A couple weeks ago my friend Nikoll posted her dinner from Bamee/Azure Restaurant in Durham NH (12 Jenkins Court, Suite 1) on Facebook. It looked really good and according to Nikoll’s son, Sam Lauze, it was delicious! So delicious he took Nikoll’s noodle bowl and finished it for her. Here are a couple pictures of Sam enjoying his dinner, how cute is he?!
Sam not only knows a good dinner when he tastes it, he is oh sooo grown up, sophisticated and polite. He asked to speak with the chef so he could personally thank her for such a delicious meal! If that isn’t an amazing testimony about this new restaurant, I don’t know what is. I’m not sure you need to hear it from me but Jim and I did go to Bamee/Azure for lunch and here are our thoughts!
Bamee/Azure is a small fun place and not your typical restaurant. When you first walk in, there are a few smaller tables but as you go on in to the restaurant there are a few long tables for family style dining. It has a little bit of a self serve style dining. There is an area where you pay and order as well as an area where you bring your tray and dishes when you are done.
The menu is not huge, but it has a nice variety. Although we did not get an appetizer, they have several starters that look really good. You can order crispy rolls at $5.00. These are filled with marinated mixed vegetables and glass noodles served with house plum sauce.
I had heard the Crab Rangoons at $5.00 are very good and a little different than your average Crab Rangoon. These are crispy wontons with cream cheese, imitation crab meat, real crab meat, onion, curry powder and scallion stuffing. I am looking forward to trying these next time. You can also get chicken wings. Maybe if you are looking for something a little different you would like the quail eggs at $7.00, fried quail eggs with Thai soy sauce, white pepper and scallions.
Jim and I both ordered from the rice corner of the menu. Jim had the Gra Prao at $9.00. He had this with ground chicken as you have a choice of chicken or pork. The chicken is sautéed with onion, bell pepper and Thai gra pao leaves served over jasmine rice. This is one of their spicy dishes. Jim did not think it was overly spicy, but I thought that it had a good amount of heat! Jim loved his dish just as much as Sam loved his.
I had the Massaman Curry with Crispy Chicken at $12.00. This is made with Thai famous Massaman curry, crispy chicken, potato, tomato, onion and peanuts served on a hot platter with a side of jasmine rice. My dish was also very good, lots of great curry flavor and the chicken was crispy on the outside, but incredibly tender. The rice was the perfect compliment to the dish. I would certainly order that dish again but they have so many tasty sounding dishes!
Bamee/Azure has a great selection in the noodle soup and more section of the menu as well. Miso soup, Noodle Soup with Roast Duck or Wonton Noodle Soup with your choice of noodles, minced pork and shrimp, wonton, roast pork, scallion and Chinese green vegetables in a clear broth. These soups can be ordered in extra large and triple size bowls…that’s some serious soup!
Bamee/Azure even has various salads to choose from along with desserts. The desserts are written on a blackboard at the front of the restaurant. Check them out on their website and on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/Bameedurham/
Do yourself a favor and take Sam Lauze’s recommendation and take a trip to Bamee/Azure. You won’t be disappointed…just ask Sam!
Enjoy!
Jim was looking for something for lunch one day. I did not have anything planned but as I looked to see what I could throw together I came up with this simple sandwich that you could have for breakfast, lunch or dinner! This is a messy, but hearty sandwich so have your napkins ready. Jim did not only have one sandwich he had two, and it’s easy enough…he could make it for me next time!
INGREDIENTS
Amounts make one sandwich
1 English muffin
4-5 slices of roast beef
1 slice of provolone cheese
1 egg
1 Tablespoon of pre-made hollandaise sauce
DIRECTIONS
In a large skillet sprayed with non stick spray. Crack the egg into the pan and fry until the egg white is white but you still want the yolk to be runny when placed on the sandwich. While the egg is frying, add the roast beef to the pan beside the egg and top with the cheese. You want to warm the roast beef and slightly melt the cheese. Toast your muffin and warm the hollandaise sauce. To assemble the sandwich, place the bottom of the muffin on the plate top with the roast beef and cheese, add the egg and finally drizzle with the hollandaise sauce and top with the other half of the English muffin.
Enjoy!
This is another great dish from Taste of Home. Spring is finally here and Easter is around the corner. This is a great side dish for your Easter table and I know it will be on mine I really love the addition of the lemon pepper seasoning. It’s a nice twist and lets face it Parmesan makes everything good! This recipe says it serves four but I always make more!
INGREDIENTS
1 pound fresh asparagus, trimmed
3 Tablespoons olive oil
1/3 cup grated Parmesan
1 teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning
1/4 teaspoon salt
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place asparagus on an ungreased baking sheet. Drizzle with oil, toss to coat the asparagus. Sprinkle with cheese, lemon pepper and salt. Bake 20-25 minutes or until tender stirring occasionally.
Enjoy!
A few weeks ago while my friend Jenn Gibson was cutting my hair, I asked her if she had been to Earth’s Harvest Kitchen & Juicery yet. Her salon Tanzania Beauty Studio is in the same building in Dover at 835B Central Ave. in Dover, NH. Jenn has worked in restaurants so she knows good food! Somehow we always end up talking about our favorite restaurants. Jenn said they have an amazing curry chicken sandwich and a friend of hers had a smoked salmon bagel sandwich that was also really good. Well, as Jenn finished up my hair, I then decided to grab a couple things from Earth’s Harvest to take home and share with Robby.
Earth’s Harvest Kitchen & Juicery is a farm to table restaurant with items that you can grab and go if you are in a rush. They have some tables and chairs to sit, eat and relax too! They are open at 8 am everyday and serve breakfast all day.
Let me start by telling you about some of the grab and go items. They have a rotating variety of fruit scones and choice of harvest muffins. These include apple cinnamon, apple and oat or, how about a banana muffin? They all looked delicious. Another item that really grabbed my eye was the buttermilk choice biscuits. These are made daily and are a house favorite!
This is not a big restaurant, but they have a nice variety that will please everyone. A number of the breakfast items looked really good but I decided on the smoked salmon bagel $9.00. They use house cured smoked salmon with garlic and choice cream cheese, tomato, red onion, cucumber, capers and sprouts on an everything bagel! Sounds good doesn’t it? Well it was damn delicious and to my surprise Robby liked it too!
Some other breakfast choices are the morning plate that includes eggs served your way with roasted potatoes, fresh fruit, house made grain loaf toast, with your choice of bacon or chicken sausage for $11.00
Or maybe you would like the morning biscuit sandwich for $5.00 with two farm fresh eggs scrambled and stacked on their house made cheddar/choice biscuit. You can add bacon, ham or chicken sausage for an additional $2.00.
I mentioned that I was going to pick up a couple things. Are you wondering what else I picked up? Well I, like Jenn, also love curry chicken anything, so I had to try the curried chicken sandwich after hearing how much Jenn loved it.
I definitely agree with Jenn, this sandwich was amazing! The Curried Chicken is served on house made bread with lettuce, tomato and Bermuda onion. I told you Robby liked the bagel sandwich. Well he tried a bite of this sandwich and it was no longer my lunch…it was his! He devoured it at $11.00.
If you don’t want the Curried Chicken on a sandwich they also have a Curried Chicken Salad with mixed greens, shaved apple, toasted torn pita with a curry dressing for $12.00.
The lunch menu is just as fabulous as the breakfast menu, so many great choices. They have many other things to choose from. Maybe a Corned Beef Rueben with pickled cabbage, Swiss, 1000 island, on house made rye bread. I also like the looks of the 603 BLT with bacon, lettuce and tomato, pickled onion, garlic mayo on focaccia bread! Yum!
Now, as the restaurant’s name says, it’s also a juicery. Let me tell you about some of the juices and smoothies they whip up! They have a number of raw juice fusions to pick from with some fun names to them. How about a Green Monster with apple, cucumber, kale, parsley, spirulina and chlorophyll. The Refresher also looks good with cucumber, pineapple, apple, pear, kale, ginger and mint. These juices and smoothies come in two sizes. So if those juices are not your thing maybe these smoothies will tempt you. The Orange Crush sounds refreshing with orange, banana, yogurt, almond milk and raw honey or the Hampton Beach might be something you would like with peach, pineapple, orange, strawberry, lemon and hemp.
No matter what you choose from Earth’s Harvest Kitchen & Juicery you will love it. Check them out on line for more information and as always send them some Facebook love! https://www.earths-harvest.com/
Thanks so much for the recommendation Jenn. I can’t wait to see where you send me next time!
Enjoy!
This is a one pan dinner that comes together in no time. You can serve this over pasta, over rice, in a lettuce wrap or in a tortilla for a quick dinner. You can easily change up the vegetables to whatever your family enjoys. I love the one pan dinners, don’t you? Clean up is such a breeze!
INGREDIENTS
3 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into one inch pieces
1 onion, sliced
1 green pepper, sliced
1 red pepper, sliced
1 small head of broccoli, chopped
1/2 cup real maple syrup
3 Tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
Optional for serving
Cooked rice
Cooked pasta
Lettuce leaves
Tortilla’s
DIRECTIONS
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. In a small bowl mix the maple syrup and soy sauce and set aside. In a large bowl combine your chicken pieces and all of your vegetables, add the maple syrup mixture and stir to coat all of the ingredients. Place all of the ingredients on a baking sheet in an even layer and bake for ten minutes. Stir and bake an additional ten minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Serve in a tortilla or anyway you choose!
Enjoy!
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