ASHEVILLE TRIP REPORT:
(lots of pics - swipe to the right/left!)
Thank you for all your help - it was a wonderful trip, with many delicious meals!
We got in late via a scenic drive, so that put paid to plans for pre-dinner snacks + cocktails. And it turned out breakfast was included at the hotel, so that took out a few meals too.
Nightbell
Delicious cocktails - a spicy tequila one, a japanese whisky one, and a bourbon one. Lots of small plates - my favorites were the “deviled” egg and the seasonal fish, also the desserts - cola cake and butternut squash cheesecake. The mushroom was good but too sweet, and we also had the cornbread, fritters (apple), sweetbreads, and carrots.
Curate
Totally hopping, we had a wait in spite of a reservation and being slightly late ourselves.
Favorites - chicken croquetas, brandade, octopus, pan con tomate, and dessert - marcona tart and chocolate ganache. Also had an interesting sherry tasting though the festival ended the prior week.
All Souls Pizza
Wonderful crust, delicious toppings, lovely salad. We had the special of the day which was a maitake mushroom white pizza, and the spicy smoked shrimp from the menu. The shrimp was amazing, the spicy sauce that it came with was SO good. The mushroom was tasty too. Lots of bees interested in our drinks!
MG Road Lounge (ChaiPani)
We were starving and though some chaat would get us going, but ChaiPani was mobbed, so we went downstairs to the bar and had some snacks and drinks. Okra fries (amazing, not oily, perfectly spiced), they were unfortunately out of chicken pakoras, so we added a tomato-cheese dosadilla (really delicious even though it was an uttapam and not a dosa ;)) Cocktails were delicious as well.
Gingers Revenge Brewery
This was fun, especially the wide age range of people enjoying the afternoon out. We tried the tasting of ginger beers, though I was very intrigued by the shrubs after having made my own this summer!
Spicewalla
The new spice enterprise from the ChaiPani folks was coincidentally adjacent to the brewery, so we went in and bought some to try. They were roasting Garam Masala - smelled so good! We got little tins of harissa, berbere and zaatar.
We’ll be back!
