Some of us share blood
Others share a home
Some share a name
But tonight, we all shared everything!
We decided to bar hop rather than put all of our eggs in one basket so we could try as many restaurants as possible. And then within each location, we couldn’t decide on a dish to call our own – so we just shared everything. It worked brilliantly.
We met KERF reader Natalia for a drink at The Moorings, which lured us to its bar with the promise of a bag of seafood donuts!
Natalia goes to school here in Newport – it is always fun to meet new friends!
The boys got beers, the girls got waters
And the bag of seafood donuts – little pillows of sweet dough with embedded flecks of scallop, lobster and shrimp – were better than they sounded
After some conversation and slurping down the last of course I, we headed to Diego’s, modern Mexican cuisine.
The restaurant was super small and cozy and we had impeccable service! Very attentive onion-awareness staff ; )
Matt A. spotted something for me when he glanced at the menu this afternoon:
The Three B’s Manhattan
Bourbon, Butter and Bacon make this Manhattan a cocktail, meal, dessert or all three? Jim Beam Bourbon is infused with butter and shaken with pechaud Bitters, sweet vermouth and a dash of maple syrup. Served chilled and straight up with a chocolate covered bacon garnish
Will any drink EVER live up to this one again!!? That chocolate bacon strip was the best thing I ate all weekend.
Larbs + Matt oogling over it!
We were so enamored by the menu, we decided to share 3 entrees that were at the top of each of our lists:
Hermosa Pizza
Made with shredded pork, pineapple salsa, black beans, red pepper & spicy Baja aioli.
WOW. Was this ever incredible!! Two slices for each.
Next up we shared the Catch Of The Day Salad with peppers, jicama and a blackened fish. The fish was a little rare for my liking, but I loved the greens. Obviously!
Lastly, we shared the fish tacos – loaded- 3 ways. That means two tacos, split. Worked perfectly! These were great as well.
Our first two courses were amazing, but of course we didn’t want the night to end. I was happy with my bacon chocolate for dessert, but Larbs was itching for something more, so we ended the night at Fluke Wine Bar.
The four of us shared sips from this Tawny Port (just one sip will do!)
It took us FOREVER to decide on a dessert, but we finally settled on…
S’Mores for Matt A. and me
And Sweet Potato Pie with a whipped cream log for Larbs and my Matt
But of course, we all shared!
And now we’re all sharing a hotel room!
Kath, I’ve been reading your blog for about a year and wanted to let you know how inspiring it is to me. I tell all my girlfriends (as you know most women have issues with food and weight) to check out your site for recipes, ideas, but most of all for sound advice and a voice that rings so true as to what healthy living is all about. I loved your post of the Tofu Tour. I live on the West Coast but am now inspired to start looking for a better tofu as the one I currently use is just o.k. And if I’ve learned anything from your blog, it’s that we should never settle for just o.k. food.
I’m so glad that’s my message!! 🙂
I’ve been following you for a bit now but I’m a comment virgin. I channeled some KERF tonight and bought my first few mis-matching bowls and plates. I love seeing your different styles of place settings and dinnerware….so much fun! I had gotten so bored looking in my cupboards and seeing all of my matchy-matchy stuff. I found some fun stuff at Pier 1 Imports and Cost Plus World Market. I look forward to picking up more and enjoying my eclectic new cupboard!
Thanks!
Tracy
<3 Bowls!
Sharing rocks! It’s like getting to order 4 things on a menu. Photog question (for learning’s sake): Did you use flash for some of your photos i.e. the pizza and salad? Just wondering. I think it looks pretty good.
Yup! I’m finding that when it’s SO dark that the photo would be a lost cause, a flash plus “warmer” on the editing looks OK
You went to Fluke! I’ve been dying to try this place – thanks for the preview of the smores dessert!
Yay! I’m so glad Diego’s was a hit! I loved the food when I went there. Bacon/Chocolate/Alcohol sounds like a wonderful combination, not going to lie.
I can’t even tell you how great it was meeting you, Matt, your sister, and Matt. I loved talking with you and each of them. Thank you! Enjoy your sleepover and I look forward to reading more of your Newport adventures 🙂
Lovely to meet you too Natalia!
Chocolate bacon?!?!
This looks GREAT! I love love love reading your blog because you make food so much fun! (As someone who suffered from disordered eating in the past, this is saying a lot!)
what a fun night! All of the food looks amazing. I love the idea of restaurant hopping.
I’ve been following your blog for awhile now– I’m not much of a commenter though.
Your pictures are always amazing. Also, I was wondering how you did the header? It’s so cute!
I did it in Photoshop Elements
The Manhatten with the bacon strip — how amazing does that look?!?!? I want one. Now.
And I need to make a shredded pork/pineapple/black bean pizza. I want that now too!
You two ladies are so beautiful 🙂 beautiful food too of course 😉
xoxo
doughnuts + seafood = YES PLEASE!!
Oh wow, I definitely don’t get food like that here in Canberra, Australia! In fact, I’ve never even had a home-made s’more…
So fun you see and meet KERF readers everywhere you go! What a lucky lady you are 🙂
Chocolate bacon? I can’t imagine how it would taste like :))
I love sharing in the restaurants, it always is more fun like that!
I want that sweet potato pie, sounds delicious!
Just wwaaaiiitttinnggg to see Jessica comment on this post…
Your outfit is sssooooo cute!
Oooh, that sweet potato pie! Lord have mercy!
I love that idea. Something different and gives the chance to try different things.
Everything looks delicious! More people to share with = more selections to sample! Works out perfectly. 😀
Looks like a great time!! All four of you all look so cute! Enjoy your Sunday
I love that you and your sister are making the same expression in the first picture. That is totally something my sisters and I catch ourselves doing all the time 🙂
I want those smores!!!!!
Love the family pics…such a strong resemblance between you and your sis!
What a perfect night! To me, the smores look especially delicious 🙂 I had no idea resturant still sold them… Makes me happy 🙂 have fun touring mansions today!
All the pics are great, but espec the third pic of you and Matt. Beautiful! Newport is so fun to visit and the food looked awesome. So nice all of you are enjoying a great visit!
That sweet potato pie looks HEAVENLY…but really I’m just oogling the whipped cream log. Looks so fantastic!
Okay, your husbands kind of scare me – only because they LOOK LIKE TWINS! They have the same name? How eerie! 🙂
What a cute theme for your post!!! Love it:) And you guys seem to have so much fun – love the idea of bar hopping to share everying!
Gorgeous photos!
After All , Sharing is Caring! lol! Love this post and those seafood doughnuts look so good, never heard of those in my life!
THe Smores dessert………………ummmmmmmm yeah I need that : )
What a fun night! My husband would love that chocolate covered bacon!
chocolate bacon?! ohhh how the combo of sweet and salty makes my mouth water 😀
anywho, don’t you find it odd/ironic your matt and larbs’ matt look almost identical?!? and they’re both named MATT? talk about similar tastes haha! I actually couldn’t decipher who was who for the loooongest time..
well, not identical..but they do look similar! nose and eyebrow wise..
Oh there are so many places I still need to try down there!! I did have an awesome dinner with friends at Fluke once though! Love that it’s a “small plates” style restaurant. MUST try those seafood donuts though!!
Okay, I’m now seriously intrigued by that chocolate covered bacon! I’ve got to try that!
That sounds like such a fun night!! I wish my sister and i both had bfs/husbands to go travel around with! On a completely unrelated note…I ran the thunder road half marathon yesterday in Charlotte and was finally able to try some Great Harvest. OMG Dakota bread might be one of the most delicious things I have ever tasted! Now I totally understand why you love it so much!
I love family style dining, although I always assume whoever I’m eating with is okay with sharing. I think that kind of came about in college – our big group of friends always had dinner together and we were so casual that we had a “just because it’s on your plate doesn’t make it yours” mentality 😉 I remember the first time I went to dinner with one of my (now very close) friends, he offered to make my ice cream half calorie; never having heard the joke before I handed it over to him and he proceeded to take a huge chomp out of it! Ha.
I have yet to try chocolate bacon but dang it looks delicious. Fun night! I love wine bars, so much. They have the most unique foods and lots of good beer in addition to wine. Love them!
this sounds like a seriously amazing progressive dinner! we’ve tried to do that so many times but it always fails when we find a place with great food and atmosphere…we just end up hanging out the whole time!
I love Boston for all of its charm and wonderful food.
Chocolate bacon? That sounds so yummy. 😀
I love nights like these! It just seems to bring everyone closer 🙂
Now I know exactly where I’m going and what I’m ordering when I turn 21. Butter and bacon–holy yum
That side of guacamole looks great. And Sweet cream log?! Sounds amazing – why haven’t I heard of that wonderful sounding desert before?!?
My stomach is growling just looking at all that food. What a phenomenal dinner!
Nothing brings you closer than sharing 🙂
wow enjoy,.:-)
What a fun way to experience great company, foods and drinks – SHARE! Looking at you and Larbs, I miss the times with me and my sistas 😉
I was just having a conversation about chocolate covered bacon with a friend yesterday… I can’t imagine how good that must have been!
sharing is the best – i love eating with others and picking into one another’s food
You are Larbs look so much alike. Such pretty sisters!
Matt and Matt look so much like brothers, too 🙂
Hehe how sweet! I should take a leaf from your book- I hate sharing!! I would rather order 2 meals for myself and take home leftovers! It’s terrible!!
Love this! I am a firm believer that sharing is caring! 🙂
My mouth is watering over your amazing meals today…absolutely delish, Kath..
Glad you enjoyed Newport! I love the Viking and stayed there last year!
Wow, everything ya’ll ate looks DELICIOUS!!!!! I love how everyone shares – that’s how my coworkers and I are when we go out to eat 😀 Makes the dining experience much more fun!! Thanks for sharing your trip with us!
All the food looks really good, I love sharing food, ‘cos I’d prefer being able to try everything! I have to admit though, I’m not sure what I think of chocolate covered bacon :/