I rarely think to take photos anymore! But recently, I made Marcella Hazan's Bolognese sauce.
On a pasta kick, I also made lasagne. This is a piece about to be reheated.
Ate a late lunch/early dinner in a town north of us at a little Filipino-owned café, tried the chicken adobo. Quite good, but I think mine is just as good, ha.
Also had a lovely dinner at a local Italian restaurant which sadly is closing, as owner is retiring. So many items are from the local Valley farms.
We did the chef's 5-course tasting menu with wine pairings.
Amuse-bouche was a small arancini and had that with a Negroni Bianco.
Followed by a wonderful salad featuring gorgeous pink radicchio, beets, other greens, water buffalo cream cheese, balsamico and the most amazing proscuitto (?) or some kind of ham.
The button on the top left says "Last night a Negroni saved my life." 🙂
Then Anolini in Brodo. Filled with bison meat sourced from a herd just north of us.
Gnocchi Vongole came next.
Followed by a slow-cooked chuck roast. So tender, with a gravy and leek oil. A potato croquette, roasted kalettes with a crunchy garlic topping, can't remember the purée details, but it was good.
Finally, a flourless chocolate cake, which I sampled before taking a photo. 🙂
Part of the outdoor patio/deck area, too cool to be open that night. Sorry this place is closing, it had a lot going for it. 😞
And finally, thought I would share one of my worst room-service dinner experiences. I had a very long and slightly stressful day over in Vancouver and was dog-tired when I got to the hotel. I was pleased with my room as I was able to upgrade to a suite using some of my Marriott points. It's a nice hotel, fairly upscale, right downtown near the waterfront and I was looking forward to a nice relaxing evening.
I was given access to the Concierge Lounge and had a much-appreciated vodka+soda from the honour bar. There were some nice charcuterie offerings along with some kind of hot appy and some turkey sliders, but I decided to pass as I was looking forward to a quiet dinner in my room. But the concierge put out some choux pastries and I couldn't resist trying one. Turns out I should have stayed in that pleasant Lounge and made a complete dinner from their little buffet.
Off to my room but the room service menu was disappointing. I should have used Uber Food or Skip the Dishes (I kept thinking about Thai) but for some inexplicable reason, I ordered a cheese burger from room service. Rather a boring choice and it turned up packed in a flimsy cardboard and plastic tub, dropped off in a paper bag sans china or cutlery. No cart, no cloth napkin. I'm embarrassed to admit how much it cost! (And of course the lounge offerings were complimentary, should have stayed, ha.) I have to go back in a few months, will definitely do something different for dinner and/or pick different hotel.