Home again after an eventful weekend. (Though not as eventful as planned, thanks to a decidedly unplanned migraine 
.) I love Toronto, and miss living there. There’s always so much going on. And the food — yum! Anyway, since I haven’t cooked for myself in a few days I thought I’d post a few reviews of some old and new favourite haunts in TO. Places like…
Tonight I’m having a belated Valentine’s dinner with someone, and so spent part of this morning preparing this:
It’s a Thai dish calld Laab Nuea, and it’s soooooo tasty. It’s one of the only dishes I make using prepared ‘veggie ground’, and in this case combines that with lime juice, shallots, coriander, basil, and mint. Oh, and galangal, which is a lovely relation to ginger, with a hint of sweet mustard. It’ s hard to describe, but fortunately not that hard to find.
The man who passed this recipe on to me served it with jasmine rice, which was divine. I’ve also enjoyed it immensely in wraps. Tonight we’ll have it with Basmati, and a Thai mango salad. [Edit: The mango salad was divine!]
