Early Bday Celebration

Last weekend Terri took me out for a little pre bday celebration. We went to a really rad dinner put on by Souper Jenny and her Underground Dinner Club. Terri sent in a E-mail a couple months ago to Souper Jenny to get invited to one of her exclusive dinner clubs. These dinners are by invite only and only 20 - 30 people get to go for each party. Just so happens that she got the invite to one right before my bday!

The location of the dinner was the Oakland Cemetary and the suprise chef was Richard Blais of Top Chef and Iron Chef fame. He is also the Creative Director at Flip Burger Boutique here in Atlanta. So the dinner was in a great pre hallowenn location and the chef is one of my favorites. To top it off we are "Required" to where black.....I think I have that covered.

Check out the pics below of the courses menu and what not. Again the dinner was super fun and REALLY good. Despite the 30 - 40 degree weather, we ate outside, Terri and I loved it. Thanks Cook, I couldnt have asked for more!!!!

Me, Richard Blais and Terri

Pic of the place setting and menu card

Opening Course....Corn, Crab, Black Garlic and Cotton Candy Soup. Really Good, my second Fav of the night.

2nd Course....My Fav of the night, Squid stuffed with Blood Orange Sausage ontop of Cornbread

3rd Course....Black Bass ontop of Groel (Risotto)

4th Course....Lamb with Cauliflower and Rosemary Fog

5th Course...Terri is holding up dessert for us.....Seaweed Cloud with Silver Linning

Stuffed!

Just got done eatin dinner. Im Hans Solo tonight so was pretty much just cookin whatever. I decided to go with Black Beans tonight. Took the beans and mashed them up some and added lemon zest, lemon juice, cilantro, dried blueberries, bread crumbs and egg white. Made the mixture into small patties and cooked each side to a crisp in some oil on the stove top. Then crumbled the patties up and put it on a tortilla with some green chilles and taco sauce. Good stuff........

Relaxing Start To The Weekend

Terri an I decided to stay home over the 4th extended weekend to save some cash. But still tried to enjoy it as much as possible! Our Thursday started off by going to Marietta to play some golf, see Terri's Blog. After golf we hit up the Farmers Market to stock up on some groceries. After that we decided to use the new grill and make some pizza! We were going to make the dough......But didnt have the time or a bread machine. So we bought some premade crusts. We made our own sweet and zesty pizza sauce. Terri put basil and tomato on hers. And I had Hamburger and BACON! Using the grill to cook the pizza was alot of fun and added to the taste. After cooking the pies up we enjoyed our meal with some brews and UNO!

Man vs Food

Lately I have been watching the travel channel ALOT! One of my favorite shows airing on this channel is Man vs Food. It's pretty similar to Dinners, Drive Ins and Dives on the Food Network, another great show. In M v F Adam goes to a different city each episode and visits three popular restaurants. One of the restaurants has a food challenge on the menu. In one of the episodes they visited Atlanta. The first two spots were two Atlanta Favorites.....The Vortex (Little 5) and Gladys Knights Chicken and Waffles. The 3rd spot, challenge location, was Big Pie In The Sky in Kennesaw which is home to the Carnivore Pizza. Adam had to team up with a partner to eat this massive 11 Pound Pizza. Yes...11 pounds. I couldn't believe how big it was. the results...they couldn't tame the beast. Some other challenges on the show were a 72 oz Steak and a 4 lb Cheeseburger. Below was the best pic I could find of the Pizza Challenge. Since the pic is more centered on Adam and the M v F Cheerleaders you cant really see the full size of it, but you get the idea.

Lunch Time!!!!

So today Terri and I tried out a little place I've been wanting to try for a while. The name of the place is George's which is located in the Virginia Highlands. Its been around since 1961 and looks pretty similair to how it probably looked when it opened. Since I'm actually taking the time to blog about it your probably wondering if it was really good or if it really sucked......It was GREAT! The place is voted the Best Burger and Best Lunch Spot in Atlanta, by Atlanta City Seach, and it lived up to it. Its simple food done well. I had a Bacon and Swiss Burger with Fries and Terri had Chicken Tenders with Fries. It was really good. If your around the Highlands and want some good food at a great price check it out.

Long Time

Whats up People!? Sorry for the absence of blogging. Decemeber has just kind of flown by and blogging was the last thing on my mind...It was a good month though with the holidays and time off.

Terri and I got to have our first Christmas together. We were going to separate destinations for Christmas day itself. So we had our Christmas the Monday before. We had some great wine and a kickass meal of Bacon Wrapped Scallops with a Spicey Mayo Dipping Sacue, Grilled Lamb Chops with a Horseradish, Mustard and Mint Glaze and some Risotto with some aged Balsamic. Yea....We are rockstars in the kitchen! Then shared some gifts and got crunk!

I then got to see my family for Christmas. It had been quite sometime since the Browns had all been together under one roof. It was great seeing everyone and just hanging out. Mom as usual made some great grub for us. And we had no problem devourin it! I wish that we had more time together though. Luv u guys!!!!

December also brought the end of the regular season of the NFL, tear. Which meant that Fantasy Football ended for another year. So my stress and yelling levels on Sundays will lower considerable. I know have to wait another year to say "ESTABLISH THE RUN!!!!" The results.....The Men of Brown (My team) ended up pulling a big choke job. After putting up some crazy numbers my team went from the 1st seed in the playoffs to finishing 4th. The Grundle Punchers (Mac's Team) won Chapionship this year, congrats Mac! And more importantly......Kelly finished in last which meant that he had to dress up like a cowboy for one night. Kelly sucked it up and was a great sport, well done buddy!

Thats about it for now. Look for some more updates soon. Happy Holidays to all!
















Our Kickass Christmas Meal
















Tripp with his holiday treats
















Terri with her some of her new toys

My kickass skull plates!

Cowboy Kelly!!!!

Cowboy Kelly Again!!!!!!!

IRON CHEF!!!!!

Today for lunch Terri and I decided to have a little Iron Chef dual in the kitchen. The secret ingredient........CRAB! It was pretty fun. We whipped up some ideas pretty quick. It think from start to go it was maybe 40 minutes or so. We both made two plates each. All were some kind of Crab Cake. We couldn't decide on a winner between both of our best plates. But who cares, we both had fun and some good eats! Check out the pics below.





















The Spread















Terri's BLC Wrap, Tied for the top spot















My Triple Threat Cake, Tied for top spot
















Terri's Asian Invasion
















My Crabby Burger

Bday Dinner

On Wednesday night Terri and I went out to Steel in Midtown to celebrate my day of berth. The food and drinks were really good! Both of us agreed that we must go back sometime. It was a really nice ending to what was a bad first half of the day. Thanks for brightening my day Terri!

Sauceness

As some of you know I'm a condiment lover. Most of the time I base what I going to eat based off of the condiment I feel like eating. That said I was looking through the condiments the week a Kroger to see if anything jumped out at me. Then I say a interesting selection called Bronco Bob's Roasted Mango Chipotle Sauce. Ever since I've put it on just about everything....Chicken, Salmon, Pork & Sandwiches. This stuff is pretty awesome, I suggest picking yourself up a bottle.