The "It's Not A Birthday" BBQ

 

Coal photography courtesy of artist Tomoyo Ihaya

Despite monsoon rains all morning, a hail storm early afternoon, the (not a birthday) BBQ must go on. The Gods obliged and it went on with no drop of rain all evening.

Everything you can think of to go on a grill was on it tonight. There were Japanese rice balls with miso-mirin sauce. There were eggplants, zucchini, red and orange peppers marinated with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

Everybody loves Haloum! so a mix of Cypriot and Lebanese Haloum cheese were grilled. 

Fresh BC prawns soaked with lemon-butter and Murrary river sea salt flakes sauce, grilled to perfection.

The compromise for those who like and not like chicken wings were chicken drumsticks marinated with garlic, fresh thyme from le jardin, lemon juice and olive oil for a slow perfect cook.

Jumbo scallops took eternity to cook, but were worth the wait, that is for those guests who loved scallops.

And the almost somerville kitchen summer ritual now - Korean BBQ marinated beef (which were turned around in their marinate every 12 hours the past three days). More on those at Korean BBQ. 

And one cannot imagine a special birthday party at somerville kitchen without Anita Cake. This was a Marble Lemon Blueberry butter cake with lemon buttercream frosting -  voted by those Anita Cake experts as the best they have tasted to-date.