Wednesday, December 22, 2016.
Scattered Everything.
I don't see Mary Ann all day. She went across the lake, getting stuck in dense fog on the way. She is still on the South Shore when I have lunch solo at New Orleans Food and Spirits. For the umpteenth time, the grilled catfish with pecan butter sauce is excellent. It's in a league with the best fish dishes in town, in fact. I wonder what happened to all the menus that sold this dish back in the 1980s, when Chef Paul Prudhomme invented it at Commander's Palace. It was great then and now.
I didn't intend to do the radio show from home, but traffic forced my hand and kept me at the Cool Water Ranch. My mind is obsessed with some changes coming at the radio station. The management has a big plan, but they seem to be consulting with me to a decent degree, and I am in the plan. I'm glad of that. I'm not quite ready to retire just yet, if I ever will be.
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Panang curry at Thai Chili.[/caption]
Dinner at the Thai Chili in Covington. In the past few years the best of the half-dozen or so Thai restaurants within striking distance. But the last couple of dinners I've had there lacked the polish that the food here showed for most of its history. Tonight, the lady who runs the whole dining room is polite and gets the food out at a pace that make it clear that it's all made to order. From her I get a tom yum soup (I love that name) with shrimp, but it takes about fifteen minutes. I am in no hurry. Then, only a couple of minutes later, here is the Panang curry with pork that I asked for in the main course. Not a problem: it's so hot that I should have let it sit there for a few minutes before going in and discovering the searing temperature of the broth. It's all too much to finish, and heavy on the pork. Next time, I will revert to an all-vegetable version, and ask for three stars worth of pepper heat.
I leave the light on for Mary Ann, but as of this writing (tomorrow, Diary Time) she is still hanging out with Mary Leigh in ML's apartment. I think MA is having a ball with our daughter. All the news from her is great, particularly the pleasure she is taking in her job of the last month or so. I am under orders not to describe the gig even slightly in this journal.
Thai Chili. Covington: 1102 N US 190. 985-809-0180.
