RW #1

Restaurant Week here!

I will be going to several fine dining establishments this week in honor of Restaurant Week. For $25, you are served a three-course menu, consisting of a salad or appetizer, entree, and dessert! Also, $2 of that goes to some food bank or other benevolent organization, so you can feel good about yourself while eating delicious food! YUM! I will post the menus and what I actually ate later!

Here is tonight's menu:

First Course (choice of): soup of the day; tomato arugula salad; or white bean and artichoke ravioli.

Second Course: cinnamon-seared pork tenderloin with buttery pumpkin and hazelnut risotto; pecan-encrusted nut mahi mahi with mango salsa, yucca sake and balsamic BBQ sauce; blackened fish of the day over okra, corn, roasted red pepper, haricot verts and applewood bacon with crawfish etouffe; or NY strip au poivre with wild mushroom bread pudding, haricot verts and black truffle butter.

Third Course: honey cheesecake or chocolate roulade with roasted pears and pastry cream.