So things in our restaurant world have changed dramatically.
Elements has closed at its current location (boo!) and will reopen in Princeton, in the same building that currently houses Mistral, in early 2015. This means our Cube is gone. Gone, gone, gone. In some ways this is a good thing, because we are spending less on eating out, but……at the same time it still sucks in a colossal way! And we don’t do much IN Princeton, because parking is a pain and it’s just too damn crowded and too much effort.
We started to go to the Ryland Inn which is lovely and wonderful. Except they can’t seem to do poached eggs right to the Husband’s preferred spec (runny yolks, set opaque whites), so they’re out for Brunch. Getting there for dinner on Friday nights has been challenging. Saturdays they have Bruce Forster who plays piano and sings (and takes requests!). So we’ve been down to the bar a couple of times to catch him there.
We’ve actually been back to the Pluckemin Inn and have an absolutely wonderful dinner there. But they get crowded and we’re picky and spoiled, and it’s hard to find a good off-hours time to get there.
So we are eating in more and trying to save money. I’m trying to get back into the cooking groove, which will be a necessity once we move. So I’ve broken out the wok and done a simple stir fry. It wasn’t bad, but there’s definite room for improvement. We need to start a list of things we want to try to cook at home. I certainly have enough cookbooks to give us enough options! I hope the kitchen exhaust fan in the new house works well so I can cook fish and seafood again.