anniversary

yesterday was the one-year anniversary of natalie and my first date, and to celebrate i took her out to our favorite restaurant.

the food was, as always, phenomenal, and we ate ourselves into a coma.

Satay

grilled marinated tofu skewers, spicy thai peanut sauce, cool cucumber and mint salad


Cornmeal Crusted Oyster Mushrooms

jicama salad, roasted garlic aioli, golden plum-peron chile jam

(the mushrooms were JUST like deep-fried clams and we could have eaten multiple plates of them).


Steak Fries with Garlic Aioli

(we're both french fry freaks, and these were excellent).



korma 'samosa'

seitan 'sausage', roast eggplant and zucchini, toasted brown basmati pilau, cardamom scented tomato coulis, coconut mint raita


house-made golden potato gnocchi

chanterelle and clamshell mushroom confit, sauteed chicory and broccoli di cicco, sweet basil cream.


Chocolate Almond Midnight

almond cashew crust, mocha chocolate filling, raspberry sauce, white chocolate mousse


and a banana tort with banana sorbet, candied macadamia nuts and lots of chocolate.

then we went home and lay down until we digested enough to go to sleep.