For starters, a salad made of lettuce, radicchio, anis, thinly-sliced carrots and red onion, served with an olive oil and wine vinegar dressing.
A main course consisting of filet of salmon baked in butter with a couple of lemon slices on top, seasoned with a bit of salt, pepper and Italian parsley. Chunks of red potatoes spiced with salt, pepper, paprika, parsley and rosemary sautéed in butter. Asparagus spears salted and blanched in water and olive oil with a generous amount of chopped garlic. All served with a bottle of delicious Chardonnay.
And for dessert, blueberry pie with vanilla ice cream. Finish with coffee or tea and a liqueur of your choice.
First come, first served. Bon apetit!
2006-11-26 18:33:42 · 32 answers · asked by vinny_the_hack 5 in Food & Drink ➔ Entertaining
I cook meals like this several times a week. I'm just waiting for my dream girl to fall out of the sky straight into a chair in my dining room. I'm sure I could handle it from there.
2006-11-26 18:52:25 · update #1
No salami. But there's a hot, Italian sausage waiting for the right girl.
2006-11-26 18:53:39 · update #2
With a name like Vinny, I better be Italian.
2006-11-28 16:25:47 · update #3
Well Vinny, I think I would definately replace the Italian sausage that's on my plate now with yours!!
2006-11-27 02:57:47 · answer #1 · answered by Angelina 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Instead of planning a menu before meeting the girl (she might not like garlic, man!) I think I'd ask her first about some of her own favorite foods and plan a dinner from there. A good food/wine pairing is always important for a romantic dinner at home, too. I also suggest practicing the entire meal once in advance if it's not something you're very familiar with. Try it on a friend perhaps; get some "feedback". (hehe. get it? FEEDback? oh nevermind.)
2006-11-27 04:58:24 · answer #2 · answered by B SIDE 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That I was PRETTY close to heaven. Awesome. There's something so sexy about a guy who cooks. (I hope it's evoo, & FRESH rosemary & flat leafed parsley & center cut Alaska (not farm raised) salmon filet & how about some calamata olives in the salad? Freshly gounrd pepper? Smoked paprika? Teeny tender red potatoes? Sea salt?) Just joshing you. Of the 53 men I've know, (probably more but I can't remember their names), only THREE knew how to cook. What a pleasure! Somebody is going to grab you up.
2006-11-26 18:55:59 · answer #3 · answered by Valac Gypsy 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It all sounds delicious and I'd be lovin it on a non date night.
But if it is a "date" to be perfectly honest, it doesn't sound like a "any lovin" would immediately follow ( if that is something you hoping for.) The smell of garlic lingers on and on and so does the smell of fish. And at a party we had in the summer, we served a blueberry dessert that turned everones teeth blue. If my man cooked dinner, I'd say nix the garlic, switch out the fish, and switch to apple pie and I'd be a happy mama. ;)
2006-11-27 06:14:50 · answer #4 · answered by hopeblue 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The menu sounds great. I would suggest pairing the salmon with a Pinot Noir from Burgundy or Oregon. Chardonnay is nice, but with all of the butter in the dish this ligher style, earthy red will pair better. Lucky girl!
2006-11-27 16:28:20 · answer #5 · answered by wine&foodcat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, I would be really impressed. That sounds like even more effort than what I would do for my dream guy, but on the same wavelength. Whoever ends up being your dream girl is one happy girl! Though I must admit, if a guy did that for me, I would be wondering, can he keep this up or is it only "at the beginning"? I would certainly be flattered and think that for him to go to all this trouble, I would hope to be able to do something for him in return. Once the relationship is more "in", I would actually rather that we both prepare such a gourmet meal together. But it certainly is very nice to be pampered with such a lovely description as you have made.
Where to find guys like you?
2006-11-26 21:49:35 · answer #6 · answered by Lilliana 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mr Butcher, stop putting crap on this site - stop being a nasty and accept other people and their decisions in life - i think you have nothing better to do at all but put other people down. Get a Life! You probably are overweight from eating too much meat and cooking it the wrong way - its a wonder u don't deep fry it!! so stop picking on people and lay down and stuff off! Go to the meat eaters section of Yahoo Answers and find a women that likes meat as much as you!! If you like picking on people this much u must not have much self confidence or self esteem and probably don't have much meat on your privates as much as other respectful men. Get a Life as***le!
2016-05-23 08:12:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would melt if a guy put that much into a meal. As the child of a large italian family... I know how important a good meal is. i'd prolly even eat the fish... even though im not a fan...and maybe do the dishes, just because you made it for me.
2006-11-27 09:37:55 · answer #8 · answered by amyman12 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Awesome!!! Just make sure you pay as much attention to your lady as you do to your cooking. Your description, and the fact that you posted here so people can tell you how wonderful you are, makes me wonder if you aren't a little stuck on yourself, and would you be sitting there waiting for compliment after compliment, or would you be complimenting me? Would you expect me to do the dishes (and then you) because you went to all this effort cooking, or would you do the dishes (and then me) to make me feel special?? Good Luck!!
2006-11-27 01:01:48 · answer #9 · answered by Annie 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just the amount of time and detail you took to describe the meal is quite impressive. Any girl would be lucky to be treated to such a special meal. Good luck finding that girl!
2006-11-26 20:10:36 · answer #10 · answered by luffy1 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋