It's Friday, so you know what that means: MENU DEL DIA!!! Today's menu, courtesy of my fave: Cafe Amargo. Buen provecho (good eating/enjoy)!
It's the weekend, so here's my requisite glass of wine. This is a Ribera.
Delicious accompanying bread. Not quite sure of the flavors, but I kinda wolfed it down before really taking notice... Soooo oops? I was hungry.
First course: Pesto penne pasta. Delicious! Aaaand in a shocking twist of events, had perfect proportions of sauce to noodles to salt to cheese. Bonus: the noodles were cooked (duh), but then sautéed in a pan, which gave some of them a nice slight crispiness.
Second Course: hamburger with goat cheese and fried berenjena (eggplant) slices and fries. The goat cheese was not overpowering as it tends to be. It was balanced with the eggplant and the meat as well. The fries definitely tasted homemade. I loved the varying sizes of the potato and they had a slight hint of garlic added to them as well. I ate most of the burger, but not all of it because I was saving room for...........
DESSERT!!! My favorite meal of the day! This is arroz con leche (rice pudding) and it's one of my favorites when made well. Margo makes it well. Soft and creamy with a slight hint of vanilla. It's drizzled with sweet honey-esque sauce that hardens and turns into a thin candy. The white/pale yellow jelly near the front of the plate was a lemon jelly that perfectly complimented the sweetness of the dish. It was almost like a refreshing sorbet in the fact that it was more tart than sweet.
If you haven't seen it already on snapchat, this is the view from my favorite table. Look how cute!! Go to Cafe Amargo and you won't be disappointed.
Tried to discreetly take a picture. I really just wanted to show off that ceiling piece. Super cool light fixtures with mixed metal rods. Also, in the background you can check one of the waitresses wearing the Amargo uniform. Sneakers, denim jeans, and a denim shirt. Everyone that know me knows I love jeans and denim, so of course I looove this Canadian tuxedo look.
Thank goodness I got some pictures up. This blog was starting to get reeeeeealllll dry. The meal was delicious. normally I like to go home to power nap and prepare for the evening (especially tonight as it's my friend's birthday), but I have decided to stay and try to write at least one more post and maybe play around with the layout/theme of this thing. Now to order another glass of wine!