July Foodie Night

Foodie Night was another success! Angie was the host for this month's Foodie Night, and she chose Street Food as our theme. We spent most of the evening cooking and prepping and cocktailing (that's a gerund, by the way). By the end of the night, we were happy, stuffed people. As Ryan's husband said, it was nice to finally be invited to "Food Snob" night. Actually, that's Foodie Snob Night. ;)

Angie and Steve made two dishes. They cooked kalbi (Korean BBQ) and al pastor tacos.

  They used the following recipe for the kalbi: http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/2011/07/kalbi. I don't have a photo of the dish, but the look on Mere's face explains the complete awesomeness of the BBQ. Half of it was gone before we even sat down to eat:

Their al pastor tacos were modeled after Rick Bayless's recipe: http://www.rickbayless.com/recipe/view?recipeID=192. (We love us some Rick Bayless.)

 Here's our gorgeous Ryan. She filled the table with guacamole (Matt said he chopped the onions), rice, beans (yum!), and grapefruit margaritas. I'll try to get her recipes to post soon!

Mere made a tasty bean dip, mai tai slushes, and the BEST pineapple dish I've ever had. She'll have to provide the details, but she marinated pineapple spears in tequila, honey, and lemon zest. She then grilled them, served them with vanilla ice cream, and drizzled the marinade reduction on top. The result was this warm, smoky, and sweet pineapple topped with ice cream. It was heaven.

Chris was our Foodie Guest Star this month. He brought nopales and queso fresco quesadillas,  egg and nopales tacos, and his girlfriend, Ashley. The nopales were great. Here he is frying up the eggs:

I made Mexicali corn this month, along with doing some of Angie's prep work. Roasted corn is one of my favorite street foods. I've had it made a bunch of different ways, and I've loved every version...except when it's made with mayo. Don't talk to me about corn and mayo. I also got the inspiration from eating at the Mexicali corn dish at the Meddlesome Moth for Angie's birthday. They served it off the cob and in a skillet. I thought about doing that, but I decided to keep it on the cob instead. The messier the better. I started...well, John started by grilling about 12 cobs of corn.

Once I was done cussing up a storm while shucking the corn right off the grill, I slathered it with a butter mixture I made by blending butter, garlic, smoked paprika, salt, pepper, and lemon zest. I then rolled it in shredded queso fresco. It was a tasty, buttery, mess.

We had a fabulous night in all, although we definitely missed Lacy. There was fabulous food and even better company. I think we're all getting dressed up and going to KRLD Restaurant Week next month for Foodie Night. Any votes on where we should go?