April 24, 2012: Recent Eats! Adoption! The L.A. Complex!

Some recent meals…

Porchetta sandwich from Meat & Bread. The pork is spice rubbed and rolled in fennel and rosemary, then roasted to crispy perfection, chopped (along with that crispy skin) and served up hot.

Red Curry Beef sandwich at Meat & Bread, the day's special. Had a terrific sansho-like kick.

Meat & Bread : 370 Cambie Street : Victory Square : Vancouver BC.  As tempted as I was, I decided to take a rain check on the maple-bacon ice cream sandwich.

On the home front…

Fava beans sauteed in chicken stock and roasted garlic.

Crispy roasted Rainbow Trout with olive oil, garlic, and tarragon.

Saikyo miso soup with shitake mushrooms, sweet onions, and sweet potatoes.

My Mexican Ratatouille: Mix jalapenos, serrano peppers, cubed eggplant, tomatillos, red tomato, shallots, and garlic in olive oil, thyme salt, and a dash of sugar. Pop them in the oven on broil.

Once done, strip the seeds out of the roasted peppers (or the leave them in if you like it spicy), toss in a cubed avocado, mix and serve. Sweet, sour, spicy and delicious.

Cold chocolate: milk, cream, chocolate.

Heard from the Seattle Pug Rescue today.  They informed me that since it was impossible for them to do a home check on me, they would require photos of my house along with a letter of reference from my vet.  And, if I do end up being approved for adoption, I will have to make the trip to Seattle to pick up my pug since they do not ship their pugs.  All perfectly understandable.  I’ll snap some pics of the front and back yards (both fenced) and some shots of my dogs lounging about in their doggy beds, on my bed, and enjoying It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia on the big theater screen downstairs.  If that doesn’t convince them, I don’t know what will.

Akemi is still about two months away from hearing definitive word on her immigration status (we went to the Japanese Consulate this morning to get her printed so the Japanese government can run a background check on her and make sure she isn’t a serial killer who preys on unwitting gaijin).  As a result, either I make the trip to Seattle solo or I wait until she gets the okay to come and go as she pleases.  Guess I’ll just have to see how the adoption process goes.

Martin Gero’s The L.A. Complex premieres tonight at 9:00 p.m. on the CW.  Check it out!