Such Sweet Hands

There’s no way around it. If I’m going to share a glimpse of the daily events of my life for a month, pizza eventually comes up. Not so much because of me, but because of Rob, my pizza loving sweetie. That’s him, with our friend Maiteeny, her passion for food and finding new places to try is only matched by Rob’s adoration of a great pizza. She tried out this new place, Vito’s, the night before and called us with a review so glowey we had to return with her the next day.

Most places don’t succeed at adding fresh veggies to a pizza. Things end up wet and sloppy. But this place makes a tasty spinach and ricotta pie. The ricotta is sweet and creamy, it really adds something…  Being able to order a slice of something veggie is a nice counterpoint to all those slices I get of Rob’s standard favorite: pepperoni and mushrooms, as seen above.

A fancy 3 course meal with wine pairing…  la dee daaa!

The meal included a fresh crab “salad” with enoki mushrooms and cucumbers.  The most I’ve ever enjoyed crab.  An amuse bouche of Strawberry Gazpacho.  My mouth was amused…  Then there was the soft poached egg served in shell amidst layers of cream and honey.  So soothing and yummy.  Gluttonous dining at it’s most civilized.

And yeah, those little tarts are soooo teeny tiny, but man they were so yummy.  I walked away from that meal totally full, but not stuffed.  Quite satisfying.