Two weeks ago we ran into Phil at Starlu. He introduced us to the chef, Sam, and we chatted for a few minutes. Tonight we went back to Starlu, and the chef not only greeted us, he remembered the conversation from before. He ask Georg how it had gone with the r&d job he had applied for. In fact, we were there to celebrate Georg getting the job. So thanks, Phil! I feel like we're in the club now!
Our food was fantastic: a tomato appetizer with tomatoes three ways: a skewer of tomato and smoked mozzarella, a small glass of cherry tomato cocktail, and a crostini with tomato and onion jam. Yum! For main courses I had eggplant parmigiana, and Georg had scallops. Both were divine. My dessert was the only less than stellar point of the meal. It was a pecan-toffee coffee cake, which was lovely, but really more of a cool weather dessert I thought. They served it with fresh berries, but I think it would be better in fall with apples or persimmon. Actually there was nothing wrong with the cake. I was just disappointed because they were out of the strawberry rhubarb tart I really wanted.
Whoa ... Georg got a new job? See, he should blog these things, even is he does it in code or something.
I'm completely paranoid. I almost never talk about work on my blog.
For some reason I keep forgetting to go to Starlu. Except for this year and last year on the July 4th weekend. When they are most definitely closed. It was almost funny, this year.