Dinner tonight at Brine Oyster Bar in Newburyport with a couple of friends was nice!
I had a glass of Austrian Gruner Veltliner, and I’m afraid I don’t remember the cocktails the ladies had.
We started with Pork Croquettes with a tomato agrodolce and citrus herbs…one each, and they were amazing!
For the main, I had the Hake with leek puree, asparagus, caulilini, fava beans, and a mushroom beurre blanc (could have given me more caulilini and fava beans and left off the asparagus).
And the others had an enormous Chicken Schnitzel with mushrooms, chicory, sherry, and a pistachio vinaigrette,
and a Mixed Greens Salad with avocado, grapefruit, snap peas, pistachios and grilled tuna.
For dessert, one had an Espresso Martini, and we shared the Pavlova with meringue (a bit too hard to break into, but once we did it was very good!), rhubarb curd, pistachio, basil, Chantilly cream, and poppy seeds. Could have sworn it was strawberry, not rhubarb!) (Pistachios seem to be the “It” ingredient this Spring!)
A lovely meal and a lovely time. And Olivia was a great waitperson!
