One of our favorite places for lunch this time of year is in the town I grew up in, Mystic, Connecticut. The Captain Daniel Packer Inne ( the DPI) is an ancient tavern that was brought back from near extinction many years ago. It was here that I first experienced the magical combination of roasted garlic, crusty bread and soft butter. To this day, I can make a meal of this just by adding a small salad. Mystic is a tourist destination in the summer, so it is off limits to us then, but in the early spring on a nice day, it's where we like to go. There is a full scale restaurant upstairs, but the little tavern room downstairs is one of our favorite places.
Today we got a table by the fire.
The prerequisite roasted garlic, bread and butter is always the starter and today I added a few oysters and a half priced draft, The Captain's Daughter, from a local brewery called Grey Sails.
Deb chose lemon chicken with beurre blanc sauce and roasted garlic mashed potatoes. I will be attempting to replicate the chicken soon. The roasted garlic mashed potatoes (hiding under the lemon) is already in my wheelhouse and was inspired by the ones I had here.
I chose another app, mussels fra diavolo.
HC
