I started my pre- birthday celebration on the right foot with an outstanding dinner at James on Main in Hackettstown, NJ. My actual 65th! birthday is on the 24th. We enjoyed black pepper and rosemary crusted lamb chops with basil gnocchi, English peas, and locally foraged morel mushrooms; crispy pork belly and chestnut mushrooms with gochujang BBQ sauce; tuna poke; strawberry salad; frito misto with fried calamari and rock shrimp with meyer lemon remoulade; duckleg confit; truffled fries. For dessert we had an awesome chocolate semifreddo with citrus creme anglaise and pecan toffee crunch. It all went great with an excellent cabernet and red blend.
