Michael Smith is a James Beard award winner, so I was super excited to try the restaurant. The staff was super friendly and accommodating. We opted for the 4 course Chef's Tasting Menu...which was basically 8 different courses that Chad and I shared. They brought you each different appetizers, different seafood entrees, different meat entrees and different desserts. If you get bored with food pics, then you'll definitely want to fast forward through the next handful of pics. Ha!
The first course was appetizers...Braised Rabbit with Gnocchi and Maryland Soft Shell Crab. This was my first time having rabbit. It was surprisingly pretty good. Chad says that it tastes like dark meat turkey. It's close, in my opinion, but it's just a slightly bit game-ier.
The second course was the seafood entree...Seared Sea Scallops and Pan Seared Monkfish...both extremely tasty!
The third course was the meat entree...Grilled New Zealand Lamb Rack and Braised Boneless Shortribs. Aren't these dishes lovely???
The dessert course was also lovely...Chocolate Macaroons with Homemade Ice Cream and Lemon Chiffon Cake with Homemade Lemon Sorbet & Ice Cream.
Well, needless to say, we were both ridiculously stuffed after that tremendously yummy mean...one of the best I've had in a long time!
Saturday we had a packed day planned. We started out the day with lunch and then a trip to the Coach store. Believe it or not, we ventured there for Chad as his wallet was coming apart. Coach is great with their customer service. I've had a purse restitched in the past. So we walked out with them agreeing to give Chad a new wallet and new sunnies for me thanks to Chad's coupon! Woo hoo! I finally have Big Girl sunnies!
We then went to the travel agent to decide on a honeymoon. We've been trying for months to decide where to go. We've considered destinations from Bali to Bora Bora, from St. Lucia to Turks & Caicos and even the Bahamas. The meeting was quite helpful. Stay tuned for the decision...
Then we headed to the jewelers to pick out our wedding bands, which we were quite successful. Finally we ended the day with our friends, Jen & Jeff, and some Indian food...Chad's first "Indian experience".
Today we tried out a new diner in the area for brunch. Check out the size of Chad's pancake. It was about 1/2-3/4 of an inch thick! I think Chad ate barely over half. Ha!
It was a super fun and super exhausting weekend. No wonder all I wanted to do today was veg out. I was able to accomplish a few things today though. Now on to another week! Cheers!
OMG! Food looks delish ...can't wait to hear where y'all are going for th Honeymoon! Glad your birthday was a fun one :-)
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