T Stands for Anniversary Dinner

 

Our plans for our anniversary dinner began at the dentist for a routine check-up and cleaning. Happily, I made it in to the No Cavity Club. Himself did not.

For dinner, we decided to travel a few towns further east to Wayland and Giacomo's Restaurant. We've eaten here before.

The waiter brought amazing bread. I was going to order a  Prosecco, but they only sold it by a split (2 glasses). Himself doesn't drink alcohol and I knew it would be lights out after one glass of wine let alone two. I ordered a glass of White Zinfadel instead.

We ordered an antipasto

On special was lobster and shrimp in gravy (sauce) and you could have the gravy 4 different ways. Chef's Special, Traditional Lobster, Marinara, and I forget the fourth way. We were both thinking of ordering the special, but I had to have a conversation with our waiter first.

The special was served over home-made fusilli. I needed to know if it was real fusilli (which is long, curly noodles resembling old telephone cord) or if it was short, more like rotini. Shape and size does matter.

The waiter assured me the noodles were the correct length. I ordered mine with the traditional lobster sauce (Ma made lobster tails and linguini for Christmas Eve Dinner. The dish was the short version of the Feast of the 7 Fishes because the Brother and I hated the traditional fish dishes). Himself had the Chef's Special which turned out to be a little heavy handed with the crushed, red pepper.

Himself had been trying to watch the Red Sox (baseball) game in the reflection of a mirror. The waiter was kind enough to run back to the television to check the score for Himself and even gave him a play by play.

The food was very good and I was surprised how busy and loud the restaurant was on a Wednesday night. Then I smiled. Loud talking. Typical for Italian household.

Drop by hosts, Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog to find out what the rest of the T Stands For gang is up to. If you want to play, include in your Tuesday post a beverage or container for a beverage. Don't forget to link your blog to Bleubeard and Elizabeth's page.