Central Kitchen

January 4, 2012

On Friday, Will and I met up with Ian and Catherine for dinner at Central Kitchen. This restaurant opened in 2012 and had good reviews, and comes from the group who also created flour + water and Salumeria.

Some snacks to start, radishes with sea salt and cultured butter to start:

Crispy rutabaga with curry emulsion:

As a starter, I had the flash-cured perch with grapefruit, avocado & salsify:

For dinner, I had the roasted pork with pumpkin, persimmon and candy cap mushroom:

Some desserts to share, starting with the "milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate":

Apple confit, spiced bread and vanilla ice cream:

Overall, a fantastic meal, one of the better ones at a new resto that I've had in quite some time. A new fave!

NYE 2012

December 31, 2012

We aren't big "new year's eve" people, and in the past couple years, we've gone for the low-key options. This year, we didn't make any plans, and we decided to have an impromptu potluck NYE party. Turns out some others hadn't made plans either, we had a great turnout!

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2013!

Post-Holidays Dinner w/Wallins

December 30, 2012

Will and I were back in SF from Richmond, just in time for Will to get sick with some type of awful flu. He recovered enough to go for dinner with the Wallins...and adorable Erez!

Night Out in Richmond

December 27, 2012

On our last night in Richmond, the grown-up kids (me, Will, Angie, Jack) headed out for a night out. We started with dinner at Mint Restaurant:

Starts of fried dill pickle chips, deviled eggs, and bacon-wrapped dates:

Chicken and waffles!

After dinner, we went on a driving tourist tour of the city at night:

Nightcap at the Jefferson Hotel:

Thanks to Angie & Jack for a fun night out!

Christmas 2012

December 26, 2012

Will and I flew to Dulles and then drove a rental car down to Richmond, VA for the holidays with my sister's family and my parents.

Scenes from the holidays (a.k.a. slothful binge eat-a-thon):

Legos!

Christmas Dinner with the ever-present prime rib!

Food coma:

Taking a break from eating and doing nothing by going bowling:

Hope you all had fantastic holidays!