To those of you that are out there reading this (pocos pero locos) we had to make some adjustments to our scheduled dinner. Both Mario and Angela had after school events this evening that kept them away. I told Mario to have a good time and told Angela that "Sancho" is more than welcome to have dinner with us, if she approves of him, then he has to be a good guy, ¿que no?
I purchased our lamb today at Dickenson's Meat Market in Chelsea Market. I ordered 5 pounds as per our Captains orders. Total came out to $57.00 (ouch!!) but can you image what it would have cost for four of us to have lamb at one of Mario's restaurants? I walked down a few doors to the grocer where I was able to purchase all the rest of the ingredients for our meal.
If you haven't been to Chelsea Market, the name can be misleading. It is not your traditional outdoor market. You have to walk into a building where there is an assortment of vendors. I remember the first time I visited — during my summer internship in 2007— one of the principals at Charley and I both walked through these huge doors into what seemed at the time a basement. The only two things I remember are a giant red lobster (The Lobster Place, where I bought the red snapper. They have since taken down the huge red lobster) and Amy's bread.
After I made arrangements for my sous chef to go to his after school function I came home and started the marinate for tomorrows dinner. I diced the red onions, chopped the lemon, rosemary and garlic.
All the ingredients looked so fresh and delicious and I can only image what is in store for our taste buds tomorrow night. I covered up the bowl, pulled a cold beer from the fridge (I had to make room) and started this quick re-cap.
FYI
We have had quite a few requests to rate our meals and Mario and I have decided to start our own rating system. Instead of stars we have opted for orange crocs.
uno croc - pass it
due croc - try it
tre croc - like it
quatto croc - love it
cinque croc - want more of it
Ciao,
Mario & Mario
