Kali's Temple of Doom

A seaside delight at home

A sandwich is a simple thing: two pieces of bread and some filler in the middle, usually with some condiment to bind it together. Often ignored in food sections of magazines and newspapers, until Super Bowl weekend, the sandwich is also ignored on most food television programming.

Simplicity is not an excuse for laziness. Slapping two pieces of bread around of piece of baloney is easy, but making a good sandwich takes a little effort. It doesn’t need to be like rocket science, but it is no different than other forms of cooking, preparing or planning meals. You need fresh and good quality ingredients and combine tastes and textures to create a tiny masterpiece that brings pleasure to all your senses…

The langostino rolls were fantastic. Since the meat was already cooked, all I had to do was let it get to room temperature.

Two tablespoons of mayonnaise and a teaspoon of Dijon mustard went into a bowl. Four scallions were thinly sliced and topped it. A teaspoon of minced capers followed. Garlic powder, freshly ground pepper and lemon zest, and dill weed finished the bind. I mixed the seafood (whole) and coated it well. Two beautiful, juicy and sweet, blood red tomatoes went into the bread and the langostino salad spread over it.

In each bite, you have savory fish, sweet tomatoes, salty capers, pungent mayo and mustard, bits of crushed pepper, crunchy scallions. And altogether it is quite the little party in your mouth, with soft bread and flaky crust coming together to make chewing a magnificent experience. And the dill adds a lovely aromatic to add to this holy matrimony.

Yes, my sandwich was sexy and romantic and delicious! Simple it was not...

Labels: food, sandwich

posted by KaliAmanda @ 8:33 PM