Lunch and Linner

This week is very busy for me. Cooking for Real starts this Sunday so I've been running around doing some things in the city. The weather here is so crazy. It was 60 degrees yesterday and very in-betweeny teeheehee. New word. I was between hot and cold and really depending on the side of the street you walked on, you were improperly dressed. Kinda funny, I had lunch with a friend and we practiced unconscious walking based on the shadow/sun side of the street. We ate at Houston's on Park Ave. in Manhattan, haven't been there in years, I usually stick to the local owned-businesses because there are sooooo many to go through in NYC and I aim to accomplish a good majority of the menus in my lifetime! About Houston's though, I really like the lighting in there. I got the "Sashimi Tuna Salad: pan seared ahi with cilantro-ginger vinaigrette, mixed greens, avocado & mango" and after hesitating twice, an order of fries and a 7&7 to drink. I remembered faintly thinking the fries were great with a steak I had there years ago and was happy when they arrived. Just as I remembered. I like plenty types of fries. I'm not a skinny or fat freak, I'm more into the texture, the doneness(another new word) and the seasoning. So these are thin, long, some skin on a tip here or there and the right amount of salt. The drink at lunch right? I know you are still thinking it, I know I am teeheehee ... well, look what can I say, I had a teeny headache and didn't wanna take a pill and wait for hours. Had a few sips and was self medicated. I'm so wrong, but it worked. :-) ... The salad was yummy, mango and avocado really were perfect yesterday. Refreshing and cool. Gonna have to work something out this weekend with the two, I'm inspired a bit. Ok, here's my Linner from yesterday ... finally finished off the ravioli I made last week. Took them out of the freezer and turned Italian into the world's original pasta, Asian food. I fried some, then steamed some and had them with a soy sauce mixture I make and some jasmine rice. When I was in Korea, they served the fried version on a stick and they were called yaki-mandu ....sooooo yummy, street food at it's finest. Of course, these were filled with beef and sage and asiago, because I intended them for ravioli last week, but the flavors really blended well. Real yummy .... ok, here are the pics ...