Valentine's Day at Charolette's
I haven't been out too much lately but my family's Sunday dinner wound up going to Charolette's in Newtown Square. We were there at the opening at 3 PM and I went without expecting much of a beer selection and that we would probably get a few bottles of wine. I was pleasantly surprised to see Yuengling Black & Tan on tap, which I had only tried canned or bottled. I'm reminded each time how good Yuengling's other drinks are and that I like them much more then their standard lager.
I noticed when drinks were brought out that Karen had a Hoegaarden and realized that I didn't even check out their bottle selection. For my second and third drinks I ordered Chimay Red. I took care not to pour the yeast of the first bottle into the glass but as I neared the end the waiter decided he should pour "the rest of the bottle" into my glass. It was served way too cold as well but to their credit they did have Chimay glasses on hand. Much more then I expected out of such a location.
Originally I had planned my appetizer and main course from their menu online but naturally they had a special Valentine's Day menu that wasn't published. I was able to get the mussels in marinara instead of my desired garlic, and my originally planned Charlotte's Famous Crab Cake. The mussels, as I had previously learned from my grandparents, is always better in a lighter sauce as the thicker sauce only detracts from the taste, and this was still the case. My grandmother was quite grand and gave me a few of her mussels which she special ordered as a main course with garlic sauce instead. I probably should have done the same.
My brother and I had quite similar taste in deserts and both wanted the tiramisu and chocolate peanut butter pie. In our adult-sense of cooperation we decided to share both of the desserts. The peanut butter pie wound up being far superior as he pointed out before ordering that the tiramisu was made with sponge cake instead of lady fingers. While I was aware that lady fingers were traditional I did not know that, at least for him, few places served it with sponge cake.
Towards the end of the meal a short discussion was had about a birthday dinner for my brother and I. As I imagine is quite typical we get to pick a place to eat for our dinner. My brother and I seem to be quite similar in this respect as well since neither of us care for anything special. Our cousin does want to take us out to drink as a 21st birthday present which is late but still appreciated. It may be worth hitting up National Mechanics to use my free birthday entrée coupon.
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