Aromi, Again

a really nice amuse bouche', peccorino cheese wrapped by smoked eggplant . . . 

tuna carpaccio served on slices of green tomato . . . so good we were laughing . . . 

hold on to your hat: blackened scallops, they call it, meaning, scallops in tempura batter darkened by squid ink . . . .just shattering . . . 

I've always liked gewurztraminer, but this was sui generis . . . not so "spicy"as just bogglingingly floral . . . the nose on this wine is wonderful . . . 

risotto with Umbrian truffle . . . they put it on with a heavy hand, but the truffle is very nice, very subtle, earthy in a pleasant way . . . 

we shared a wild dorado with grilled vegetables . . .  the quality of the fresh seafood, the expertise of the cooking and serving at aromi is non-pareil . . .

The Bake Shop, Prague

The Cake Case  . . . 

Our choice, Vanilla Cake with Chocolate Marcapone & Sprinkles

8^d

Hard Rock Cafe, Prague

The Texan, pulled-pork sandwich . . . 

The Duo Combo . . . thank god I didn't order the Trio Combo . . . not enough beans for this good ol'boy, and not enough sauce, cole slaw was ok . . . and I got onion rings instead of fries . . . good move . . . but I wonder if I could get the string-onion-rings instead, like Mrs got with her Texan?

Indian By Nature, Prague

http://ibn-restaurant.cz/

we loved the lunch buffet at IBN so much we had to come back to try the a la carte menu . . . 

we understand the owners come from the Pind, and tho one can see the differences one can also see the similarities . . . Mrs says IBN is now her favorite

something different for a starter in lieu of vegetarian samosas: Mogo . . .  strips of casaba grilled very spicy . . . very nice . . . 

the total chutney array from top-right, around the clock: pickle, mango, mint sauce, tamarind . . . 

saag paneer

garlic naan . . . if one was going to picky, one would have to opine that this is the best naan EVER!

Tandoori Chicken . . .mrs' constant order . . . and one that the Pind always excels at, but now she says "THIS is the best". . . 

mixed raita . . . 

lamb vindaloo . . . oh, ah, er, is it the best ever . . . I can't say . . . but its'very good, the lamb was so tender I was amazed . . . but the spice was very under control (Tailored to Czech sensibilities, perhaps?) . . . I;ll have to try the lamb biriyani next time . . . .

black daal (Lentils) . . . we alternate between this and yellow (corn) daal at the pind ... and here . . . .very similar, very good.

Aromi, Prague

Amuse Bouche: Cucumber-Mint aspic with yogurt cream

Creamy Cucumber soup with Melon balls, scallop carpaccio, & flowers. . . . mrs said the little bachelor button flower was toooo bitter, but I liked it . . . the little purple flower was more to her taste. . . . 

Dinner plate: Grilled Calamari with chilli sauce & grilled onions, Lamb Chops with grilled melon & mushrooms, salad of roma tomatoes & radicchio 

dessert: chocolate fondant with cinnamon ice cream . .  .. 

Beroun Golf Club Restaurant

So after my round, after the jacuzzi, after a couple of Big Bang Episodes, I said, I gotta have dinner . . . not just picnic . . . so we went down . . . Mrs just had a caesar salad . . . not too bad . . . jar dressing, natch . . . I had some beef steak on mashed potatos . . . I quite liked it as a very nice, not-too-huge-a-slab-of-beef, and reasonably well done - medium, I mean, not charred.

Breakfast OTOH, is a disappointment . . . 1 Eggs benedict (tho'we had ordered two AND LOOKIT, white bread, 1 egg (menu said 2) with a dab of bernaisse), two sorta-croissants, two fresh OJs, and 4 espressos = 545 KC, 25 US$ . . . . shudda been included in the room cost, I reckoned, but what can you do . . . but blog it . . . 

Plagiarisms

I think, after racing thru the 7 stages of outrage, that I have been accessed (not to say victimized) by Philipino IT students practicing their web skills as a class project . . .

Quite by accident – I do not normally google myself – I have discovered two such instances, tho’ both are from 2006 . . .

The kids were probably even in the same class . . . 8^) . . .

If that is correct, I would hope that these 5^th generation data processors were intrigued & entertained by my Memoirs from the 3^rd Generation, and thus I would be gratified . . .

 

The web site is no longer up . . . I tho’t about reblogging it all again . . . it is so much trouble . . . if only I had an intern . . .

 

This one I found by googling one of my neologisms in an idle moment, pterymental

 

http://brizzcute.blogspot.com/2006/01/memoirs-of-3rd-generation-189_10.html

 

Memoirs of the 3rd Generation
189.
"Perversity of inanimate objects" is a useful phrase I came across in the '70s, meaning for example, the life-like ability of car-keys to lose themselves.
Of course, computers are the ultimately perverse inanimate objects, notwithstanding HAL, TRON, DARYL, etc. The act of programming confers human like confusion upon the machines we call computers, but not actual animation.

 

This one I found by googling “Memoirs from the 3^rd Generation”, since I had found the other . . .

 

http://simplehiron.blogspot.com/

 

Wait State -- Memoirs from the 3rd Generation

153.
When the Director of our department at the large financial services company was fired, we had a little going away party for him, at a restaurant near the office. Because I was a friend and golf partner, and, I suspect, because everyone else was afraid to speak, lest they would be fired, too, I made a little speech . . . .

 

Beroun Golf Resort

Saw where I could get on and play Beroun if I stayed in their hotel . . . 

from the terrace . . . 

view from the terrace . . . 

 view from the terrace . . . 

Oooh the pool was all glinty-sparkly, tho'the photo doesn't show up so well . . . 

the room . . . 

the bathroom . . . 

spartan, clean, & large . . . 

past the bed and the chairs is the other terrace, where the jacuzzi was . . . 

they've got artwork all over the hotel, in the halls and lobby . . . 

in the rooms, not so much . . . .

I gotta send this one to thisisnthappiness . . . 

he loves that light bending wackadoodle.

this is nature's work . . .

if you look at the enlarged picture,

the gelded outline of the clouds just over the trees looks nice . . . 

even better in reality

Black Dog Cantina, Beroun, The Czech Republic

http://www.blackdogs.cz/

Mrs picked this place up from Trip Advisor . . . http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g676767-d2706313-Reviews-Blackdog_Cantina-Beroun_Central_Bohemian_Region_Bohemia.html . . .which, after the Best Pizza In America Debacle (San Diego & Ucccch, Las Vegas?) I was skeptical, if not actually outright suspect, that it was over-rated . . .  

MUST Admit, their choices of burgers available are simple & complete, and the execution is pretty flawless, IMVHO.

Guacamole (Domici, home-made) was great . . . not as good as Mrs'Famous Guacamole, but nice, nonetheless . . . 8^) . . . 

I got some kind of taco with beef chunks and mexican spicing I havent encountered very often, if ever . . . they were a mess to eat, but kinda fun that way, too, if you know what I mean . . . maybe Czech / Mexican Fusion Quisine is reaching Critical Mass . . . 8^0 , , , 8^D . . . oh, it just occurs to me that Czech-Mex musta already been invented once, In Texas . . . so . . . yeah . . . maybe . . . 

For Chicken Fried Steak, Wikipedia.org:

History[edit source | editbeta]

The precise origins of the dish are unclear, but many sources attribute its development to German and Austrian immigrants to Texas in the 19th century, who brought recipes for Wiener Schnitzel from Europe to the USA.^[1] Lamesa, the seat of Dawson County on the Texas South Plains, claims to be the birthplace of chicken fried steak, and hosts an annual celebration accordingly.^[2] John "White Gravy" Neutzling ofBandera in the Texas Hill Country also claims to have invented the dish.^[3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_fried_steak

We both added Valentina sauce to our satisfaction . . . Mrs bot another whole bottle for gift for a friend . .. .

The Valentina is a brand of pourable hot sauce manufactured by the Salsa Tamazula, company of Guadalajara, in western Mexico.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_(hot_sauce)