Ernesto underwent a lot of changes overnight and was upgraded to hurricane status early this morning. The forecast track also shifted to the north quite a bit putting Cuba squarely in Ernesto’s sights and then the Florida Keys by mid week. The longer 5 day forecast even has it curving around and going over north central Florida by the end of the week. If that track holds up, Ernesto could be bruhsing past the Georgia and SC coasts by this time next week.
Carnivore date night
Last night the wife and I went out on a date to Oak Steakhouse. It was a very pleasant evening, although it got a little loud at our second floor corner table with all the noise from people waiting at the bar echoing off the ceiling towards the end of th evening.
The food was quite spectacular and we ate ourselves a little silly. Really, how can you not at a place like Oak. I started with a carpaccio of beef while the wife went with the foie gras. Both very excellent. I’d never had a carpaccio before, so it was an interesting and tasty experience. Not at all like what I expected.
By the time we finished our salads (ceasar for me, the spinach salad for her), we were already getting full. The dressings on the salads were perfect, and we just couldn’t stop eating them.
Then came our entrees. At Oak, being a steakhouse and all, large hunks of meat are the star items on the menu. All of them grilled, and all of them very yummy looking. I went with the 36 oz bone-in ribeye which came out on a hot cast iron pan. The wife ordered the 28oz porterhouse. For some reason ours didn’t come out sizzling like the other diners’ plates did. Anyway, it was a carnivore’s dream. The ribeye was a bit charred on the outside, but cooked to a nice medium/medium rare on the inside. I sliced off a decent sized 5 or 6 oz serving (no way I was going to be able to eat the whole thing at this point) and started eating. A bite of the ribeye with the accompanying foie gras was utterly sinful. Buttery sweet texture and flavour of the foie gras went perfectly with the ribeye.
We left with enough meat to last us through at least 3 more meals. Definitely a place we would go to again, although probably not too often.
4.5 stars out of 5 (-0.5 stars for the rather loud atmosphere on the second floor. I bet the third floor would be much quieter).
Ernesto in the house!
TS Ernesto looks to be the first storm of the year to keep a sharp eye on as it makes a beeline for Jamaica and then into the Gulf by the middle of next week.
Fantasy genealogy
Augh! I’ve been tagged!
- Which famous person would you most like to learn that you are descended from?
- Buddha. Maybe it will put me a little further along the path to enlightenment.
- Which famous person would you hate to learn that you are descended from?
- Genghis Khan. He was one mean dude.
- If you could be ancestor to any living famous person, who would it be and why?
- Hmmm. Stephen Hawking I think. It would be cool to be related to one of the smartest people in the world.
- If you could go back in time and meet any known ancestor(s) of yours, who would it be?
- Some of the ones that lived in ancient China. I’ve always wondered their lives might have been like 4000 or so years ago (when Europeans were still in diapers).
- Tag five others:
- I don’t know if I know 5 others that read this blog. Maybe some of these people will respond. Joan, Windviel, Betty, Geoff, Paul
Dangerous foods
Shamelessly stolen from a Lab Board posting
A Doctor was addressing a large audience:
“The material we put into our stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting here, years ago. Red meat is awful. Soft drinks corrode your stomach lining. Chinese food is loaded with MSG. High fat diets can be disastrous, and none of us realizes the long-term harm caused by the germs in our drinking water. But there is one thing that is the most dangerous of all and we all have, or will, eat it. Can anyone here tell me what food it is that causes the most grief and suffering for years after eating it?”
After several seconds of quiet, a 75-year-old man in the audience raised his hand, and softly said, “Wedding Cake.”