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.

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.

Their wine list goes to e11even.

It's one winier, innit?

I could identify the grapes, but, nothing else.

My palate should travel more.

Or, at least, get out.

Love your work.. a feast any way you look at it :)

Everything was very tasty, the desserts were really good. I prefer those small offerings for dessert instead of bit plates that go uneaten.

Those pictures are beautiful! I love food pictures, hihi. :p:

Lovely pics!

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.

chrisinhouston;926743 wrote:

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?:eyebrow:

Gravdigr;926712 wrote:

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.

BigV;926790 wrote:

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.

Can you tell I miss my job?

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!

I'd like to know how the sprouts were fixed? They look really good.

busterb;926898 wrote:

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. ;)

I suspect Buster doesn't give a shit about arrangement, more likely how they were prepared.

xoxoxoBruce;926913 wrote:

I suspect Buster doesn't give a shit about arrangement, more likely how they were prepared.

Oh, my mistake! I imagine pretty much the way I do them at home. I usually saute them in a searing hot pan with some oil and a bit of butter, then season and let them caramelize a bit. I add a splash of liquid like stock and put a lid on so the cook through but the moisture evaporates.

:jig: Presentation vs. preparation :jig:

All I know is I took the leftover ones back to the hotel and had them on top of my oatmeal the next morning.

Well I kinda know the how, but how a name for this good looking dish?

Excellent work, Chris. Then again, I expected nothing less from you.

chrisinhouston;926695 wrote:

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.

What are these green one in plate? It is looking very yummy and tasty. Have not seen it before

janetfdoss;927756 wrote:

What are these green one in plate? It is looking very yummy and tasty. Have not seen it before

I think you are referring to the Brussels sprouts? They sort of look like little green walnuts but have more of a young cabbage taste.

chrisinhouston;927764 wrote:

I think you are referring to the Brussels sprouts? They sort of look like little green walnuts but have more of a young cabbage taste.

Yes i was actually talking about those which you named "Brussels Sprouts" Can you share it's recipe?