Buon Appetito, Amici

Leslie and I had a busy day yesterday. She made me a wonderful breakfast of ribeye and eggs and then we drove down to Ocean Beach to pick up a large Millard Sheets watercolor of Hawaii that I just bought.

Afterwards we visited Tracy and Stanley in La Jolla. 

Been way too long.

I had told Lena that we would stop by her house and she was a little irked because she was waiting around and I was a lot later than I had expected to be.

But we were starving by this point in the afternoon so I suggested that we go out for a bite.

Lena assented, Ron was into football and she grabbed a really nice bottle of chianti.

We went to Buona Forchetta in Encinitas. I had never been there and Lena loves it. I was thinking Il Truli or Devanti Enoteca but hey, try something new.

We got there at the perfect afternoon time, practically had it to ourselves. Started off with foccacia and garlic.

We ordered a margarita pizza with porcini, and their homemade pappardelle with the eponymous buona forchetta (good fork) cream, egg yolk and tomato sauce.

We also ordered a brussels sprout pancetta thing.

I think they get their flour from Italy. The crust was perfect, the pasta was rich. What a great meal!

The food was wonderful as was the company and the vino.

We had planned on bringing food home to Ron.

This is what he got. 

An empty box. 

We thought we had ordered so much food but we managed to polish it all off.

We felt bad and ordered him his own pizza.

We had rich canolli with fruit for dessert.

Damn, do I look happy or what?

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I made scones the other day after I made the ribeye.

Raspberry, cranberry, blueberry, walnut and ginger.

I know it sounds like overkill but think of a really good fruitcake.

And to top it all off, I stuck a bunch of chocolate chips in Leslie's because she loves chocolate!

Hate to say it but they are darn good. Very moist with all the raspberry juice but I kind of like it.

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Today I went to Photastic for stir fry. For a place that used to suck, it has become a go to. All sorts of great things on the menu. If you haven't been before, give it a try! And the new owners have a wonderful attitude.

We are lucky to have them in our town. From the Bahn Minh sandwiches to the pho, the vermicelli and the broken rice dishes, I have not had a bad meal there yet.