Forking Tasty

Costco is my new butcher

Not really but I tell you the way they cut their short ribs makes for an amazing grilled steak. They are so tender all they need is a little salt and pepper. The other night I paired it with some orchiette and beat greens. The greens were another REEL TASTY leftover simply dressed with really good olive oil and some S+P. Splash of cider vinegar. The pasta was butter based with some pecorino cheese and parsley. To accent all that food, I polished off the opened bottle of Zin from Saturday’s supper club.

Truth be told, I have many butchers. Costco for short ribs, Mario’s for braccioles, JPB for kobe cuts, Dickson’s for the less common cuts and Florence for lamb. Pork and chicken is a whole different world and a whole different post.

It’s not a myth…

Ohhh Shanghai, what a great city. It was a perfect day. I started the day off by winning the World Series. It’s great to be on top again. Then took off into Shanghai and found my friends at the Yuyan gardens. It was so peaceful and beautiful then did some bargain shopping and got some Christmas gifts. Another friend had to stay on the ship for the day and asked if I could pick up his tailor made suits. I felt sure why not, it was in the neighborhood. On our way to pick up the suits we made a turn down a market street and we found a butcher on the street cutting up some meat…