Of Birds and Fish

Today we went to Sea Harbor (again!) for J's grandparents' anniversary. For once, we were able to convince the adults not to order a million seafood items! Shocking that we wouldn't want seafood, isn't it? But in all honesty, we've been to the restaurant over 10 times now and almost alwys eaten the same things. It was time for a change.

And change we did! I loved the tray of quails we had. I forgot to take a photo before I bit off a piece (on the left of the body). The kung pao something or other in the background has nothing to do with the quail. I don't know who ordered it but I had one bite and moved on to bigger and better dishes.

Deep-fried to a crisp and served with a cluster of heads in the center of the platter. For those who haven't had the pleasure, quail head that's been fried to a crisp can be eaten whole, sans beak. The brain is creamy and flavorful, almost like a mouthful of pate. If you hate liver, don't try this.

Dinner after the huge lunch was necessarily light. We poached chunks of monkfish in water and chicken stock, along with gojiberries, dried jujubes, and lots of ginger.