Update time!

I feel like I very rarely update on life lately, I apologize for that! Let me update you all on the past week or so...

Last wednesday night I took my parents in for dinner at Martini House. We sat right across from Willi's spot on the line so we could watch him and I could make googly, lovey eyes at him haha. Fara(sp?) was our server and she was wonderful to us. And right after being sat down, even before we got some water, D-Lo came and poured us each a glass of Mirabelle. So in my book, good start. hehe. We had a ridiculous amount of food, let me recap it for you lovely readers:

First we had a delicious amuse bouche that had a mushroom mousse pastry thing, a cheese pastry puff thing, and some other thing that had fried capers on it (yeah I know...specific-it's been over a week now, I can't remember this portion so well.) Next we had another amuse, a sunchoke panna cotta which was wonderful. And finally we had a tiny cup of cream of mushroom soup which was, as always, utterly fantastic. This was also when the wine pairing started for my parents (I was driving and secondly I don't like wine, so I stayed with my bubbly).

Now the real courses begin...first was the DEVINE Beef carpaccio with fried and marinated artichokes. Seriously...it was PERFECT. I think this was my favorite of the night even though everything was unbelievable. For the next course we had a chilled sweet pea coulis with sauteed morels, marble potatoes, and pickled ramps. The flavors of this dish blended so beautifully. Next was Willi's dish he was most excited about preparing for us, a lobster volauvent with spring veggies (a fancy pot pie really...) This was amazing...it was the first time I had ever eaten lobster, but I loved it. Next was the only dish that Willi did not prepare personally for us, some sauteed Maine sea scallops with king trumpet mushrooms and other veggies. This was really good as well (even though Willi said it wasn't seared enough.) For the last main course we had roasted lamb with procini mushrooms, fiddleheads, and "tater todds" hehe. and it was exceptional. This was finally when my stomach was starting to fight me on how much food I could fit in there...but I ate every bite so far, so I wasn't going to stop now!

The after courses....First was a cheese course with 5 different cheeses. They were each utterly devourable...BUT I couldn't finish them so I took these home. Then we had desserts. We had a rice pudding brought to us. Then I had something that had honey...honest to god can't remember what it was. haha but it was sooooo tasty. And my parents each had different desserts (but they shared) and on one of them was an edible plaque that said "thank you mom and dad" that Willi had Chef Jen make for me! It was cute. and FINALLY we had a pineapple sorbet for post dessert.

Needless to say, we were STUFFED. Never have I had that much food in my life, much less that much food that was THE BEST FOOD EVER. Willi prepared everything but the scallops (and desserts) and it was all simply amazing. He's so good at what he does, and he's so passionate about it. It was such a cool experience being able to watch him in his element.

The Martini House family was SO good to us. They gave me a FANTASTIC deal on the whole meal, I was SHOCKED when I opened the bill and it was SO LOW. And nearly everyone came over to our table and made us feel at home. And it was really neat to show my parents all the people Willi and I mention. They had a great time, and I'm so glad I got to treat them to that experience. It was special.

Other than that...I've been great! Work is starting to pick up a little bit which is nice. On Friday night Willi and I went ice skating and we had a great time. Playing imaginary hockey is ultra fun when you have a whole NHL sized rink to 2 people. Then on Saturday we went to see Hangover, and it was pretty funny. We wanted to see Star Trek but it wasn't playing anymore. The rest of the weekend was chill, spent mostly at home.

And on top of that ALL...game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals just ended a bit ago...was PHENOMENAL! We forced game 7 and i'm SO STOKED.

GO PENGUINS!!!!!!!!!!!