It's Friday again - I am glad to have made it. Highlights of this week were enjoying a Mad Mex beef burrito and a Corona with Tim before seeing a free screening of Before Midnight courtesy of Mimco, going to an excellent talk on Social Media and the Law at one of the law firms, and enjoying a single caramel dome chocolate from Ganache Chocolate as a lunchtime treat.
Friday also means French Fridays with Dorie, and this week, our recipe is Mediterranean Swordfish with (or in my case, without) Frilly Herb Salad.
I have never had swordfish before, and can't even remember seeing it at the supermarket. Accordingly, after a visit to the dentist, I walked up to swanky Hawksburn Village to see if I could buy some there - I figure that the cashed up end of town would be more likely to have swordfish than anywhere else. Sure enough, I found my swordfish - at $5.10 per 100g. Ouch! Needless to say, I only bought one swordfish steak for the princely sum of $10.20.
In the end, although this was a pricey dine at home option, I found the marinated swordfish, cooked until just opaque, to be absolutely delicious. It sure beats the rubbery flake option that I sometimes indulge in at home. The fish had a delicate flavour complemented by the lightly spiced marinade, and it melted in your mouth. Fabulous!
There was no way I was going to spend about $9 on herbs to make a salad that I didn't really want in the middle of winter, so I went the more traditional route of fish and chips. The chips were so so because they have been living in my freezer for quite a long time, but they plumped out the meal. If they had been fresher, I think that this upmarket fish and chips would have been totally grouse.
To see what the other Doristas thought of this week's pick, visit the LYL section of the website.
Finally, I wish you a lovely weekend, and share the following video with you, with a message that I need to remember:
