for trying to take our plates away too soon.

Challah [midnight baking]

So. first, there was this post that inspired me to look for a Challah recipe; I found one.. and, of course right at around midnight, made the dough to be baked the next day. I knew from reading that reddit post that Challah was jewish (why do I know these things?) but didn't know the requirements, so mine is technically a Challah, but doesn't represent the tribes of Israel, nor was it consumed as part of the Sabbath while making the dough I thought it was kind of in accordance with those traditions, cooking it after sun-down on Saturday, but.. no, it should be consumed on Friday evening or Saturday lunch or dinner. Anywhoo... Bread, good, recipe? easy, actually.. but.. I suck at braiding (as you can see)