Fishy Friday…….

Just a couple of things I made this week……

I dropped by Marukai in Costa Mesa on the way home last weekend. Since I was in the area, I decided to check out Santa Monica Seafood's new (at least new to me) digs so I drove down Harbor, fought my way to Newport, waiting forever at the light on 17th, to SMS. The shop is really nice, perhaps I'll do a post in the future. We used to drop by the now defunct shop (warehouse) in Orange on almost a weekly basis when we lived in Rowland Heights, so I was curious to see this location….and maybe pick up some fish for the evening. Though the opah looked wonderful, but I settled on some really fresh looking mahi mahi, which was priced right.

The evening I made a simple pan sauteed mahi mahi, simply seasoning with salt, fresh cracked pepper, and granulated garlic, then a light dusting with flour. The mushroom pan sauce was minced red onion, garlic, capers, white wine, extra virgin olive oil, and the last of my mushroom stock (I had frozen whatever I had left from making risotto). Since the pan sauce had a nice acidity I kind of used it as a warm dressing of sorts for some mixed greens.

I had a little fun at the Missus' expense. Among the sliced tomatoes were several cherry peppers that I threw in….a little friendly game of pepper roulette…..

A couple of days later the Missus felt like some salmon, so I quickly made up a seasoning mix and did a sort of blackened salmon.

It something the Missus always requests….but I don't think I've ever done a post on it.

On a fairly recent visit to Jayne's Gastropub, I really didn't find the burger to be that spectacular, but we both loved the version of shepard's pie….and I had something I'd never thought of before. Sauteed collared greens! We both love collard greens, but had never had it sauteed before and we both loved it. So now I'll do this every so often…..of course topped with bacon and sauteed in bacon fat…it's hard to go wrong there.

Eat anything new this week?