Saturday, August 21, 2010
CJ's Wine & Dine met tonight at what is becoming a favorite restaurant of mine. The Himilayan Grill in Sunset Beach.
18 of us dined outside tonight. It is the middle of what should be summer and we are still waiting for it to arrive.
We started out with 4 appetizers.
Samosas - deep fried pastries filled with potato, peas, onions and spices.
Vegetable Pokoras - mixed vegetables mildly spiced, dipped in a light batter and deep fried.
Chicken Momo - steamed dumplings filled with ground chicken, vegetables & served with home made tomato achhar (spicy salsa)
Lamb Thupka - a hearty soup of Tibetan style noodles cooked with lamb cubes, mixed vegetables and herbs & spices.
The entrees were:
Chicken Vindaloo - boneless chicken and potatoes in a hot curry sauce
Shrimp Saag - shrimp sauteed & cooked with spinach, herbs & spices
Mixed Vegetable Korma - mixed veggies in a cashew curry cream sauce with Kashmiri herbs
Rack of Lamb - marinated with garlic & ginger & cooked in a tandoori oven
We also had Naan & garlic Naan (bread) along with Raita (yogurt with cucumbers, tomatoes and potatoes)
Of course everyone brought a bottle of wine. I brought a 2005 Huber Chardonnay and a 2008 Stolpman Originals Syrah.
Next month its off to Cafe Bizou in Pasadena. Have not gone to that restaurant before because if the distance. I'm not one for driving through heavy traffic after eating and drinking. Not sure if I will make this one or not.
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