Last night, we went to dinner at the new vegetarian restaurant in our neighborhood for a special Valentine's Day tasting menu. Mid-meal, I realized that all of the best meals out we've had have involved one thing - variety. When we go to a restaurant with a prix fixe menu and 3 or 5 courses, we go home raving (or at least discussing as was the case with one South End restaurant with a penchant for mediocre desserts), but when we go out and get an appetizer, soup, entree a la carte, we rarely go home with that same feeling, not to mention that we go home overfilled.
In the past six months, money has gotten extremely tight around our house and we've cut way back on meals we eat out. For me, that was a reaction (money tight, cooking takes less money, cook). As a means of empowering ourselves through that reaction, we decided that if it's just the two of us and we want to dine out, we'll split our normal consumption in half, sharing apps and entrees. When we want to go out as a destination, we'll go to one of our standby restaurants where either we know the chef or can get a chef's or tasting menu without much fuss. The goal is to bring us the most joy in all of our activities.
Rode to work today.
2h
Food
1/2c cereal w/raisins
meatballs w/peas, broccoli, potato
apple
chocolate covered oreo (because one of my coworkers has the best fiance ever and made vegan oreos so I wouldn't feel left out)
dried papaya, pineapple
1/4c raw almond
pb&j
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