November 23, 2022 Lunch - Sloane’s Corner. Dinner - Selda

November 23, 2022 Lunch - Sloane’s Corner. Dinner - Selda 

This was a really interesting day of food and art.

We split a blueberry muffin and watch World Cup soccer.  Then I sliced 1 1/2 slices of whole wheat bagel and spread cream cheese on it and garnished it with slices of a domestic morbier style cheese. At noon we drove to The Meadows Art Museum to see the exhibit of three gems. The portrait of Phillip the 4th by Velasquez on loan from the Frick, the Vermeer Woman reading a note on loan from the Riksmuseum and a Salvador Dali from the Dali Museum in Figueres, Spain. 

The Dali is an homage to both Vermeer and Velasqez and a surrealist masterpiece.  I has a woman standing like the woman in the Vermeer but  on second viewing she is part of the face of a bearded Velasquez. A brilliant slight of hand.

After seeing those three masterpieces we saw a few paintings from the Meadows collection including a good El Greco of Saint Francis in the Wilderness.

After about 1 1/2 hours we drove to the Dallas Museum of Art.  It was almost 2:00 and we were hungry. The cafe at the museum did not appeal to but Suzette had googled a 4.8 point restaurant 1 1/2 blocks away on

 Ross in the Trammel Crow Building named Sloane’s Corner.

It took a while for me to walk to Sloane’s Corner and luckily we arrived after 2:00 and were able to order from the happy hour menu.

We ordered two Old Fashions, a big bowl of mussels steamed with cubes of Spanish chorizo and strips of sun dried tomato in a white wine broth and a dish called Brie Brûlée that was a 250 gram wheel of brie with sugar caramelized top served with glacéd cubes of pear and pieces of walnut.  Both dishes were served with toast points and both were delicious. 

The combination of slightly spicy Spanish Chorizo and sun or oven dried tomato slices gave the delicate plump mussels an exotic flavor.  I ate every last drop of the delicious wine infused broth.

The brie brûlée was equally creative and tasty-with its crunchy caramelized crust and the glacéd pear cubes and walnut chunks.  We loved the dish and ordered glasses of Cabernet Sauvignon to drink with the cheese.

After lunch we walked back to the Museum and saw a special exhibit of Matthew Wong’s landscapes and a Kinetic art exhibit that was not so great.

We also saw mud cloth wraps from Mail as it was approaching 5:00 when the museum closed.

We drove back to Billy and Elaine’s and found that Elaine had picked up Willy. Billy was sick with the flu, but everyone else wanted to go to dinner at Selda.  We went to Selda last year and loved it.  It serves Turkish cuisine and has a Turkish chef.  

As soon as we sat down a bit before 7:00 we ordered hummus and a spicy Ezme appetizer and two beers at happy hour discounts.  Then our waiter brought those items with large platters with huge pita breads.

We were 6 people and we decided to share, so with the help of the waiter we ordered a mixed grill that has all the kabob items, both chicken and beef.  Our waiter suggested 3 skewers of lamb shish kebab.  Willy wanted a meat pie and I wanted Tzatziki and the fabulous arugula, tomato, cucumber, and quinoa salad we ate last time.  I love this salad that is a delicious take on a Mediterranean salad.

Everyone had enough to eat, although our waiter brought extra pita bread so we could make small pita pocket sandwiches with meat salad and tzatziki.

The Tempranillo was a substitute that was a 2017 Marques de Silva Reserva, so better than the menu selection.

Everyone loved the meal and thought the price of $214.00 was excellent, as was the $254.00 total with tip.

After dinner we drove to Jeni’s ice cream parlor, but it was closed, so none of President favorite ice cream.

We returned to Elaine and Billy’s house and had an after dinner drink and talked until 10:30.

This was a fabulous day of food.   

Bon Appetit