Weekend in review

This weekend ended up being tour de restaurants. I ended up eating out for most of my meals.
It all started Friday I had lunch at Never on Sunday. An old school Greek restaurant that has been an establishment of Greenville for over 43 years. Still run and worked by the couple who opened the restaurant. I could pinch their cheeks they are so cute. Dolmas. She still makes her Dolmas by hand everyday. YUM! This is not a tabbouleh, falafel kind of place. Think potatoes and kabobs.

That night my parents came into town we had my aunt and uncle over for dinner. Homemade olive oil crackers from 101 Cookbooks, hummus and radishes to start. You must make these crackers they are delicious and super easy. I had the dough in the fridge leftover from Easter dinner. You can top them with whatever you have. This night I just used walnut oil. salt, pepper and red pepper flakes. Broiled rosemary garlic shrimp (we don't have a grill yet), green beans with Marcona almonds and a whole wheat penne salad. I have to say I am not a pasta salad fan but this was delicious. Kalamata olives, feta, baby arugula, green onions, cherry tomatoes, celery and basil. Dressed with lemon, olive oil, a touch of balsamic and of course salt and pepper. Great summer salad. This would be perfect to take for a picnic with some cut up chicken or grilled shrimp.

Saturday while running around to gather our gardening supplies my mom and I ran into SWAD. A vegitarian indian restaurant/market on Lauren's road. I am obsessed now. Probably just because the owners the nicest people and the food was perfectly spicy. They made sure we knew the proper way to eat each dish. I am a huge fan of spice, not so much my mom. If you go my mom would definitely suggest getting the mango lassi to cool your tongue down.

That night we celebrated! American Grocery. So far my favorite restaurant in Greenville. I am a huge fan of sitting at a bar. I love to talk to bartenders, see what they think is good plus I find you always get better service. Darleen at American Grocery is great! She makes a fantastic cocktail and puts up with me not ever knowing exactly what I want. This night the highlight was the fried goat cheese with baby arugula and red pepper relish. We also had the grilled Caesar. Usually I am not a huge fan of the Caesar salad but I am when it is grilled and I can eat the spears with my fingers. I pretty much a fan of eating anything with my fingers not so lady like but I think it makes food taste that much better.

Not to bore with all the details. Sunday we headed to Bohemian for brunch, make your own Bloody Mary bar! Then Oysters on the Westend for a big basket of seafood that was completely disappointing. So we made up for it with gelato on the way home.

Enough restaurant talk. I'm headed inside to make some pickled red onions then for a walk with the aunt.

Dinner tonight: bison flank steak and fava beans!