Fine dining...at last

The dinner excursion Tuesday night was the most delicious food that I do not eat on a regular basis. The appetizers included a vegetable quiche, some sort of mini crescent roll with a purple vegetable that looked like blueberries but the taste proved otherwise, artichoke rice with was creamy and amazing and I loved it. The pasta had duck meat, which we didn't know until we had finished eating it. We had white wine up to this point. The director of the program emphasized the correct timing of certain wines with food...that he and Anna, the officer manager, had ensured the wine matched the food. The white wine was good, but the red wine was too strong and I didn't drink much of it with the main course...which consisted of four small pieces of meat (about the size of those pink erasers you used in elementary school to fix all the math problems you got wrong). The potato cubes were semi-American tasting, but I passed on the odd onion looking vegetable (after trying a bite, of course).

My favorite part of the meal by far was the dessert. Who knew fruit could be such a treat? Kiwi, peaches and bananas were glazed with an orange sauce. The best part was mixing the fruit with the creme brulee\custard type concoction. Of course this was the one thing they didn't offer seconds of, but it was the type of food that you want to keep on eating because it's so good but you don't want to finish it because then it's gone. The dessert wine that was served was much too sweet for most of us.

We arrived at the restaurant around 7:15 and didn't leave until 11 pm!! We received new plates and silverware for each course. The director informed us on Wednesday night that the wait staff at the restaurant complimented how courteous we were and that that were really impressed. Apparently we all do know some etiquette! He said this was the first time in his 15 years with this program he's had such raving reviews. I think this also means we've proven we can be responsible drinking wine on a school function and we'll get more at the next dinner.