Le Mont

Le Mont

by Carol5 Comments
I wrote out my bucket list in 2011, since then I've added a few things and accomplished a few things. This past weekend, David took me to Le Mont, a restaurant that's been on my list from the beginning, for my birthday/our anniversary. I have a wonderful bucket list; Le Mont was fabulous. There was valet parking, which is always a plus in Pittsburgh. The view is as special as the food. The restaurant is on Mount Washington overlooking Pittsburgh, and we had a table by the window. David and I both ordered off the Autumn Celebration Menu. All the food was delicious, especially my chicken. The lighting was pretty dim, it's a romantic, fancy place after all, so I did the best I could with the photos. And one final picture of the inside, because I loved it. We had a wonderful evening. I'm hoping to go back again sometime, but it's definitely an "occasion" restaurant, at least for us....
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S is for Sandwich

by Carol16 Comments
I was trying to think of what I should talk about for S yesterday. I'm reading a book set in Sicily, Treasure Hunt by Andrea Camilleri, but I'm not close enough to finished to have a review up by the end of the day, but I did have a really good sandwich at the ballpark yesterday. First, a bit about sandwiches. According to Wikipedia, although eating meat on flat bread has been traced as far back as 50 BC, the first written usage of the English word appeared in Edward Gibbon's journal referring to "bits of cold meat" as a "Sandwich". It was named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, an 18th-century English aristocrat. It is said that he ordered his valet to bring him meat tucked between two pieces of bread, and others began to order "the same as Sandwich!" It is commonly said that Lord Sandwich was fond of this form of food because it allowed him to...
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Eating out: Scaffidi’s

by Carol11 Comments
The other day we ate at Scaffidi's, a local Italian restaurant. It's actually one of Amber's favorite spots; in her opinion, they have the best gnocchi anywhere. It's a cute little place, only 8 tables, but they do offer carryout. The menu is not overly extensive, but the pasta's homemade and everything I have had has been delicious. Just a note, though, as far as I know they don't serve beer or wine, which is a little unusual. We were actually lucky to get seated as soon as we walked in. I guess they're moving later this year, to the old Lenore's building for any of you who are local, so hopefully they'll have more space then. They serve bread and butter, and David had a really nice, fresh salad, but I'm going to skip straight to our entrees, since that's the part I consider most important. Amber had the gnocchi of course, but she just gets it plain, only butter, not...
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