Today (Sunday) is a free day for me because the Patriots are not playing. They will play tomorrow. For those who know about my football obsession, my weekends primarily revolve around Tom Brady’s schedule; secondarily with that of Drew Brees (played last Thursday). Thank God Aaron is hurt and Peyton has retired. Those are a lot of people and schedules to work with. So today, we go Christmas shopping. Or so we hoped.
Galleria was a mess, I just couldn’t deal. So we decided to salvage our shopping fail with what we do best—eating out. We came across this restaurant and I honestly thought we have eaten here. I can’t believe this has been here for a while and we’ve never tried.
The appetizers were very tempting so we ordered the top two that we liked.
crispy mushroom risotto
stu ffed with scamorza cheese &
served with red sauce
MEATBALLS
marinara, pecorino,
grilled bread
The drinks list was not a slouch either. A lot of good choices.
brandy, blood orange,
red wine, strawberry, lime
roasted mushroom, cipollini onion,
smoked mozzarella
crushed tomato, aged provolone, mozzarella,
parmesan rigatoni (it tastes so good!)
As always, desserts are my favorite (along with dessert drinks).
nutella cream, hazelnut toff ee,
salted caramel gelato
espresso, caff è borghetti,
amaretto, vanilla whipped cream
That lunch went very well! I’m writing this blog as D is trying to navigate away from here. We wanted to stop by Trader Joe’s but we couldn’t find parking! This day is a wash. Thank God for the Italians and their extremely comforting food, this day didn’t totally suck.
North Italia, BLVD Place
1700 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 190
Houston, Texas