Escolar crudo – Staple & Fancy

Escolar crudo - Staple & Fancy
With roasted peppers and micro greens. Family style supper $46 per person
Staple and Fancy, Seattle WA

Mmm, SO good! I remember hearing that there’s some kind of controversy with escolar, I think because they’re often mislabeled or something. Anyway, this was delicious whatever it was, lol!

Seattle Cloud Cover glass bridge
Seattle Cloud Cover glass bridge, Teresita Fernandez, Olympic Sulpture Park.

Lebanese kibbeh – La Mediterranee

Lebanese kibbeh - La Mediterranee
Local, grass-fed fresh ground lamb and cracked wheat, seasoned and baked with pine nuts. Served with green salad, fruit and cheese. $13.95
La Mediterranee, San Francisco CA

I had NO idea what I was ordering, and when it came out it was NOT what I was imagining, lol! But it was SO frickin’ good! It’s kind of like a very moist, flavorful lamb meatloaf. I really enjoyed it, and it was large enough that I took some home and enjoy it the next day. Heck yeah!

Complimentary cookies - Le Mediterranee
Complimentary cookies with the check.

Colorful painted van
Colorful painted van, 16th Street.

The ultimate sliders potluck!

The ultimate slider

Bam, this slider rocked!

For our last potluck at work, a co-worker and I decided that we would team up and bring sliders. He would be in charge of the meat and buns, and I would bring all the toppings. What resulted was the best, juiciest, most flavorful sliders EVER, lol! He ended up grilling the beef patties and toasting the buns on a George Foreman grill in the office, and I skillfully laid out all the toppings. I like to think that a stampede ensued to grab all the available sliders! 🙂

Slider toppings
Colby jack cheese, avocado, tomatoes, and a spicy smoked paprika aioli (I tweaked a recipe I found on Epicurious).

Slider toppings
Romaine hearts and spicy capicola chips (I slowed dried the capicola slices in the oven).

Here are a couple pics of other items brought in.

Assorted Turkish sweets
Assorted Turkish sweets.

Kielbasa bites