Monday
Morrisons “finest” filled pasta
“What’s in the fridge” sauce
Typical midweek food. The pasta was on special offer and quite nice, although the fillings (one Beef & Chianti, the other Chicken & Lemon) had something of a “squirted from a big machine” texture to them. The sauce was just a typical hacked together thing based on the Salsa di Pomodoro from Saturday except we added chopped peppers at the frying stage. I’m really into the red wine vinegar at the moment… usually, my default “easy pasta sauce” involves adding some vermouth just after frying onions/garlic/etc.
Tuesday
Erm… beer mostly
Well, not just beer, but we didn’t have a full evening meal as such. We met a couple of friends at the truly wonderful Royal Oak in Southwark and punctuated the excellent Harveys beer with a couple of bowls of chips. I’d already grabbed leftovers from the previous couple of days for lunch, so didn’t exactly starve…
Wednesday
Pad Thai
Although I’m a big fan of the sauce-heavy Thai curries, this stir-fried noodle dish is a particular favourite. I frequently eat it at Thai restaurants, despite it being quite an unadventurous choice, seeing as it seems to be to them what fish & chips or chicken tikka masala are to us. However, it’s the ultimate comfort food as far as I’m concerned.
It’s a little more awkward to make at home than the creamy curries, but the results (using a recipe not dissimilar to this one) were quite encouraging. I’m not sure I’d use the Sharwoods rice noodles again… they seem to go soft and gooey far too quickly. Might try standard wheat noodles next time; I’ve certainly seen those used in plenty of thai restaurants. I’ve no idea what the correct transliteration from the original Thai is, either… I’ve seen Pad Thai, Phad Thai, Paht Thai and probably a few others.