Friday 8 November
We took tonight's speaker Clayton,
plus Moshe and Steven, across the river to Otto's for a post-lecture
dinner.
Main Street was really hopping in
this beautiful weather, and people were enjoying the lights and the various
nightspots so much that Barbara had to park across - or pretty much under - the
tracks.
Having gotten our guests a
much-deserved cocktail, we ordered a bottle or two of fairly decent red - Cartlidge
& Browne Lot 205 Petite Sirah, California.
Otto's wines have just a double markup, and there are even half-price-wine
nights, so it's a much better bargain than La Poste, for example.
Then we started on salads: our
favored fried green tomato caprese (good even out of season), and roast beet
and arugula with goat cheese, apples, and toasted pecans.
For mains, we chose a
nicely-roasted duck breast, served with a puddinglike risotto studded with
tidbits of ham and things, accompanied by browned brussels sprouts and bacon;
and juicy Bourbon-glazed pork medallions, served with very tasty hot slaw and
sweet potatoes.
Otto's is a pleasant,
chicken-themed, place. I wonder why their
menu doesn't feature the simple roasted bird itself?
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