Fine Dining

I had a recent phone chat with The Wig. He enjoyed his Vegas excursion and took my suggestion to dine at Bouchon. He also patronized Boulud and Mina hotspots this trip. My blog came up and he mentioned that my recent posts have been lame. I'll miss our friendship.

Staying on the food theme, this weekend was one fit for chow hounds. 4M and his wife came over for dinner Friday night. I cranked out a Pappardelle Bolognese that was well received by everyone but myself. I felt it was passable then realized that this was a tale of two Bologneses. The last time I made it I was disappointed as well and finally realized that I was working with the wrong recipe. I hit it out of the park the first time I made it but then got my signals crossed. I'm sure you've had Bolognese troubles as well. The first recipe is the one I just used but I plan to switch to the second, which I'm pretty sure was my original.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Bolognese-Sauce-107226

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/tagliatelle-bolognese-recipe2/index.html

Me, Unc and our posse (our wives and a friend) faced the Arctic chill of the Outer Sunset Saturday night to enjoy Vietnamese salad, salt and pepper calamari, roasted crab and garlic noodles at Thanh Long. The grub was fantastic. Two thumbs up.

http://www.anfamily.com/Restaurants/thanhlong_restaurant/displaypages/homepage.html

The next time we venture to the western nether regions of SF, maybe we'll hit the place kitty corner from Thanh Long for some Indian food and pizza. I'm sure it beats Chez Nicole.

http://goldengateindian.com/

We finished off the weekend at Unc's house, where he whipped up a kickass prawn risotto. We had a good time but Unc and I agreed that two dinners in a row was too much togetherness.