Who needs "Restaurant Week"?

A couple years ago, when we lived in Washington, DC, we looked forward to "restaurant week" with an eagerness typically reserved for big vacation.  It's the one week (actually two - one fall, one spring if I remember correctly) a year that you can eat like the rich for a fraction of the normal price.  Big name restaurants offer a set menu with a couple options per course for right around $30.  You can't beat it.

Well, Wilmington is celebrating their very own restaurant week right now.  We were looking forward to testing out one of the places on the list; however, this morning I said to Jason, "Hey, let's just make a great meal.  We don't need restaurant week!"  So we did just that.

Our menu:

Spicy greens with a mustard vinaigrette
Black eyed peas with kale
Braised short ribs
Lemon layer cake


Watercress with a homemade dressing (EVOO, balsamic vinegar, dijon mustard, minced shallots, salt & freshly ground pepper)


Kale and black eyed peas with bacon, garlic, and onions


Short ribs...


The transformation...3 hours later...


Braised short ribs with carrots over egg noodles



The Chef!


Yum!!  (5 hours of cooking...7.3 minutes of eating:)


My contribution:  Lemon layer cake


With food like this at home, who needs to go out?!  And little miss Reagan finally let us enjoy a meal alone...she slept through our entire meal!

Comments

  1. Wow! I'm impressed and hungry! I'll put a bid in right now for this exact meal next time I'm in Jacksonville!
    Love, Mom/Mil

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