Devilled eggs with white truffle oil at Rigsby's
I had a busy week and didn’t have any time to blog. As I think back over the week, it amazes me how many delicious things I ate. Obviously, eating was one of the things that kept me busy! Here are some of the highlights:
- Discovering the blue plate lunch special and cichetti menu (Venetian style small plates) at Rigsby’s Kitchen. You can get a delicious lunch with attentive service for $10. Choose between 1/2 a pasta dish or sandwich with either soup or salad. You also get to enjoy Eleni Christina bread while you wait – much better than standing in line.
- Pistacia Vera Amaretti cookies. Crunchy, chewy and intensely almondy.
- Personalized Whisky flights at Wing’s in Bexley. Tell Ken what you like and he will give you 3 variations on a theme. My favorite new discovery was Laphroig 15.
- A perfect soft boiled egg from 2 silos, with marmite soldiers. Yes- I have finally mastered boiling an egg – just the way I like it.
- Montgomery Chedddar, from Katzinger’s Deli. Perfect in both taste and texture – it has a dry crumbly texture that packaged cheddars just don’t have. Especially good with Kashi stone-ground 7 grain crackers.
- Spanish chorizo chili at Details, with plantain chips and avocado butter and only $4.50.
- A sample of smoked maple syrup from Chef Drew at Details. I could drink it by the glass and can’t imagine anything better than french toast, with bacon and smoked maple syrup.
- Watching Roland eat Details house-made smoked tomato ketchup with a spoon (Did I mention the steak fries?).
- A delicious croque-monsieur croissant from the Petite Boulangerie (from the Clintonville Winter Market) made with Blues Creek Ham, Gruyere and maple sugar. It was fun to try a new market and support some local farmers and artisans at this time of year. I bought some Osage Lane Creamery goat Feta, which I had tried at the Flying J dinner, bread from the Petite Boulangerie and apple cider from Ochs fruit farm.
- Al Pastor, chorizo and shrimp tacos at Cuco’s on Henderson Road.
- Jeni’s creamy Cognac ice cream… and more of the smoked chocolate with marshmallows.