Saturday looked to be a promising and busy day including a much anticipated visit from Melissa's Main Gay (John)/adoptive father of her dog (Potter), backyard dinner party in his honor and Philadelphia's annual Shad Festival in Fishtown.
Melissa, Potter and Ethan (LSC's #1 fan and token heterosexual male member) went to the festival early in the afternoon, craving fried fish and funnel cake. As the trio approached the illusive shad vendor they were horrified to see "Sold Out" hastily scribbled across the menu (Potter, who is always hungry, was particularly heartbroken). A Shadless Shad fest? What were they to do?
Their craving for shad was not easily quelled (particularly after finding that their $10 chicken finger meal only included TWO pieces of chicken. What' s up with that, Shad Fest?!) . Thus, it was decided that the evening's dinner party must feature fish.
After a quick iphone search for seafood vendors, the trio made their way to Ippolito's Seafood on 13th and Dickinson. Impressed by the price and quality of the food - tilapia and shrimp were purchased for that night's menu at a fraction of what the fish would have cost at Whole Foods. A simple recipe for grilled tilapia with lemon is listed below.
Lemon Grilled Tilapia
Melissa, Potter and Ethan (LSC's #1 fan and token heterosexual male member) went to the festival early in the afternoon, craving fried fish and funnel cake. As the trio approached the illusive shad vendor they were horrified to see "Sold Out" hastily scribbled across the menu (Potter, who is always hungry, was particularly heartbroken). A Shadless Shad fest? What were they to do?
Their craving for shad was not easily quelled (particularly after finding that their $10 chicken finger meal only included TWO pieces of chicken. What' s up with that, Shad Fest?!) . Thus, it was decided that the evening's dinner party must feature fish.
After a quick iphone search for seafood vendors, the trio made their way to Ippolito's Seafood on 13th and Dickinson. Impressed by the price and quality of the food - tilapia and shrimp were purchased for that night's menu at a fraction of what the fish would have cost at Whole Foods. A simple recipe for grilled tilapia with lemon is listed below.
Lemon Grilled Tilapia
- Tilapia fillets
- Olive Oil
- Garlic
- Lemon Juice
- Dill
- Pinch of Kosher Salt
- Pepper
- Parsley
Set the fillets on a tray and spread the above ingredients on the fillets. Adjust the amount of each ingredient to taste. Let the spiced fillets marinate for 20 minutes or so, then grill for 6-8 minutes on each side.
yummy! dude, i just went to the other LSC blogspot blog, and got so confused. i thought you had all aged 5 years and moved to san fran. i am sure you are much better! love the LSC!! i wanna be a guest photographer for your dinner next time i'm in town. xxx
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