#Spicy Rum and Tomato Prawns

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Spicy Rum and Tomato Prawns

Tonight, we are watching the Death In Paradise Christmas Special, thus I cooked a something rather special, these beautiful Spicy Rum and Tomato Prawns for dinner! In spite of the cold air outside, it just feels like we have flown to Sainte-Marie for the night! Yesi!

Ingredients (serves 2):

1 thumb-sized piece fresh ginger

1 large garlic clove

¼ teaspoon fleur de sel or sea salt flakes

½ teaspoon Red Chilli Flakes

½ teaspoon Hot Pepper Sauce

1 tablespoon olive oil

2 tablespoons Ginger and Lime Rum

305 grams/ounces fresh prawns

1 tablespoon olive oil

1/3 Garden Chilli 

1 lime

3 Whole Peeled Tomatoes + 1/3 cup of their juice

1 heaped tablespoon dark muscavado sugar

2 tablespoons Ginger and Lime Rum

Peel ginger and garlic. Using the thin side of a box grater, grate both ginger and garlic. Spoon grated ginger and garlic into a medium bowl. Add fleur de sel, Red Chilli Flakes, Hot Pepper Sauce, olive oil and Ginger and Lime Rum. Give a good stir until well-combined. 

Peel prawns and add them to the bowl. Give a good stir to coat and mix into the marinade. 

Allow the prawns to marinate in the refrigerator, a couple of hours, giving a stir every now and then.

Heat olive oil in a large, nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. 

Thinly slice Garden Chilli.

Once the oil is hot, add sliced Chilli, and cook, 1 minute. Stir in the prawns, leaving out the marinade for the moment. Cook until bright pink, and starting to brown, about 4 minutes.

Thoroughly squeeze the juice of the lime over the prawns, and add reserved marinade. Cook, a couple of minutes more. 

Roughly chop Whole Peeled Tomatoes.

Stir them in, along with all their juice and muscavado sugar and Ginger and Lime Rum, and cook, another 5 minutes, until sauce just thickens.

Serve Spicy Rum and Tomato Prawns hot, with Coconut Rum Rice.

[menuandprice]

Gannon’s Restaurant – Wailea, Maui, HI

Happy Hour at Gannon’s Restaurant – Wailea, Maui HI

Updated 2/17/2023 by the Maui Happy Hours team

Happy Hour at The Red Bar at Gannon’s 3pm-5pm Tuesday-Saturday

Happy Hour Makai Food $16 - BEV’S CRAB DIP – House-Made Island and Corn Chip Mix - SHRIMP COCKTAIL (GF) – Sambal Cocktail Sauce - MAUI-STYLE AHI POKE BOWL (GF) – Rice, Avocado, Cucumber, Sweet Onion, Tobiko, Sweet Soy - KUNG PAO CALAMARI – Bell Peppers, Celery, Onions, Ginger-Garlic Hoisin Sauce, Scallions, Cashews Happy Hour Mauka Food $14 - CRISPY BRUSSELS (V) – White Balsamic Vinaigrette, Pepitas, Dried Cranberries, Shaved Pecorino - GATHER BURGER – Wagyu Beef, Shaved Cabbage, Roasted Mushrooms, Roasted Red Onions, Smoked Gouda, Chile de Arbol Aioli & Salsa Verde (Spicy), French Fries - GOLFER’S DOG – Onions, Pickled Vegetables, Sesame Seed Bun, French Fries - BBQ PORK RIBS – Asian Slaw, Pineapple Salsa, Bacon Crumble Happy Hour Salads $8 - CAPRESE (GF) – Pistachio Pesto, Fresh Mozzarella, Tomatoes, Arugula, Balsamic Reduction - GREEN SALAD – Mixed Greens, Cherry Tomatoes, Cucumber, Onion, Feta, Fried Onion Strings, White Vinaigrette Happy Hour Sides $8 - LOADED TATER TOTS – Melted Cheddar-Jack Cheese, Harissa Aioli, Bacon, Scallions - CRISPY MAUI ONION RINGS (V) – Herb Buttermilk Dressing Happy Hour Gannon’s Signature Cocktails $10 - CALIENTE WEY – Taneo Jalapeno Tequila, House-Made Blackberry Limeade - PIÑA ON THE ROCKS – Rum Haven Coconut Rum, Coconut Cream, Pineapple and Lime Juice, and a Dash of Angostura Bitters - HAPA MAI TAI – Kula Light and Dark Rums a Perfect Blend of Orgeat, Lime, Pineapple Juice, and Orange Curacao, Pernod Rinse, Topped with a Delicious Honey Lilikoi Foam Happy Hour Classic Cocktails $8 - MARGARITAS – Espolon Reposado Tequila, Triple Sec, Fresh Lime Juice. Flavors: Classic, Strawberry, Lilikoi, or Mango - DAIQUIRIS – Kula Light Rum, Lime Juice, Simple Syrup. Flavors: Classic, Strawberry, Lilikoi or Mango - BLOODY MARY – New Amsterdam Vodka, House Bloody Mary Mix Happy Hour Wine List $8 - La Marca Prosecco, Veneto, Italy - La Vielle Ferme Rose, Orange, France - Cambria Chardonnay, Santa Maria Valley, California - Whitehaven Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand - Gascón Malbec, Mendoza, Argentina - Sterling Vineyards ‘Vintners Collection’ Cabernet Sauvignon, California Happy Hour Draft Beers $5 - Coors Light - Maui Brew Co Bikini Blonde - Maui Brew Co Big Swell IPA - Kohola Brewery Lokahi Pilsner - Lahaina Haze Hazy IPA - Big Wave Golden Ale - Mango Cart Wheat Ale —————————— Address: 100 Wailea Golf Club Dr, Wailea, HI 96753 Phone: (808) 875-8080 Website

About Gannon’s Restaurant

Voted one of the Top 100 Best Outdoor Dining Restaurants in America, Gannon’s Restaurant in Wailea is a celebration of the classic dishes for which Chef Beverly Gannon is best known from her award-winning Maui restaurants (Hali’imaile General Store and the former Joe’s Bar & Grill) and contemporary dishes inspired by the fresh local ingredients of Hawaii. The outdoor lanai features panoramic ocean views and spectacular sunsets and The Red Bar is always a lively gathering spot featuring an extended Happy Hour and live music on the weekends. Popular items at Gannon’s Restaurant include their Prawn Stuffed Crab Cakes, Cashew Crusted Mahi Mahi, Short Ribs, Loco Moco, and more.

According to these Gannon’s Maui patrons

“Happy Hour is great!! Food is delicious, had Brussel Sprouts, crab dip and Wagyu burger. Outside atmosphere and view is unbeatable.” Brad H., February 2023 “Gannon’s was recommended to us. And I’d say it was the best dining experience on our trip, hands down. Fantastic food, great drinks, attentive and friendly staff. And of course the beautiful setting. Definitely coming back.” Chris G., February 2023 “We had a large group that took some time to coordinate and Gannons was not only accommodating but flexible with us as the group increased in size. Everyone was kind and helpful from the first phone call to our last sip of wine as we departed, and you toss in great tasting food, generous portion sizes, a beautiful sunset and a place that welcomed kids, and you have achieved five stars! Thanks especially to Sidney and Cara for all of your help!” Bree L., February 2023 “Excellent sunset dinner with beautiful views of the ocean. This restaurant is located within Wailea Golf Club, which is a beautiful property overall. Friendly and attentive service from our server Cody throughout the evening along with the delicious food made for a nice memorable evening. Food quality and taste were good, as expected for a restaurant of this caliber – bbq pork ribs with slaw & pineapple salsa, Korean marinated strip loin with fried rice and cucumber pineapple salad, classic iceberg wedge salad.  Nice Asian flavors fused into the steak and ribs.  We enjoyed the dinner! Their famous coconut roulade dessert was ok- nice crumb on the cake and cream filling was good, but toasted coconut didn’t come through only plain coconut flavor. Great cocktail menu, very creative selections. Cocktails were excellent, strong, especially Mr.Tuttle and Strawberry Fizz.” Chris D., January 2023 “Gannons is an absolutely beautiful restaurant with incredible views! Perfect place to watch the sunset while you sip on Mai Tais and dine on Ahi Poke. Happy Hour options are awesome and a great price!” Amelia S., January 2023 “The concierge at our villas recommended Gannon’s for a family member’s special birthday dinner. We had delicious appetizers, main dishes, and special drinks to celebrate and enjoyed a fabulous sunset, too. Highly recommend Gannon’s.” Julie C., June 2021 Open daily, Gannon’s Restaurant is the perfect spot in Wailea for those looking for something unique and off-the-beaten-tourist-path. Happy hour at Gannon’s in Wailea takes place from 3pm-5pm Tuesday through Saturday in The Red Bar and features discounted beer, wine, cocktails, and appetizers.

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gorillaz eating headcanons

here are some food related headcanons for all of the band members.

2d

- snacks on monster munch and prawn cocktail crisps

- drinks literally any carbonated drink, apple juice, orange juice, cocktails, milkshakes, tea and water

- usually just gets chicken tenders and fries at a restaurant

- always orders dessert at a restaurant

- can only make breakfast, instant meals, pasta and sandwiches

- actually likes brussel sprouts and broccoli 

- rips the corners off of a sheet of paper and chews on it like gum

- puts ketchup on his eggs

- puts chips on his sandwiches

- can’t stand olives

- can not handle spicy food at all and will cry if he eats something that he didn’t expect to be spicy

- eats the icing off of oreos and sticks them back in the pack like michelle used to do on full house 

- will eat a family size bag of chips and lie and say he didn't if asked

- still believes eating watermelon seeds will cause a watermelon to grow inside your stomach so he just avoids watermelons altogether

- is terrified of eating expired food only if it’s only a day over the expiration date

murdoc

- snacks on prawn cocktail crisps, popcorn and wotsits

- rarely drinks water, he lives off of coca-cola, rum and tea

- will order something really simple at a restaurant like steak and potatoes

- never makes food for himself but if he does it’ll probably be a sandwich because that’s the only thing he knows how to make that won’t burn the house down

- actually likes egg salad

- can’t stand lettuce or tomato, he feels like they’re pointless

- doesn’t mind spicy food but he doesn’t go out of his way to eat anything spicy

- is notorious for eating other people's foods and blaming it on somebody else

- doesn't really care for sweets that much but he might reach for a chocolate bar every once in a while

- over time he has become really picky about what he eats

- will eat expired food though

noodle

- snacks mainly on frozen yogurt, ice cream and wasabi peas

- drinks bubble tea, fruit teas, milkshakes, juices, water and the occasional cocktail

- orders something new at a restaurant every time, she just really loves trying new things

- doesn’t cook much but when she does it’s a recipe she saw on buzzfeed’s tasty instagram

- can cook basic dishes, russel taught her

- dips her fries in ice cream

- loves spicy food

- is so down to try weird foods like ranch soda or chocolate covered chips

russel

- is more of a full-course meal kind of guy but might grab a bag of funyuns or crunchy cheetos every once in a while

- mainly drinks sprite, sweet tea and water

- might let loose and drink a tiki cocktail or a glass of wine

- usually orders some kind of seafood dish or pasta (or seafood pasta) at a restaurant

- can cook just about anything you throw at him but usually cooks soul food or italian cuisine which is like comfort food to him

- enjoys cooking meals for the whole house, sometimes with the help of noodle

- loves baking pastries

- loves spicy food, hot sauce belongs on just about anything for him

- grew up in new york so he has a strong appreciation for caribbean food (jamaican patties to be specific)

[victorl0]

St. Patrick’s Day is an enchanted time! 💚💚 Come by Heart of Darkness, the first of its craft beer brewery & restaurant outside Vietnam for a celebration of Irish culture this St Patrick’s Day! 🍻 There will be a limited release of The Ghost - stout aged in TEELING Irish Whiskey cask & tasting menu available from 17-31 March 2022, featuring the newest delectable dishes with a flight of 4 TEELING Irish Whiskeys @ S$168++ for 2 diners. Featured dishes & alcohol/beer pairing: 🐓 Sweet & Sour Chicken Skewer Duo - Grilled house-made marinated chicken, skewered with tomatoes, capsicum & pineapples. Perfect with the TEELING Small Batch Plantation Rum Cask Finish that has a complex palate, accented by smoky notes & aromas of tropical fruit. 👍🏻😋😋 🥟 Darkness Gyoza and Gai Kao - Love this unique & juicy Darkness Gyoza that is filled with kimchi beef & rice vermicelli, pair perfectly with ponzu vinaigrette. Gai Kao means chicken dumplings in Vietnamese, wrapped with the coriander & minced chicken filling in thin dumpling skin, then pan-fried & steamed to retain natural juices. Both dishes go well with TEELING Small Batch Whiskey! 👍🏻😋😋 🍤 Prawn Bang Bang - Sea prawns are deep fried, retaining their natural umami flavours & succulent juices, goes perfectly with the spicy house-made Heart of Darkness Bang Bang sauce comprising egg yolk, vinegar & secret hot sauce. Paired with TEELING Blackpitts Whiskey (Peated) which gives a savoury smoke over a lingering wood undertone. 👍🏻😋😋 🥩 Char Siew Beef Short Rib with Potatoes - 300g beef short ribs slow cooked for 14 hours in a special Heart of Darkness Char Siew marinade. Enjoy this dish with The Ghost Barrel-aged Stout that adds a layer of complexity with notes of vanilla & a hint of classic TEELING Irish Whiskey charred notes from the oak. 👍🏻😋😋 🧀 Cheese Platter - An array of artisanal cheeses, cured meats, crackers & fruits, paired well with TEELING Renaissance 18YO Single Malt that reflected in the ripe red fruits, figs, cinnamon & toffee notes. 😍😍😍 📍Heart of Darkness 1 Keong Saik Road Singapore 089109 📞 6208 7940 📅 Visit https://www.heartofdarknessbrewery.com.sg/pages/reservation for reservations. (at Heart of Darkness Restaurant Singapore) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbJofhxLACG/?utm_medium=tumblr

[dulwichdiverter]

Caribbean comforts

Trudy Darien and her husband Mel are relaunching their café this month to offer delicious Caribbean food with a twist 

By Katie Allen; Photo by Lima Charlie  

Rock Steady Rum Lounge on North Cross Road offers “Caribbean food with a twist”, according to owner Trudy Darien – and what’s more, it is also the only Caribbean sit-down restaurant in East Dulwich.

“There are a million and one cafés in Dulwich but not Caribbean restaurants, with all the different foods on offer,” she says.

The restaurant has existed on the same spot for 25 years, but this summer it changed its name from Blue Mountain Café to Rock Steady Rum Lounge. Trudy and her husband Mel wanted to “enhance” the café’s Caribbean offer and to celebrate its unique offering.

The difference isn’t only in the name, which is shared by the family’s other restaurant in Gipsy Hill. The menu has also evolved to offer more Caribbean dishes during the day and exclusively at night.

The delicious food on offer includes traditional jerk chicken, curried goat and ackee and saltfish, Jamaica’s national dish. Mel is vegetarian and Trudy is vegan, and the restaurant offers plenty of “healthy, authentic Caribbean food” to please them both.

A highlight is the vegan breakfast, made with avocado, portobello mushrooms, tomatoes, callaloo and spicy beans. Their most popular dishes are the vegan chickpea, spinach and sweet potato curry and, for meat-eaters, the curried goat. They also serve vegan cake.

All of their ingredients are sourced from local wholesalers and independent artisans, who make menu staples such as their patties and ice cream.  

The restaurant is expanding its bar too, to offer rums from around the world with a focus on cocktails. The bespoke Rock Steady cocktail is a “really refreshing” mix of rum, ginger beer, pineapple, grenadine and lime – a “knockout” according to Trudy.

Music is an essential part of Rock Steady and the restaurant holds a monthly Soulful Saturday night, combining a delicious meal with the freshest sounds from up-and-coming musicians.

Recent nights include the heady mix of salted cod fishcake followed by roasted red pepper stuffed with ackee and prawn jambalaya, accompanied by the sounds of Evangelista and Liv Cheung. And that’s all for just £20 per person, including a rum punch on arrival.

“Music and food is the heartbeat of Jamaica, the two go hand in hand,” says Trudy. “When there’s good food,  good music, good rum and great coffee, I’m happy all is good in the world.”

In September Rock Steady is planning to have a launch week, holding different events every day including poetry and book readings, a quiz and a music night, plus “a lot of food and rum punch”.

Trudy was born in Northampton and studied youth work and therapy in Leicester, where she had an early introduction to the food industry. “When I was a student I was waitressing part-time,” she says. “I loved the customer service element, interacting with customers and meeting people.”

She spent much of her childhood in Jamaica, where she lived with her grandma for a while. “Being Caribbean – well I suppose all cultures but especially Caribbean – food is a big part of life,” she says.

“My grandma was obsessed with food. We lived on a farm and I remember watching her pounding yams, making bammy [cassava bread] and baking cakes at Christmas.”

In her early teens she came back to live in the UK. “It was a huge transition, huge,” she recalls. “I went from living on a rural farm and only seeing my cousins to comprehensive school.”

After studying in Leicester, Trudy moved to south London and began work as a therapist – she still practises today. When she met her husband, who she calls “Mr Blue Mountain” after the café he founded in 1993, which is also where they met, she says “the rest is history”.

Today she and Mel live above the venue on North Cross Road, and she loves the area. “I love the market. [East Dulwich has] got all the shops, you don’t need to leave – shoe shops, clothes shops, lots of independents, gyms, cinemas, it’s got everything you need.”

Their business empire stretches as far as Gipsy Hill, where there is a Rock Steady Rum Lounge serving up Caribbean fare to customers from a cosy spot just opposite the station. “We have been in Gipsy Hill for three years as the Rock Steady Rum Lounge,” Trudy says.

“We started off as a delivery service on the takeaway platforms Just Eat and Deliveroo. As the concept developed, we were asked to do more outdoor catering and we decided to open the restaurant.”

Rock Steady recently launched an app that offers drop-off and pick-up from their menu, including Jamaican patties with sweet chilli dip, jerk wings and roti wraps, as well as puddings and cans of Red Stripe and Carib.

After such a long time in East Dulwich, the couple have a very close connection with the community – even finding their staff locally. “A number of young people who came in as toddlers have gone on to work at the café,” Trudy says, including their own daughter Atlanta.

“We have many regulars who have been very loyal over the years and have supported the development of the new concept. We are aiming to reach out to the new Dulwich community as well as hold on to our regulars.”

Trudy adds: “My hopes for the restaurant are that we are known for our Caribbean fare and people come for cocktails and to chill. That we’re known as a different offer in Dulwich. I hope that people come to try Caribbean food and see how yummy it is.”

[yewtongue8-blog]

Trip To Somewhere: Cape Panwa, Thailand

It's time for our annual migration to warmer climates and this year it's a stay in the Southern part of Phuket at Cape Panwa. It's a feast of food with a stay in a signature suite, dinner in an original Sino Portuguese mansion and a cooking class.

Cape Panwa is located on the South East side of Phuket and it takes around an hour to reach there from the airport. A 1am Sydney time arrival in Phuket is a bit discombobulating but Cape Panwa staff graciously speed us through the process and we are whisked off to our suite.

Our suite E304 is a signature corner suite and it's enormous. It starts with a lounge area and a guest bathroom. There's a welcome fruit bowl on the table and a comfortable day bed to lie back in.

The main bedroom has two beds together that makes the bed absolutely gigantic. The bed is on the firm side and there are large pillows and smaller ones and I end up ordering some smaller pillows from the pillow menu. There's a work desk as well as a dressing table and mirror.

The bathroom is an ensuite with a spa tub and a separate shower. There are two sinks, gorgeous smelling toiletries by Thai brand Erb and there is also a skylight in the bathroom.

The spacious wrap around balcony is hidden behind the curtains. Outside there is a jacuzzi tub and a lounge.

I fall asleep after a long hot shower and wake up at 7am. The sun peeks through the edges of the curtains and I pull them back. "Wow," I say out loud waking Mr NQN with my exclamations and the beam of sunlight that floodlights the suite.

Blinking several times I wonder if the colours of the Andaman sea outside are real or just a figment of my imagination. A small boat makes its way across the lightly rippling water, a solo traveller in the morning.

Breakfast

Breakfast is served from 6:30-10:30am every day. The hotel has 205 rooms and suites although the main eating areas and accommodation are within easy walking distance.

We take a seat in a basket chair and help ourselves to a selection of food. There is a fresh waffle and omelette station as well as freshly cut fruit and a range of cheese, charcuterie, hot Asian foods and Western breakfast offerings.

As we will be here for five nights, I try to limit myself but end up getting a lot. My favourite is the pork congee with plenty of ginger, spring onion and chilli fish sauce.

Mr NQN feasts on the fruit platter, yogurt and pastries while I go back for seconds of the congee. There are a few things that change every day and on other days I try some crispy coconut cakes, waffles, some fried dough sticks with pandan custard and sweetened condensed milk. There's always a hot Asian chicken dish as well as noodles and fried and steamed rice.

I also discover the soft bacon (which is still crispy) and make myself a sandwich with a brie, edam and cheddar cheeses, a fried egg, plenty of bacon and Tabasco tomato sauce-delicious!

It's time to explore the resort in the daylight so we head towards the beach. Access to the beach is via two ways: via the steps or you can take the little tram that goes up and down to the beach. Here there is the Bamboo Bar and lots of lounge chairs to relax on.

Main resort pool

Lunch

It's Mr NQN's birthday so we spend the rest of the day doing things that he wants to do. Namely lying on lounge chairs on the beach-I busy my time reading a book and researching where to eat while he reads and goes for a swim in the ocean.

Come 1:30pm it's time for lunch so we go to Bamboo Bar the hotel's main beach bar, just behind where we are sitting and take a seat. It's time for celebratory cocktails that pack a nice alcoholic punch with Thai fruit juice sweetness.

Som Tum Salad 120THB

The menu is made up of a range of Thai and Western dishes from burgers, fries, pizzas, pastas, curries and salads. We go for Thai food although a part of me would love to sink my teeth into a burger (but a Thai style one). My order is the Som Tum Salad which appealed to me in this weather but also because it comes with sticky rice which is just about my favourite rice ever. Although we were warned against ordering it spicy it isn't spicy at all so we have to get some chillies to add to it and then it's spicy and fresh.

Prawn Red Curry 240THB

We both really enjoyed the red curry with prawns with half a dozen prawns and a sweet, creamy coconut base. I eat this with the sticky rice from the som tum rather than the jasmine rice given.

Paprika Twister Fries 130THB

The twister fries are dusted with paprika salt and come with a chipotle ketchup and sour cream. I also ordered a little side of the truffle mayo which I preferred to dip these into. I think some sweet chilli sauce would have been good with the sour cream rather than two types of ketchup.

We can't go past the cake cabinet especially since I insist Mr NQN has a cake on his birthday. I choose the fruitiest number they have: a vanilla cheesecake topped with glistening sour cherries. And for good measure, a bowl of vanilla gelato.

Dinner

For dinner, Panwa House located by the beach is one of Cape Panwa's restaurants housed in a beautiful Sino Portuguese mansion. There is outdoor seating as well as indoor and we take a seat outside and order a couple of cocktails.

Service is a little inexperienced which is a surprise because this is their special occasion restaurant and there is a bit of confusion when ordering food. There is a touch of chaos as the monsoon weather drenches everyone and most of us have to be moved inside.

Top Secret Jam 280THB and Tipsy Monkey 240THB

We order a Tipsy Monkey cocktail which is supposed to come in a coconut but doesn't. Nevertheless it is a nice cocktail with pandan flavours, Cape Panwa's own green tea liqueur and Malibu rum to it. The Top Secret Jam cocktail is made with lychees, watermelon and Cointreau.

Crab meat spring rolls 190THB

We start with crab spring rolls with a very sweet, syrupy plum sauce as well as pickled vegetables. The spring rolls are crunchy and freshly fried and I ask for some chillies to counter the very sweet sauce.

We also order one tasting platter set menu for 1480THB (there is also a daily set menu which makes for a lot of choice along with a full a la carte menu). The first course is a choice of fruit salad or glass noodle salad with vegetables and we go for the latter which is good albeit a bit difficult to eat with a fork.

Rock Lobster With Sweet and Sour Chilli Sauce 450THB

For the other choice went for the lobster served as two halves with a tangy sweet and sour tamarind and onion sauce. The lobster tail meat is removed from the tail and stir fried and then put back in. The presentation is striking and I enjoy this with some sticky rice.

There are two set menus available, a Bangkok one with perhaps more familiar items like tom yum soup and fish cakes but we decided to go for the Southern platter as we like the cuisine so much as it's spicy and punchy. There are five little bowls of delicious little morsels. My favourites are the stir-fried crab with curry powder which is like a mild crab curry, a fried tiger prawn with tamarind sauce (like the lobster above) and the deep-fried fish fillet with lemongrass and kaffir lime leaf.

There is also a sour soup with a salmon fillet and young coconut shoots which is comforting and a salad platter with smoked shrimps (a Phuket specialty) with spicy shrimp paste and crudites like baby corn, fried eggplant and herbs. There's a lot of food-perhaps enough for two here as it also comes with rice. There is also a choice of soft drink with this menu (although we had to ask for it, it wasn't offered to us) and we go for the longan drink which is syrupy sweet.

Mini dumplings in coconut cream

It's time for dessert and I knew exactly what I wanted as it's one of my favourite desserts. It's on the set menu and it's a simple dessert of mini mochi rice flour dumplings in sweet coconut cream. I could eat this every night and it's pure comfort food.

Ice Cream Kati Song Kreung 140THB

I've had this dessert in Koh Samui and adored it. It's a scoop of coconut ice cream served with syrupy palm seeds, sweet sticky rice, poached sweet potato and crunchy peanuts. I add the mix ins to the ice cream and it's a bit crunchy, soft, creamy and sweet at the same time.

The rain has let up so we make a quick dash up to the tram and to our suite!

Cooking Classes

Cape Panwa also offers a 2 day cooking class over Fridays and Saturdays. For the first day you get an intro to the classics of Thai cuisine like Tom Yum Goong, Green Curry and Thai beef salad as well as a sheaf of 30 recipes. And for the second day you get to choose which dishes you would like to make. Plus you get to take home your own apron and chef's hat as well as feasting on everything that you've cooked.

Chef Kan is in charge of the hands on cooking class. We make most of it ourselves but all the measuring is done for us which makes the class easy and fast. We start with the Thai beef salad and then move into the tom yum goong. He gives us tips like always crush kaffir lime leaves before you add them to a recipe if you use them whole.

He also explains that there are two types of tom yum goong: a clear and a creamy. The creamy one has two additional ingredients added to it-a smoked chilli paste and some evaporated milk. He asks us to try the clear first and then he mixes up a creamy version which he then asks us to try. The spicier, creamy version is both of our favourites so we go for that one.

The last item we are making is a sweet green chicken curry. They use chicken breast in the cooking class although Chef Kan tells us that they usually make it with chicken thigh or chicken wings on the bone. There are two types of eggplant in it-the white or crispy eggplant as well as tiny pea eggplants.

White or crispy eggplant

He explains that the white eggplant can be eaten fresh, like an apple or used in crudites or dipped in a spiced salt mixture. The green curry is delicious (and there's also a recipe for the green curry paste). We sit down and feast everything that we've made.

Phuket Old Town

One night we also head out to the Sunday Walking Markets which is a busy attraction in Phuket's Old Town. It's crowded, hectic but replete with eating opportunities.

Getting to Phuket's Old Town isn't cheap for Thai standards, it's around $20AUD/500THB each way. It isn't easy to hail taxis (there's a real shortage of metered taxis) so do take up the offer for a return ride.

Around Cape Panwa Resort

One of the main things about resorts in Phuket is that you tend to stay at your resort. Transport around Phuket is expensive, said to be the most expensive in Thailand and controlled by various interests to ensure that to travel anywhere at a distance, will cost you around $50AUD return.

Because of this, resorts outside of Old Town and Patong tend to have shopping and dining areas within easy walking distance that offer hotel guests an alternative to hotel dining and entertainment. Cape Panwa has one at the bottom of the steep hill and a shuttle bus operates up and down every 15-20 minutes.

There's a small supermarket as well as a Cafe Kantary that sells coffee and tea as well as bakery items, sandwiches, pizza and cakes. There are also massage places dotted along the hill and we sit back and unkink from the flight, muscles happily relaxing as we submit to the pressure from the therapists while we wonder what they talk about with each other as they massage us.

Afterwards we buy some snacks and fruit from the street vendors including 10 sweet tiny pineapples and a kilo of longans for 100THB or $4AUD each. Mangosteens are pricier at around $12AUD a kilo but it's so inexpensive compared to what they cost in Australia.

Come later that night, the street vendors will come out around 5pm and set up and sell hot, smoking food. We buy som tum from a vendor who is the most popular stall on the pier. Even with 10 orders she makes each serve of som tum individually adding each ingredient painstakingly.

Many of the vendors are lovely Muslim women who are friendly and welcoming. We try some wonderful congee with fish and chicken added to it along with a range of spices and peppers. We are invited to take a seat along the boardwalk and tuck our feet under a small table and eat. The food is delicious and the warm humidity tempered by the seabreeze.

So tell me Dear Reader, do you tend to eat at the hotel or go out to eat? Have you ever visited Phuket? And do you do cooking classes while on holidays?

NQN and Mr NQN stayed as guests of Cape Panwa but all opinions remain her own and meals outside the hotel were independently paid for.

Cape Panwa

27, 27/2, Mu 8, Sakdidej Road, Wichit, Mueang Phuket, Phuket 83000, Thailand s capepanwa.com/

Source: http://www.notquitenigella.com/2018/09/21/cape-panwa-phuket-review/

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Top Happy Hours in La Jolla, San Diego

Leucadia Pizzeria and Italian Restaurant

HAPPY HOUR SPECIALS

Monday thru Friday 4:00 – 6:30 pm

Appetizers

$2.00 OFF

Hot & Spicy Wings, Fried Mozzarella, Lobster Mac & Cheese, and more …

Wine or Beer

$1.00 OFF

Any beer or glass of red or white wine. Check out our selections!

LUNCH SPECIALS

Monday thru Friday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm (Dine-In Only)

Lunch Specials – Served with a Caesar Salad and a Cookie.

$6.19

Spaghetti With Marinara Sauce

$7.19

Spaghetti Meatballs

Penne With Bolognese Sauce

Mediterranean Pasta

Vodka Penne With Prosciutto

$8.19

Thai Chicken Pasta

Fettuccine Alfredo With Chicken

Chicken Tortellini

Pasta Primavera

Tomato Basil Angel Hair w/ Chicken

Ravioli with Marinara Sauce

$9.29

Tomato Basil Angel Hair w/ Shrimp

Fettuccine Alfredo with Shrimp

Chicken Marsala with Penne

Vodka Penne with Shrimp

Pesto Alfredo with Shrimp

Shore Rider Restaurant

$3 Taco Tuesday 3pm-close

Wednesday Trivia Night 7pm

Sat-Sun Brunch 9am-1pm $13 Mimosa Bucket Special

Weekend Special – Ask your Server (Fri-Sun)

The Marine Room

Lounge Small Plates & Happy Hour Menu

Lounge Opens at 4 p.m.

HAPPY HOUR

Sunday through Friday from 4 to 6 p.m.*

Bartender’s Daily Drink  9

Select Glasses of Wine  9

All Bar Appetizers  13

*Please note that Happy Hour is not available on holidays or during special events.

APPETIZERS

Ahi Tuna Tiger Eye 18

pickled ginger, wasabi, citrus cashew sauce

Cashew Blue Crab Cake 19

acorn noodles, peppercress, agrumes, achiote vya vermouth

Lemon Thyme Scented Avocado Fritters 15

sea salt flakes, ancho chile dip

Lemongrass Coriander Cured Cobia Crudo 17

nashi pear, radish, basil flower, espelette vincotto, anise argan oil

Rose Petal Advieh Coated Wild Prawns 18

barberry bulgur, carrot coulis,  harissa aioli, tomato emulsion

Fennel Pollen Roasted Maine Diver Scallop & Foie 24

kabocha purée, kumquat confit, pain d’épice, sortilege liqueur

Warm Hokto Farm Organic Mushroom Torte 17

bresaola, celeriac, marcona almonds, tokai reduction

Signature Lobster Bisque 17

pistachio cornbread, pancetta, enokitake

Organic King Trumpet Mushroom Soup 16

tulip tree triple cream, white truffle oil, zaatar financier

La Quercia Prosciutto and Rainbow Beets 18

maldon smoked salt, hungarian feta, cara cara orange, banyul syrup

American Farmstead Cheese 16

guava pate de fruit, honeycomb, crostini, terra bella red walnuts

M.R. MIXOLOGY: $15

3 G Martini

grey goose vodka, canton ginger liqueur, st germain

Sophisticated Heron

hendrick’s gin, pamplemouse, chartreuse, lime, bitters

Anejo Framboise

don julio anejo tequila, raspberry, lemon, ginger ale

Marine Room Sparkler

prosecco, grand marnier raspberry, peche

San Diego Stormy

malahat artisan ginger rum, ginger beer, lime

Ultimate Dirty Martini

hanger one ”straight”, olive juice, dry vermouth, blue cheese olives

Cucumber-Citrus Press

house infused cucumber vodka, blood orange bitters, fresh lemon

Luxardo Derby

bulleit bourbon, aperol, luxardo, lemon, bitters

Jewel Nightcap

buffalo trace bourbon, kahlua, orange bitters

Eddie V’s Prime Seafood

Happy Hour 4-7pm

The Hake

HAPPY HOUR EVERYDAY FROM 5-7PM IN THE LOUNGE AREA

Happy Hour Includes $8 Signature Cocktails, $5 Wines by the Glass & $10 Apps!

Brockton Villa Restaurant

wine down the sea 3-6 daily ($30 per select bottle of wine)

Sushi on the Rock

Happy Hour every day 3-6:30

Jose’s Courtroom

Happy hour Mon-Fri 3-6pm

The Spot

Happy Hour Mon-Fri 3-6pm; wine steals Monday and Tuesday 6-11pm (50% off any bottle of wine when you purchase an entree)

Bistro Pazzo

Happy Hour 3-5pm daily

Whisknladle Restaurant

Happy Hour Mon-Thurs 4-6pm

Burger Lounge

Happy Hour 3-6pm

Catania

Happy Hour Daily 3-6pm

Herringbone La Jolla

Happy Hour daily 4-6pm; Oyster Mondays -$1 oysters, small bites, and spirits

NINE-TEN

Happy Hour Mon-Fri 3:30-6:30pm; 1/2 priced wine every Wednesday; “Mercy of the Chef” dinner special nightly from 6-9pm (6-course prix fixe menu)

Bubba’s Smokehouse BBQ

Happy Hour 3-7pm

Drift

Happy Hour daily 4pm-7pm

Islands Restaurant

Happy Hour mojitos 4-7pm

Fleming’s Prime

Happy Hour 5-7pm

Cafe Japengo

Happy Hour 4:30-7pm

Truluck’s

Cocktail Hour 4:30-7pm daily

Cusp Dining and Drinks Happy Hour daily 4-6pm

Shore Rider Bar

$3 Taco Tuesday 3pm-close Wednesday Trivia Night 7pm Sat-Sun Brunch 9am-1pm $13 Mimosa Bucket Special Weekend Special – Ask your Server (Fri-Sun)