The House of Marinara

My good friend Bookstore Piet gave me the hookup a few weeks back. He arranged a special meal which consisted of the traditional steak tartare. Now this is something that is not traditionally on the menu at Can Can and it was Piet’s brilliant negotiations with management that afforded us this luxury.

For the few novices (like myself) who never have tried it, the dish consisted of finely chopped, raw filet topped with capers, onions and a raw quail egg yolk.  I’m not sure what was used to bind the beef but it was creamy and spicy.  This dish was served with grilled bread and crsipy onion rings.

It was delicious and wonderful and I am anxious to try it again!

• The lamb rib chops at Whole Foods are amazing when coated in salt & Greek oregano and quickly seared on the outside.
• Tipo 00 pizza flour can be found European Market for $4 a lb. I cheated this week by buying my dough from Arianna’s.
• Made Gravalax with wild king salmon. Tried using thyme and sage instead of dill. Not quite as good.
• I do love me some Ledo’s pizza. Don’t ask me why.
• Had a hell of a chicken fried steak at Weezie’s Kitchen.

Delivery to the museum district isn’t great. I have some pizza options, a Chinese option, and then what. Really, MoJo’s Philadeli is the only place with some other options… not to mention the only place that I can find that delivers real chicken wings. It was wing delivery one night that changed my whole perspective on wings in Richmond. Read more »