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Well…
Our thanksgiving restaurant was Annabelle.
It was the most bizarre meal we’ve had from Frank Ruta in the 20 years we’ve been stalking… I mean enjoying his food.yes, I should have chosen turkey. But I wasn’t in the mood for turkey.
Mr. BLB, a wiser soul than me, had the pasta dish and it was pretty close to perfect. Thank goodness that doesn’t change.
On 11/27/2022 at 1:49 PM, DonRocks said:My best guess is that this is a tired, male (*) cook, working at a dying - perhaps even a chef-less - restaurant which was initially well-funded enough to provide marble counters and attractive plates and cutlery.
Is that a Roquefort salad?!
Viewed as a whole, this is as if a prison decided to do something special for Thanksgiving.
(*) No female has an aesthetic this bad.
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Don,
your explanation makes more sense than the meal we experienced. Last photo before I reveal our thanksgiving dining choice. Mr. BLB’s salad course
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On 11/25/2022 at 7:05 PM, Pat said:
Is that tofu and beef or fish and beef?
Steak and a single grilled mushroom.
On 11/25/2022 at 10:12 PM, DonRocks said:Wow, this is hyper-minimalist. I assume this is marinated beef, and ... tofu? portobello? And Japanese.
This dish could have been awful, or could have been terrific - if quality beef is marinated properly, it can be overcooked and still be marvelous. Did the beef (assuming it's beef) have a teriyaki-like sweetness?
Where did I dine on Thanksgiving? (I wouldn't say this was representative of what I've had here in the past, but it fit the bill, especially for leftovers today.)
Maybe I should rename this thread "Foodle."
It was not Japanese. It was just steak. And a grilled mushroom.
You made far better thanksgiving decisions than I did.
This was the dessert to go with the steak and single mushroom.
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20 hours ago, Ericandblueboy said:
That’s a really sparse presentation. I have no clue where that’s at.
It was our thanksgiving outing. A plate of sides eventually appeared but I didn’t get a picture.
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where did we dine?
(trying to bring this back…)
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We hosted the Timber food truck at BL8th grader’s (god, I feel old) school last week and it was a great success. The PTA purchased 50 pizzas for staff at the school to take home. I bought a variety of pizzas for us and the winner was the Green Monster. Loved the pesto on it.
Mr. BLB liked it so much he has tracked down the food truck schedule and is picking up dinner tomorrow night. Win-win.
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We planned to go for Valentine’s Day but Mr. BLB was in CT with his family as his father had just died. And then we were going to go in March for BL-8th grader’s 13th birthday but we all know what happened in March.
We did curbside pickup in May for our anniversary. I took no pictures. I know there was pasta and a burger and it was lovely. It was everything I loved about Frank Ruta and it made me melancholy for the old days of Palena.
We need to go back again soon.
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Cooking for a bottomless pit of a 13 year old here.
He had the audacity to tell me he is tired of rice. He used to beg me to cook rice. Dinners are usually some type of meat, cooked with onions and zucchini and garlic, with any other veggies I want to throw in, a can of beans, a sauce, and then served over rice. Or pasta if I’m feeling kind. It isn’t fancy. It isn’t going to win awards. But it keeps us fed. He has the leftovers for breakfast.
I did make a shepherds pie that we all loved recently and if I can ever get decent potatoes again, I will serve it again.
I have also stopped asking what he or Mr. BLB want or think of my dinner plan. I just cook. If they don’t like, they can cook dinner.
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Has anyone done pickup from Annabelle’s? Our anniversary is this weekend and we want to do something a notch above. Since Palena was our last pre-wedding meal before our friends and family descended on us it seemed like a good choice.
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On 4/13/2020 at 9:24 PM, gnatharobed said:
A&J Rockville and Annandale are both reopening tomorrow! We offer no contact pick-up/take-out and we accept Venmo for no touch payment. We are so grateful for all the support from the Don Rockwell community during this time. Stay healthy and safe everyone!
Online ordering?
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Not Jiko. On the monorail.
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2 hours ago, DonRocks said:
This looks like something from one of their upscale restaurants - Yacht Club?
Not Yacht Club. Mid tier sit down at a resort. Do you need more clues?
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21 minutes ago, DonRocks said:
The first two bottles of wine I ever bought were from Village Vintner in Orlando - I still have them!
I can't imagine this is the Disneyworld Jaleo, but is that on the right path?
Not Jaleo because I won’t eat someplace I can go at home. But yes, Disneyworld.
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28 minutes ago, DonRocks said:
In the DMV?
(I’d call this the « Early Autumn Édition. »)
No. Central Florida.
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37 minutes ago, mtureck said:
I'm going with Bub and Pop's...
That tablecloth looks so familiar.
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11 minutes ago, DonRocks said:
I have to go with Bluestone Lane in West End.
Bingo! The yogurt was weird but the avocado toast was very good.
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4 hours ago, DonRocks said:
Should I still wait 24 hours?
Naw. Go ahead.
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6 minutes ago, naxos said:
Junction Bakery?
No.
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2 hours ago, Rhone1998 said:
Oh dear, that's got to be the oreo pizza at &Pizza, right? I'm afraid to ask how it was. Apparently they'll make you a Cheeto pizza, too.
Yes.
It was awful.
The things we do to amuse our kid.
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5 hours ago, deangold said:
We change the rule to $1 a year except for Zach. He starred in our newsletter. Or his appetite did.
It's the name. I know mine did a world of damage as a 3 year old.
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Mr. BLB and I went last night. The salmon collar and blue crab eggs were the winners of the night, along with the grilled broccoli. The Swiss chard was too salty and they removed it from the bill. For mains we had the pork porterhouse and the flatiron. Both were prepared well. I think we would happily go back and do more appetizers and sides and skip the mains though.
We walked around union market because we arrived early. It’s such an interesting collection of options.
And even after the worst of the storm was over, it took us forever to get home to upper MoCo
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Where Did I Dine? A Photograph-Based Guessing Game
in Washington DC Restaurants and Dining
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We had a good meal there last thanksgiving, prompting BL-10th grader to ask to go back.
We had a pretty much perfect meal there for our anniversary and a really good pandemic carryout meal for our anniversary in 2020.
Our experiences at Mirabelle, while limited, were excellent.
It’s very depressing.