After our day at Great Pond Bay, we decided to eat at home. There were some nice scallops in the freezer, some Southgate Farm organic salad greens, baby heirloom tomatoes and basil, fresh mozzarella, and a bottle of Crossing Vineyards Sparkling Blanc de Blancs in the fridge. We could really do something with all that.

So we (I mean I) did. Well, Michael opened the bottle. He did a good job, too. It was VERY fizzy and squirted out all over the place. And it was lovely. Crisp and dry, just the way I like it. We have been fortunate enough, this year, to have met Tom and Chris Carroll who own the Crossing Vineyards and Winery in Pennsylvania. And they gave us a bottle of their fabulous sparkling wine. Tom’s words as we left were, “Don’t save it for a special occasion, just drink it”. So we did. And it was sort of a special occasion. It was Sunday and we had a day off.

I assembled a salad with the greens, mozzarella, basil and tomatoes, and whipped up a Coquilles St. Jacques over brown rice pilaf. Goliath shared a bit of it with us and gave it two paws up!

Friday night we dined at Cafe Kaleidoscope with our friends Jim and Marg from NJ. We brought our wine, as the selection there has historically been quite limited. Michael and I shared the cream of mushroom soup and house mandarin salad as our starters. Our friends shared an appetizer of crab cakes. Yummy! Michael chose the coquilles St. Jacques for his entree (my usual favorite) and I had the flounder meuniere. Jim opted for the chicken dijonnaise and Marg the Asian style salmon (Michael’s usual favorite). All plates went back empty. Goliath had a bit of my fish and rice with some bread and butter. Sasha, the bartender/host got him his own chair, too.

We enjoyed lively conversation about the goings on in the neighborhood. And we had dessert, too!
The tiramisu is awesome. Pat (the chef) makes a great one. This one was purchased but still delicious. Jim had cheesecake and Marg the home-made key lime pie. More empty plates went back. It was a fun night combining great food and excellent company.

We worked until 6:30, were in the area, and we hadn’t been to Elizabeth’s since they moved from The Palms to H2O. We thought we’d give it a try.

We were warned by the clients we’d just massaged that it hadn’t been that great on two out of the three times they’d been there recently, but we HAD to try it so we’d have something to blog about.

We started with a bottle of Bogle Pinot Noir. Yum! It went well with our spinach and beet salad appetizers. And also with our entrees.

Michael had the pan seared, then oven roasted mahi with some sort of orange sauce, fried rice and mixed veggies. I had the corn chowder as my entree. I tasted the fish and thought it a little more dry than I like it, but it was tasty and the sides complemented it well. The chowder was not piping hot, but I thought the temperature perfect because I hate burning my tongue on soup. It was creamy and full of corn and other yummy veggies, with nice bits of rosemary and savory herbs. Excellent!!

Thumbs up for our experience at Elizabeth’s at H2O!!