Yes, this dinner at Nolen Kitchen was all about good tastes on my tongue!! Despite eating a large amount of good, restaurant food, I’m surprisingly not full. I think because it was a 3-hour dinner! But it was a blast and we had a great time with our friends 8) I forgot to get a group photo though!!
We started at the bar. What I LOVE about this place is they offer “tastes” of wines for half the cost of a glass (and half the wine of course). So instead of having 2 glasses of wine, I had 3 tastes – for 1.5 glasses and was much happier getting to try 3 kinds. I also had sips of the husband’s (and he had sips of mine) so we really did taste a ton of good flavors tonight!
I started off with the Lake Sonoma Chardonnay – a buttery favorite! Next to the husband’s beer 🙂
The husband ordered a cheese platter for an appetizer. I ate WAY too many bites!! We did share with the table though…the bleu cheese was fabulous!
Taste number 2 – a Zinfandel. I preferred the husband’s inky Petit Syrah so we traded 🙂
For dinner I ordered the Garlic Prawns – with the butter sauce on the side. I’m so glad I did because it was kind of like gravy and I wasn’t a huge fan. My shrimp came with green couscous and were quite yummy. But the husband’s lamb and goat cheese gnocchi were even better! I had about 4 gnocchi and a bite of Maran’s sweet potato gnocchi as well! Oh, and before I forget, I also had a small piece of bread when it arrived halfway through our entrees (fresh out of the oven!)
Taste #3 with dinner. I probably should have skipped this one….but it was just a taste right!? That’s the husband’s dry Rose in the background – it was so unique and raspberrish but dry!
My prawns came with a side of roasted root vegetables. They were drenched in butter, but still delicious. I ate most of them –
And we HAD to try dessert. We ordered the Pumpkin S’mores (uhhh…S’more!?!), which were a little disappointing because the marshmallow was tough, but the tiny blob of cinnamon ice cream (unphotographed) was amazing –
And the most delicious Peanut Butter Crunch Cake ever – served with Banana Ice Cream!! I normally don’t like banana flavoring, but this was excellent and fresh. I also tried a bite of Maran’s Chocolate Toffee Cake.
So that wraps up dinner! It was so much fun and I got to try so many flavors in one sitting. Definitely a splurge, but good times with good friends. I’d say “back on track” tomorrow but it’s Easter and we have a big lunch planned for just the two of us!
And FYI, I had a pumpkin, hemp milk and cereal snack around 4pm –
Night guys!
Romina says
That peanut butter crunch cake looks droolworthy!
Serena says
Wow that PB cake looks so good! As does pretty much everything you guys ate and drank. I had such a busy day today that I stayed home tonight and ate Annie’s whole wheat white chedder mac and cheese with some broccoli tossed in. Tasty. Healthy. Not as good as peanut butter cake.
Susan says
I third their comments! Good choice on dessert!
Did you find you yogurt breakfast filling? sometimes when I have yogurt, granola, fruit breakfasts I am so hungry compared to oatmeal.
Kelly T says
oooh dinner looks amazing! Was the couscous flavored? Why was it green? I’ve just never seen that before. I love making a night of dinner and taking my time. Glad you had a great night!
Megan says
That spoon is really long, and for such a small bowl, it must have looked with you eating it!
Dessert looked really good, I am so jealous, well at least I got to eat Easter candy for dessert! I don’t suppose you will get an easter basket tomorrow;)
sarah says
kath i just want to say that i love your attitude towards life — so incredibly positive and appreciative of the little things as well as the big. i think i just figured out that that’s what i love about your blog!
that dinner looks amazing — i LOVE ordering cheese plates to share and getting to try all of the different types. the tastes of wine look amazing, too. YUM.
have a wonderful easter sunday 🙂
Alicia says
I agree that the peanut butter cake looks delish! I ADORE cake, although I had peppermint and chocolate ice cream for dessert last night.
I don’t love wine as much as you but I cannot resist a cheese platter. I love the cheese, crackers, grapes and sometimes jelly.
Kath says
Susan,
Re. Yogurt Breakfast: I was full when I finished this morning but it’s hard to tell how much satiety I got out of it because i was so active gardening. But in general, if I have a breakfast that’s 400-500 kcal with at least 6-7 grams of fiber and some nuts involved, it’ll hold me at least 4 hours.
Kelly T,
It was called “7 vegetable couscous” so I’m guessing the green was veggie-related! It tasted like regular (with butter!) though.
sarah ,
Thanks so much for the nice comment!
Kath
John says
Jen and I really enjoyed dinner Saturday night. I hope you had a Happy Easter, and we look forward to seeing ya’ll soon.
(And my duck with the goat cheese crepes was amazing)
Kath says
John,
Good to hear from you! Are you guys free April 4/5 weekend? If so, perhaps we should get together again then??!!
Glad your duck was good! Anything with goat cheese rocks my world.
Kath
John says
Unfortunately we will both be out of town that weekend……….maybe the wkend of April 12? We’ll be in touch.