Fun Night Out for Restaurant Week

Last night, I had a wonderful evening of great food and conversation.  It was a planned night out as a few weeks ago, I asked a few friends if they would be interested in going to an upscale restaurant during Restaurant Week in Minneapolis and St. Paul.  The premise of Restaurant Week is that around 50 restaurants, put a menu together of some of their best dishes and charge one price.  Lunches are $10 to $20 and dinners are $15 to $30.  It's a great way to try upscale/expensive restaurants at more humble prices.  Restaurant Week takes place three times a year:  Summer, Fall and Winter.  There are a wide variety of places to eat for everyone's taste.....burgers, sushi, steak, pizza, salad, seafood and so on.  For more information and the list of restaurants here is a link to the Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine website.  www.mspmag.com  Click on the Events:  Twin Cities Restaurant Week tab on the right.

Three of my friends and I visited Borough in Minneapolis last evening.  We ordered from the Restaurant Week menu, so we were able to choose three courses for $30.  We had to begin though with pre-dinner drinks and an appetizer - not included in the $30 menu but well worth it!!  We had Sangria or a Lemon Basil Gimlet - both were very summery and refreshing, and Octopus (yam, soy, daikon, cilantro, lime, peanuts) - a Borough signature dish.

We began dinner with a wine recommendation from our server.

Then, first course was a choice between Carrot Soup (carrot, shrimp, ginger, curry granola, yogurt, basil)

or Burrata (artichoke, mache, sunflower, pine nut, tomato, sourdough).

For our main course, we chose between Sturgeon (pan roasted, corn, chanterelles, heirloom tomato, rye, dill)

or Chicken (breast, leg, potato salad, green beans, fennel, cornbread, chipotle).

Of course we also had dessert - either Chocolate (malted milk, cake, chantilly, cherry, vanilla, chocolate sorbet)

or Radish (broth, chevre, friand, lemon balm, watermelon, lemon sorbet).

There was not a bite left on any of our plates.  We thoroughly enjoyed the food, atmosphere and conversation.  Here is a link to Borough's website for all of the restaurant's details. www.boroughmpls.com  I look forward to Restaurant Week in the Fall to try another new place!  Hey Betty, Keri and Wendy???  Are you with me???

"Food is for eating, and good food is to be enjoyed....I think food is, actually, very beautiful in itself."  -Delia Smith