Foodie Snobbie Returns

My favorite butter lettuce salad has a rival.

Since my arrival in Charlotte, I seem to bring with me the ability to destroy networks. The internet connection for the office I'm has inexplicably gone belly up within one hour of me sitting at a desk, rendering the day a wash. This happened twice in two days.

When we realized by the end of the day that it was not going to be fixed, a coworker and I went up to the 27th floor on the high rise to a posh restaurant. We sat and the bar and drank a delightful cabernet and he taught me about wines, traveling, and I enjoyed a little buzz by 5pm. The owner came over and talked to us and offered us some sort of repast while we drank. Most of his offerings included oysters and shrimp, none of which unfortunately interest me, and he asked me what I would want if I could have anything.

A small appetizer sized salad, I heard myself saying. With goat cheese and balsamic vinaigrette. Wow, I sound all snooty and stuff. LOL.

Out came an arugula salad, the perfect size, with tiny pan fried sliced fingerling potatoes, sun dried tomatoes, and a round medallion of creamy goat cheese that had been lightly breaded and also pan fried. Holy God. The dressing was not too tart, nice and peppery, the arugula was soft with that unique tangy taste. I loved it. I'm going to recreate it...and I want to do it all from scratch. Now I have to look up recipes for home made salad dressing, too. Store bought ones just suck...I always love the ones I get at restaurants.

My wine drinking friend is also a gourmand, so we talked about delicious food and the art of eating in Europe.

I must go to Europe one day. Must.