Meatloaf Plating Battle, Psychiatrist and the Prince of Wales

The East Village gang remains together even in Williamsburg, and last night we had a delicious meatloaf dinner (Sean's family secret recipe), a few rounds of boys vs. girls taboo and then, our NEW FAVORITE GAME--Psychiatrist!  Friends who play games together, stay together (unless it's Monopoly then serious damage could happen).  While the rest of NY was probably in slutty costume in the fun 40° weather, we opted for the lazy person's Halloween and went to Radegast Biergarten.  Oh and lucky for us Alan from The Hangover was also there.

Don't forget to support the new "plating battle" tradition (remember Shniztel and Chicken?) and Vote for your favorite meatloaf plate here!

The Ultimate Chicken Shnitzel Plating Battle

Last night, my friend Hannah, boyfriend Sean and I cooked Chicken Shnitzel with Anchovy-Chive Butter sauce with sauteed kale and baby red potatoes for dinner.  I found the simple shnitzel recipe in my new bon appetit fast easy fresh cookbook that I received this week at a bon appetit/epicurious event.  We split up the cooking duties: Sean potatoes, Hannah kale, Zeny chicken--and banged dinner out in an hour.

The real challenge came at the end--PLATING COMPETITION (because everything has to be a competition).  Some of us took a more traditional route, some took creative risks playing with the shapes and forms of the food.  We don't mess around when it comes to plating--Hannah and Sean both wiped their plates (I'm totally giving away which one is mine) and paired it with their favorite beer.

I will let you decide, WHO WON THE CHICKEN SHNITZEL PLATING COMPETITION?  

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