As usual, our time together revolved solely around food. We are foodies and not ones to miss a meal. Lunch on Saturday was at Zsa Zsa's. You can't beat their steak salad and wood fired pizzas. I always want to have their homemade gelato for dessert but am always too full. One day...one day I will get my dessert! Pre-dinner cocktails and appetizers were at our house. John and I had too much fun putting our spread together. Blue cheese stuffed olives, grape leaves, marinated tomatoes/mozzarella balls, jarlsberg and fontina cheese with some hard salami rounded out the menu. I am a sucker for a good cheese spread. We went the Italian route because dinner was at Vesuvio's Italian Bistro-hands down the best Italian food in Little Rock (or at least of what I've experienced thus far). We have been talking this place up so much, that I must admit I was nervous that it wouldn't live up to the hype. I am happy to report that it did! John and I both got the spaghetti guitara. Words cannot express my love for this dish--homemade egg noodles with sauteed shitake mushrooms and the entire dish is dumped into an 80 lb wheel of Parmesan cheese and stirred/scraped around before being replated-table side. I'm telling you, if you like table side guacomole, this will knock your socks off! Oh, and John had a chocolate martini that was to die for. Finally, we went to Mass at 10:30 on Sunday and headed to the Capitol Hotel for lunch. Once again, the pimento cheese and soda crackers were the highlight...that is until the french fries w/ a truffle bernaise dipping sauce came to the table....O.M.G...put a fork in me, I'm done!
Thanks Dad and Suzanne for coming to Little Rock--we love you! I will now go plan my weekly workout schedule in an effort to work off the 10 lbs I gained in the last 48 hours, thank you very much.
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| Appetizers before heading to Vesuvio's |
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