I’m racking up the restaurants this month, but that will not excuse me from trying new places each month going forward. That would not be as fun!
This week, we went to Risotto on Lyndale and Lake with our neighbors Tim and Michelle. Tim worked at a fairly high class steak house and we let him pick out the wine to begin our evening. His choice, a valpolicella. It was so smooth and delicious! The restaurant itself was quite tiny, but very well decorated. I think I would even be comfortable just coming in there to sit at the bar, it just looks cozy. Maybe next time we have 18 inches of snow, that is where we will brave the storm to be comforted with good wine and great food. Because, without a 4WD vehicle, trips to South Minneapolis to visit Home Depot or the Riedel household will not be happening in the midst of a giant snowstorm. Like this.
After hearing the specials, we started with a couple of appetizers. One was mussels from the specials of the day and the other was a green bean souffle with asiago cheese sauce and mixed greens. The mussels were delicious and the souffle was good (especially the cheese sauce) but the texture was somewhat strange with the mixed greens. For our entrees, we were super adventurous… Michelle and I ordered the same thing and so did Jason and Tim. But it wouldn’t have mattered, they were all AMAZING. Like, hard-to-stop-eating-even-when-you-are-starting-to-be-uncomfortably-full good. I wish I had some right now… The ladies sampled the funghi porcini e pollo and the guys had the zafferano e salsiccia.
Normally, I am not a huge dessert fan. More of a, let’s have one more glass of wine and relax here type of diner. But Tim found one of his favorite desserts on the menu and kindly ordered two. Not for himself, but for Jason and I to share. And another bottle of wine so I could have my dessert choice as well. Did I mention that we like to eat out with them? Bring on the red wine, who cares that it’s Monday night! The chosen dessert was panna cotta or cooked cream/vanilla custard. Yum! and so light!
Loved this place and can’t believe it has been open for two years… We will be back for sure, I can’t wait to try some of their other dishes.
Oh, and Tim and Michelle gave us some insight on Piccolo (amazing, but pricey for the unique and small dishes) and The King and I (which I’m sure everyone from MN has also tried and we have yet to do, blah blah). I think we will be checking out King and I on Saturday. This Saturday happens to be my last one before classes and crazy studying begin again. My plan, to watch movies (HBO has a ridiculous amount of good ones on right now which are slowly being DVR’d throughout the week) and veg. No thinking, no cleaning and maybe crossing off another goal of mine to spend a day without a cell phone or computer? We’ll see how that goes..
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