First, our bouches were amused by bleu cheese stuffed, deep-fried olives…
… then, for the appetizer, I enjoyed lamb ‘n rice filled tomato (toh-mah-toh?) in basil cream sauce…
… while she (Happy Wife) savored the shrimp keftedes…
… followed by a playful “CaBeetse” salad …
… each course thoroughly rinsed by silky tannins (first decanted) …
… and the eventual entree course, New york strip steaks with compound butter, potato (poh-tah-toh?) and asparagus…
… finished with a festive choco- dessert for him …
… and an elegant Tiramisu for her…
Stopped at a local watering hole on the way home to show off my arm candy, but also to wish a familiar face or two a happy new year. However, evidently because we were too early (~10 pm) we were disappointed to find a mostly empty bar and a live act on stage whose guitar and voice together was about as ear-pleasing as a (broken) Dremel tool on aluminum sheeting. Finally, came home to two dogs in full panic mode because the city of Anchorage strictly forbids private fireworks of any kind on New Year’s Eve!