T Stands For Teaching Assistants' Thank You Dinner Leftovers

 

End of the quarter for Himself's WPI students. Seven weeks goes by quickly. Himself wanted to take his teaching assistants out to lunch as a thank you for all the work they do for him during the lab class.

Scheduling was a bit difficult as the Sunday he wanted to meet for lunch, the two TAs were going home to celebrate Orthodox Easter with their families. They coordinated schedules and settled on a Wednesday night dinner instead. Once again, I got to tag along though my roll was more as chaperone. Both teaching assistants are young women and Himself thought it wouldn't be right for an old dude to ask young women out to dinner.

We decided to go to Leo's Ristorante in Worcester, an old Italian restaurant and easy for the students to get to as it's not too far from the school.

Leo's is a favorite restaurant of ours. We hadn't been there in ages so I was looking forward to going. Leo or his descendants must have originated in the same province of Italy as my family as the food tastes very similar to what I was used to eating growing up. I was hoping to have my favorite dish, Linguine a la Vongola  but the dish wasn't on the menu. Most likely because clams are out of season.

We ordered Leo's special antipasto for the table. I had ravioli with sausage with  a glass of Zinfandel. Himself had veal piccata. We also had tiramisu for dessert. We were so busy enjoying the company of our guests that I didn't take pictures. Besides a thank you dinner, it was also a celebration as one of the young women had just landed a job as a chemical engineer with a company close to Boston. She'll be graduating from WPI later this month.

Since I didn't take pictures of the meal, you get to see my plate of leftovers along with a can of Polar Seltzer water. Polar is a local Worcester soft drink company.

Though we enjoyed our meals, Himself and I both agreed that Leo's wasn't as good as it used to be. The ravioli pasta wasn't as thin and melt in your mouth as what Ma used to make. I think the ravioli I make were better, too. But it was an enjoyable evening and no cooking for me. So win win.

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