We were given a very generous gift from our parents and my Gram and Poppy for our 3rd anniversary this week- a babysitter and a night out! Pete and I were so excited for a chance to have a date!
Pete found a beautiful restaurant only a few minutes away called Barrington Country Bistro. We had a great babysitter come over and off we went (dressed up too...haha). BCB has an amazingly fresh menu with most of the ingredients coming from very local farms.
After deciding what we were ordering, we had a beautiful bottle of Castle Rock Pinot Noir. Our appetizer was a wild boar sausage with black trumpet mushrooms and a date-mustard sauce. It was so flavorful, and I wish I hadn't sent the bread basket back because we both wanted to get the last little bit of sauce :)
Pete picked a "salade lyonnaise" with arugula, endive, a poached egg, lardons, fresh croutons, and a warm shallot-bacon vinaigrette. I had a bean medley with baby field greens, amazing parmesan, and a beurre noisette vinaigrette.
Hungry yet? ;)
For our main dish, I decided on a venison leg filet accompanied by braised leeks, chestnuts, and a blueberry reduction sauce. Pete had beef cheeks with a parnsip puree. If you haven't had beef cheeks before (I had not before last night) you should try it if you get a chance! It was such a tender, and flavorful, piece of meat.
I am who I am....so we got dessert!
A very thin apple tart with fresh vanilla ice cream and caramel was the perfect end to our meal.
Ahhh....I can't wait to go back to BCB!
Love you all!
Emily Ann
That sounds great. I am so glad you had a nice time for your annivesary. And yes......you did make me hungry.
ReplyDeleteEm - Sounds like you had a good time! The food sounds great too! Glad you were able to have this special night together. Love you so much. Tracy
ReplyDeleteps - I'll call you tomorrow-been crazy here today.
Yummy! Happy Anniversary!!! Glad you got to go out and enjoy yourselves. Love, Aunt Debbie
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