Sunday, December 16, 2012

December 15, 2012 Vinaigrette Restaurant


December 15, 2012 Vinaigrette Restaurant

A slow day 
The biggest effort went into shopping for beef for Sunday Night’s dinner.  We bought salmon for gravad lax for Christmas Eve and also some rib steaks and scallops on sale at Albertson’s at the corner of Coors and Central.  Fresh Atlantic salmon was $5.99/lb., large scallops were $9.99/lb. and the bone in rib steaks were $6.48/lb. We bought two six pound chunks; one for a standing rib roast for Sunday evening and had the butcher cut the other chunk into five ¾ inch thick steaks. We also bought fresh dill weed for the gravad lax.
At 7:00 p.m. we went to Vinaigrette to meet Debbie and Jeff for dinner.  We all ordered salads and avoided the temptation of dessert.  We shared an order of fried cheese balls of local goat cheese, which were nice but not great.  What was great was the warm freshly baked bread served with the cheese balls and the dinner salads.  Each table had its own bottle of olive oil.  Everyone dipped one or two slices of bread.  Again, everyone, except me, ordered Marble Brewery beer, although I tried and liked the brown porter, but it was too heavy for me to drink an entire glass of at one sitting.   

Near the end of the meal, two young women were seated next to us who ordered a bottle of Spanish white Albarino that looked great.  Perhaps we will try it next time.

Then home to bed.

Bon Appètit  

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