Stephen's

Weds. 7 March
Barbara went up to the University of Ohio at Athens to give a lecture. Our hosts, Lynne and Tom, very kindly took us and fellow scholar Neil out afterwards to eat at a fun and pleasant restaurant called Stephen's - if you look at the website, we sat under the floating fat lady.
We started off with a classic mussels in white wine and garlic, and some more progressive shrimp done with sesame oil and sesame seeds over an Asian slaw. Then a medium-rare pepper-crusted sirloin (perhaps a little too chewy) with an artichoke and gorgonzola topping, plus an excellent rack of lamb, coated with a Indian spice crust and a mango raita for dipping. Tom brought the wine. Holt and Barbara helped drink the wine. It was all very convivial.

(I know this blog doesn't contain breakfasts, but Lynne also makes a cappuccino worthy of Rome.)