Dangerously close to home

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First up, I want to offer up a Happy Anniversary to Cindy, my wonderful wife of 22 years today. I shudder to think of where I would be without her.

She blew back into town last night, at the end of a long hard trip and I drove down to pick her up from DCA. I don't know why, but among our coworkers I'm the only one that will act as a taxi for my spouse. I arrived early enough (and hot enough) to partake a tall cool one while waiting for her flight to arrive.

Once we got back on the road to head for home, Cindy said she was really thirsty, hot and somewhat hungry. We went looking for a smoothie or milkshake, but the place we both remembered had closed.

What to do...

We lingered in front of a restaurant, Bezu, that we had never seen before and considered our choices. Finally she said she was tired of traveling and wanted something nearby; I simply guided her into the restaurant we were standing in front of and we decided on the spot that this was going to be our anniversary dinner!

I apologize for the quality of the following shots; I just had my iPhone with me and the lighting was very yellow, so the resulting images are not quite up to the standard I wanted but I still wanted to share them.

Sautéed mushrooms

Chilled carrot soup with lemon grass and ginger

Homemade bread with tapenade

Seared fish (I can't remember the name, but it was delicate and similar to rockfish)

Seared Skate “Grenobloise”

Crepes Alaska

Glace nougat

We had an absolutely delightful meal and evening there, and we both found the food to be spectacular. The prices weren't too bad either, with our bill for the night being significantly less than what we normally spend on an anniversary meal.

As Cindy said -- while she was lingering on her dessert -- this place is dangerously close to home...