Comments on: Roasted Tomato & Eggplant Mille-Feuille

By: Dhale @ Culinary Musings

Dhale @ Culinary Musings — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:03:20 +0000

@Erika: Pink peppercorns are berries too?! Sneaky sneaky. Maybe we can compile a list of fruits and vegetables with their secret identities? lol You may have sparked an idea for a future blog entry of mine…

Thanks Erika!

By: Dhale @ Culinary Musings

Dhale @ Culinary Musings — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:01:27 +0000

@Malou: Ooooo did you make tortang talong? I LOVE that dish! With Jufran, of course Glad you could take some ideas on how to photograph eggplants (maybe for another eggplant post?). They’re a bit tricky because the skin is so shiny and it tends to reflect your light source too much. Can’t wait to read about your eggplant dishes! I still have another one in the fridge so maybe I’ll use one of your recipes!

By: Dhale @ Culinary Musings

Dhale @ Culinary Musings — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:58:17 +0000

@Jen: Thank you so much! Glad you like my Jenga eggplants I bought the haloumi at Whole Foods so if you have one nearby, they should have it there. Hopefully you’ll give it a try soon. It’s a nice, firm cheese with lots of salty goodness.

By: Dhale @ Culinary Musings

Dhale @ Culinary Musings — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:56:36 +0000

@Tasty Trix: I love haloumi! It’s fun to be able to grill cheese that won’t melt. It reminds me of a cheese we once had in Peru and maybe it was haloumi? But Café Mogador was actually the first time I’ve tried haloumi officially (at least to my knowledge). We have another block of it in our fridge right now

I never thought of coming up with my food calendar. Wonderful idea! I may just incorporate that as homemade holiday gifts for next year! Thanks

By: Dhale @ Culinary Musings

Dhale @ Culinary Musings — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:49:40 +0000

@Cellar Tours: I love Ratatouille so it’s such a great compliment to be mentioned in the same sentence as the movie I think I may just watch it all over again!

By: Dhale @ Culinary Musings

Dhale @ Culinary Musings — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:47:52 +0000

@Divina: Simple dishes are so awesome because it takes no time to whip them up. And all you have to do is present them nicely and everyone will think you spent all day slaving over a hot stove Thanks D!

By: Dhale @ Culinary Musings

Dhale @ Culinary Musings — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:46:35 +0000

@Grace: They’re the biggest berries I’ve ever seen, that’s for sure! Thanks Grace!

By: Dhale @ Culinary Musings

Dhale @ Culinary Musings — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:45:37 +0000

@Karine: Thank you very much! I enjoy sharing my kitchen messes and successes with you guys

By: Dhale @ Culinary Musings

Dhale @ Culinary Musings — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:42:18 +0000

@Sook: Eggplants are tough to like… they have such a mushy texture. But I love it! Let me know when you try it out. Hopefully I can switch your vote

By: Dhale @ Culinary Musings

Dhale @ Culinary Musings — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:40:58 +0000

@Mimi: Thanks Mimi! You have a vegetable garden??? How cool is that! I hope to have one some day

By: Dhale @ Culinary Musings

Dhale @ Culinary Musings — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:40:00 +0000

@Lindsay: Really?!?! You should definitely try it. It’s one of my favorite… berries?!?! lol Thanks Lindsay!

By: Dhale @ Culinary Musings

Dhale @ Culinary Musings — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:38:53 +0000

@Malisa: We love it there too! I relayed your message to Pierre and he said you’re welcome! That was such a fun evening… was that the last time PnP were all together?!?! So sad. Hope we can make it happen again soon

By: Dhale @ Culinary Musings

Dhale @ Culinary Musings — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:36:04 +0000

@Joy: Our internet is finally back!!! Anywaaaay…

Thank you! Glad you like my stacked eggplants. Kinda’ reminds me of Jenga

By: Erika from The Pastry Chef At Home

Erika from The Pastry Chef At Home — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:57:39 +0000

mmm…anything with halloumi cheese piques my interest, even if it is with vegetables (or fruit masquerading as vegetables!)

There are so many sneaky foods out there pretending to be other things (peanuts!) Did you know pink peppercorns are actually a type of berry?

ps: love the stacked eggplant slices! So pretty!

By: SKiP TO MALOU

SKiP TO MALOU — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:48:30 +0000

I’ve been taking snapshots of my eggplants all week long but I couldn’t get the “look” that I want… and here you are showing me how… My upcoming posts (my take on traditional filipino eggplant dishes) will look lame haha!
I love eggplants and the addition of halloumi cheese is just awesome!

By: Jen@Tiny Urban Kitchen

Jen@Tiny Urban Kitchen — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:52:56 +0000

I agree with everyone else – the stacked eggplants are AWESOME! And, as always, your photography is beautiful. I’m really wanting to try halloumi now!

By: Tasty Trix

Tasty Trix — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:53:34 +0000

Oooh, I love what you’ve done with this. Isn’t haloumi the most awesome cheese? And that photo of the stacked sliced eggplant!!! That is going on your food calendar I hope??

By: Skip to Malou

Skip to Malou — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:06:11 +0000

For the past week now I’ve been taking snapshots of my eggplants and I can’t seem to capture the “look” that I want from it…but here you are showing me how artsy your eggplant look like… This post will make my upcoming posts: ensaladang talong(filipino eggplant salad) and tortang talong (eggplant omelette) look lame hahahah!
you’re very creative dhale! i just love the way you come up with refreshing ideas!!!

By: Cellar Tours

Cellar Tours — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:23:42 +0000

Beautiful presentation, like the Ratatouille movie

By: Divina

Divina — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:55:21 +0000

They’are awesome. Love the presentation and the simplicity of this dish.

By: grace

grace — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:54:33 +0000

i had no idea eggplants were considered berries. super berries, indeed! i love stacked foods and this dish is elegant and entirely fantastic.

By: Karine

Karine — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:32:06 +0000

Your recipe sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing

By: Sook @ My Fabulous Recipes

Sook @ My Fabulous Recipes — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:48:59 +0000

I’ve never liked eggplants growing up but now that I haven’t tried it in YEARS and this recipe looks so scrumptious, I’m going to go buy some eggplants and make this.

By: Mimi

Mimi — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:10:31 +0000

Beautiful recipe and photos. I’ll bookmark this for summer when the garden is full of fresh eggplant and tomatoes.
Mimi

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:37:16 +0000

I don’t think I’ve ever tasted eggplant. I’m obviously uncultured! But I always get the most delight out of your photos. And as expected, they are lovely…

By: Malisa

Malisa — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:38:37 +0000

I love Cafe Mogador! Thank Pierre for introducing me to it. This sounds so good!

By: Joy

Joy — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:00:29 +0000

yey First!!! Beautiful pictures, I really liked how you sliced the eggplant and then staggered them the way you did, so creative I am also a huge fan of halloumi cheese, what a wonderful vegetarian dish!