Osso Bucco w/ Halliday's lamb

One of my all-time favorite dishes. This osso bucco made me high. The meat on the lamb shank was fall-off-the-bone-tender and the saucy sauce (put through the blender) was so lamby-tomatoey-lemony delicious I could pour it in a glass and drink it. Ok maybe that would be kinda weird (but not really).

Served with a tangle of beet greens found at the local Sobeys. This is a great vegetable companion to just about any meal. Crunchy & colorful with just a hint of bitter.


Halliday's Meat Market. It's the place to go for lamb shanks.
103 Gower Street
(709) 753-8332

Cod tongues & Scrunchions

I had to show these cooking in the pan. When you poke/press on them with a spatula they're kinda springy and gelatinous - it's awesome. Eating any kind of tongue is more about the texture, but cod tongues are also quite scrumptious.

Super scrumptious with a giant dose of pan-fried scrunchions poured over top! Scrunchions are bits of pork back fat. So basically this is a big plate of fried tongue covered with fried pork fat... and we ate this as an appetizer.

Fishcakes fishcakes...

Fishcakes are good. I like fishcakes. These ones were just the right balance of crispy on the outside and potatoey soft inside with lotsa tastiness from the saltfish.

Served with a side salad of greens, raspberries and aged cheddar. Nice combo.

Shrimp Sammiches - I want more.

Ok so this is basically the most delicious shrimp sandwich imaginable. All it takes is some fresh Fogo shrimp and a few slices of flatbread from Georgestown bakery (if they have any left). Unlike the supermarket/fishmart shrimp we usually have to settle for, these guys are so tender and tasty with a natural sea-saltiness you just can't stop popping them in your mouth. Yum yum yum!

Georgestown Bakery - No Baguette for You!

The hard-to-get-big-baguette. Man, it's good. But here's the deal with the Georgestown bakery: Buy stuff while it's there cuz if you hesitate, there won't be anything left when you come back. Seriously, what's up with these bakeries that don't bake enough of their delicious baked goods? Is it to carry-on the tradition of the bread-line? Plzzz Georgestown... We (The People) need our ficelles and baguettes. Bake more!

Here's a pic of their croissants. Did I buy any? No. Why? Beyond me. But stay tuned cuz tomorrow morning I'm getting up early to grab a couple and assess their buttery/flakey/ quality.

Georgestown bakery. Gotta stop in here when in St. John's.
60 Hayward Avenue
St. John's, NL (709) 753-8099