As could be predicted, if my first day at work went wonderfully (and it did), the second day was filled with embarrasing screwups. I had to be shown several times in a row how to enter a Senior Discount on the register before I could get it right. But for the most part everything went fairly well.
After work, der B and I attended the preview wine and appetizer party at a new restaurant that's opening this week, called Nage. They are billing themselves as a "hip bistro," and the food reflects that attitude. Among the dishes listed on the menu:
Smoked duck breast and duck leg confit with pan seared foi gras, spring onion crepes, and an apple chestnut compote.
Pan fried soft shell crabs with bacon, braised leeks, silky potato puree, and caper berries.
Pan seared king salmon with celery root boulangerie, roasted hen of the woods and baby beet binaigrette with fresh horseradish.
Braised beef short ribs with soba noodles and chile garlic.
or, how about a
Knuckle Sandwich: Lobster salad with mizuna greens and heirloom tomato, on seven-grain honey bread. (That's on the lunch menu.)
The desserts are, of course, to die for.
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Right now, we've got some thunderstorms rolling our way. Poor Marty, the big lab, is cowering in the closet. I'm signing off early, since there's lots to do tomorrow, and I want to get going earlier than I did today.
