Fun and delicious!

I have a couple of eating establishments to share with you today. I always enjoy trying out a new place. I hope you enjoy hearing about it.

First up, The Beignet Cafe. Now this has been in our area for awhile now. There has been one location on Winchester for a long time. One Sunday after church we drove to that one and ordered a box of beignets to go. The amount of powdered sugar was staggering. We choked as we inhaled it and we blew it everywhere as we laughed ourselves silly about choking on it. It was quite the adventure…..but it was also delicious!!!! They have opened a new location on Hughes Road. We decided to go in and grab a seat and test drive the menu in full.

We had a BLT

and a sausage, egg and cheese sandwich

and….a half-dozen beignets.. Do you see what I mean by lots of powdered sugar? They are super delicious but you do have to get your breathing and biting timed correctly…..otherwise you end up wearing a lot of the powdered sugar

It is super reasonably priced. They also serve several lunch options. Click here for a look at their menu. The hours for the new Madison location are

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 6:30am – 2pm

Friday and Saturday 6:30am – 8pm

Sunday 6:30 – 2pm

Definitely worth checking out!!!!

Secondly, we had a chance to splurge for dinner to celebrate another birthday in our house. This birthday girl chose The Melting Pot in Bridgestreet. Before we had kids my husband and I had gone to one in Atlanta. The kids have been to this one for dessert. None of us had gone to this one for the full four course meal.

For the cheese course we went with the following two

QUATTRO FORMAGGIOLOCAL FAVORITE MENU ITEM

and the

SPINACH ARTICHOKE

We had all of these things to dip

Veggies, breads and apples.

We each chose different salads. I had the Caesar

And a apparently that was the only one I got a picture of. Everyone else either had the

CAPRESELOCAL FAVORITE MENU ITEM

Mixed Greens | Fresh Mozzarella | Tomatoes | Basil | Balsamic Glaze

or the

CALIFORNIA

Mixed Greens | Candied Pecans | Gorgonzola | Housemade Raspberry Walnut Vinaigrette

And then it was time for entrees

I chose

SMOKY ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE, TERIYAKI-MARINATED SIRLOIN, and Herb-Crusted Chicken Breast

Other choices at our table were

Certified Angus Beef® sirloin | Memphis-Style dry Rub Pork | Filet Mignon | Herb-Crusted Chicken Breast | Teriyaki-Marinated Sirloin

ATLANTIC SALMON FILET and FILET MIGNON FLORENTINE

I somehow missed the picture of the all shrimp choice. Which if you like shrimp may have been one of the smarter choices. The shrimp cooked quickly and she was done cooking way before the rest of us who were cooking chicken and steak.

For dessert we went with the

BANANAS FOSTERLOCAL FAVORITE MENU ITE

White Chocolate | Bananas | Dulce de Leche | Cinnamon

and the

FLAMING TURTLESIGNATURE MENU ITEM

Milk Chocolate | Caramel | Candied Pecans

For dipping we had all kinds of fruit, pound cake, marshmallows and I can’t remember what else. To say the dessert portion was good is an understatement.

Apparently, it was so good that we went back to the 1990’s and just ate it and didn’t take a picture…..who are we?

This whole experience took us about 3 hours. If they somehow could add a nap course……this would be the perfect experience for sure. Oh and I don’t want to scare anyone away with the price but I will say, for us this is a special, special occasion place only…..like a milestone birthday…..that you planned for 6 months in advance kind of special occasion.

If you are looking for something fun or new to try…..go ahead and give one of these a whirl. And please let me know what you think about them.

See you back here on Friday!

Hello! I'm Rhega

Fun and delicious!