July 17, 2015 Estate Sales, shopping at Central Market, and a dinner of Foil a Wrapped Monk Fish with Grilled corn and Asparagus

July 17, 2015 Central Market, Estate Sales and Dinner of Foil Wrapped Monk Fish with, grilled corn and Asparagus 

Today Suzette and I went Estate Sale shopping in North Dallas from 10:00 to noon.  I found a Tibetan trunka for $10.00 at a large house on Inwood.

Then we went to the large Central Market at the corner of Lovers Lane and Greenville Ave, which is one of the largest specialty grocery stores I have ever seen with complete fish and butcher shops, a bakery,a full wine and spirits department, plus wonderful produce.

We spent two hours shopping for food, a truly wonderful foodie experience.  We bought squid salad, seaweed salad, eel sushi and boiled shrimp former our lunch. 

We bought croissants for breakfast and a French baguette, duck pate,  couplet cheese and a string bean and shaved almond salad with a bottle of Cotes du Bourg Bordeaux red wine for lunch tomorrow and for tonight's meal two medium sized monk fish filets, asparagus, and fresh corn, with carrots, sweet Italian peppers, baby portobello mushrooms, a Texas sweet onion, a head of garlic and a bottle of Mumm’s Rose Brut champagne for tonight’s meal.  We also bought a bottle of 2014 Cotes du Rhone rose.  The total was $133.?? And we were happy.

We went home and ate a wonderful lunch of squid salad, seaweed salad, eel sushi, and shrimp with the last of the Petit rose we bought at Trader Joe’s yesterday.  Then we lay down for a nap and didn’t awaken until 5:00 p.m.

After an unsuccessful trip to the Dallas Rare Coin Store, we went on line and I discovered that the coin I wanted, a $3.00 gold coin was ten times more expensive than I thought, more like $7,000 than $500.00.  Alas, I always seem to like the nice things that are more expensive. 

Talking about more expensive, after Suzette  and Elaine put the fresh corn, wrapped fish and asparagus on the grill Billy allowed us to serve the Mumm’s Rose Brut from his Baccarat champagne glasses.  What a lovely experience.  With dinner we poured a Petit Albariño from Trader Joe’s into the same glasses.  Suzette and I lay ½ of each monk fish fillet in pieces of aluminum foil, then garnish them with grated carrots, thin slices of mushrooms, garlic, sweet onion, Italian sweet peppers, and salt, olive oil and white wine.  Then she sealed each pouch by crimping the edges together.  The asparagus were tossed in salt and olive oil to coat them and then the were grilled for about 15 minutes along with the ears of corn. 

We squeezed a bit of lemon on each pouch of fish and lay a pad of butter in each when they were cooked to give them a little more flavor.

Everyone seemed to enjoy their meal.  After dinner Billy brought out the good liquors, an 11 year old Armangac, an 8 year old Calvados, an XO Calvados, and the Gabrielli grappa do Brunello.  I opened the 6 pack of Sodbacka we bought at IKEA yesterday and we enjoyed the Swedish pastry with the liquors.

The Swedish Sotsak pastry is my favorite, a roll of rum soaked cake wrapped in pita io flavored marzipan and dipped in chocolate.

I also ate a few bites of hazelnut filled chocolate after dinner with additional glasses of liquor.

Billy showed a post-war film noir film called “The Damned” but I fell asleep on the couch half way through it.

A lovely food day.

Bon Appetit