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Old 04-25-2015, 11:48 AM   #1
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Dinner out with my wife and my Canon M camera

Alright before anyone comments on people who take pictures of their food in restaurants I was doing this before it was popular with the social media crowd! And I had some food clients when I had my studio so I used to pay a food stylist to make beautiful inedible food for photographing.

Anyway, the wife and I were in Philadelphia and Newark last week and ate out a couple of times, I like this little Canon M mirrorless as the image quality is good as are the lenses they offer. I will admit that I did some post processing in Adobe Lightroom before I was satisfied.
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Old 04-25-2015, 11:50 AM   #2
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A couple more. All were handheld, most shot with a 22mm lens just using the available light in the restaurant or from a window nearby.
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Old 04-25-2015, 02:17 PM   #3
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Their wine list goes to e11even.

It's one winier, innit?
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Old 04-25-2015, 02:20 PM   #4
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I could identify the grapes, but, nothing else.

My palate should travel more.

Or, at least, get out.
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Old 04-25-2015, 02:20 PM   #5
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Love your work.. a feast any way you look at it
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Old 04-25-2015, 09:27 PM   #6
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Everything was very tasty, the desserts were really good. I prefer those small offerings for dessert instead of bit plates that go uneaten.
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Old 04-25-2015, 09:40 PM   #7
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Those pictures are beautiful! I love food pictures, hihi.
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Old 04-26-2015, 07:01 AM   #8
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Lovely pics!
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Old 04-26-2015, 11:38 AM   #9
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Lovely pics indeed, and the meal looks wonderful too.

I have to say, though, that it backs up my issue with cheeseboards. Turns out it's a global issue. NEVER enough accompaniments, despite them being the cheapest part of the dish. One cob for that cheese selection? No-one I know eats blocks of cheese on their own (well, I did know some bulimics...)

It's the same whether it's served with crackers, water biscuits, oatcakes - although you have to be grateful not to have any of them, let alone enough sufficient for the amount cheese served.
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Everything was very tasty, the desserts were really good. I prefer those small offerings for dessert instead of bit plates that go uneaten.
Uneaten dessert...Whatsthatnow?
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I could identify the grapes, but, nothing else.

My palate should travel more.

Or, at least, get out.
Indeed. Please come to Seattle and I'll show your palate around. There's too much good food here to eat; if I were twenty guys I couldn't keep up. And that's not counting what I make in my own kitchen.

Chris, the pictures are very nice, and the food (porn) looks positively delicious. I can see grilled tofu over quinoa with some kind of relish/chutney/pickle with peppers, chives, etc. served with potatoes with lemon (?!). Then braised brussel sprouts finished under the broiler, the cheese plate, an open faced ice cream sandwich garnished with pomegranate seeds and pomegranate sorbet, the e11even (heh) wine, pan seared scallops over rice with topped with some kind of savory foam, and the petit fours for dessert.

Most certainly a feast for the eyes.
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served with potatoes with lemon (?!)
I thought apricots. But I agree that you have an educated palate. When I come to Seattle you can educate mine a little more. And I'll let you take me to a Roller Derby.

If these were British pics I'd have a stab at identifying the cheese, but we just don't eat American cheese here.
I'd say an Italian semi-soft blue like Dolcelatte (or German Cambozola).
A mature [sharp] Cheddar, possibly Scottish. Although it's pale enough to be a soft white like Cheshire or Caerpilly the cut looks too precise for a crumbly cheese.
And a smoked cheese - Bavarian maybe. It could be an Italian hard, but again the cut suggests otherwise (as someone who hated trying to cut Parmesan and Grana Padano) and it would be an unusual choice for a cheeseboard.
Given the quality of the meal it could also be a sheep's cheese like Manchego; underrated IMO.

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I agree about the cheese plates in general sometimes it's way too much cheese and not much to eat with it. This one had a decent assortment of Artisan style local cheeses. There were very tasty grapes, and out of focus but also a half sliced apple and some really crisp slices of a bread with nuts and cranberries. I ended up eating about half the cheese and the fruit but took the other half back to the hotel along with the leftover bread. It went well with my breakfast the next morning!
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I'd like to know how the sprouts were fixed? They look really good.
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Old 04-28-2015, 01:05 PM   #15
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I'd like to know how the sprouts were fixed? They look really good.
Fixed as in staged or styled? None, that was how it came out of the kitchen. My wife knows to wait until I take pictures before she eats, I have trained her well. Some folks prey before eating, I take pictures.
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