T Stands For Lunch on Valentine's Day

I had an appointment on Valentine's Day and asked Himself to tag along. Since it would be lunch time when I was done, I thought we could go out to lunch. Not a romantic lunch. Just lunch. Valentine's Day isn't a big deal holiday with us. It never was. 

We didn't have any idea where to go for lunch. Himself suggested the 99, but we've eaten there so many times lately, I wanted something different. We thought we would try Harry's a little hole in the all place with some of the best seafood. Harry's is always busy and on Valentine's Day, there wasn't even a place to park in their postage size stamp of a parking lot. And Harry's doesn't take debit or credit cards. Strictly cash which neither one of us had on us at the moment. Sure, Harry's has an ATM machine inside the restaurant, and you can get cash, but it didn't seem that important to get whacked with the fees from the banks.

Where to? How about Bertucci's? We haven't been there in a long time. Bertucci's is a chain that specializes in brick oven pizza and dishes and a favorite spot when Himself would hob nob with the other Wizards at the college where he teaches.

I usually get the Rigatoni Abbruzzi, rigatoni pasta with sausage, but since it was Valentine's Day, the restaurant was running a special. Soup or salad, several entrees to choose, and a dessert to share. Perfect.

I started with a glass of Prosecco and a salad with balsamic vinaigrette dressing. Himself had a cup of minestrone soup. The waiter also brought rolls with infused olive oil for dipping.

Himself had the Shrimp Rossini. It was delicious. Ask me how I know?

I ordered the Chicken Parmigiana

The portions were so large there was plenty for another meal or two. The waiter came to the table and boxed up the leftovers.

I told him all he had to write for me was M-I-N-E. I label all my restaurant leftovers that way. The waiter found that especially amusing and added a little extra. He didn't know Himself's name so thought it should be Bob.

For dessert the choices were Limoncello Mascarpone Cake or a Cannoli. We had a Cannoli to share. The cannoli was delicious, studded with chocolate chips on the ends, but not the best choice for a shared dessert. The shell is very crispy (just perfect!) and was hard to break. And from an Italian point of view, not very abbondanza. It wouldn't have broken the restaurant to bring 2 cannoli.

We decided to get extra cannoli for a treat later in the evening, and one to bring home to the Young One. The waiter also tossed in some extra rolls and cups of infused olive oil. See, that's abbondanza.

When we got home, there was a Valentine from The Eldest. A sweet ending for a perfect day.

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