Dave Smith wrote:
> I took my wife out for dinner last night for her birthday. We tried the
> restaurant in one of the local golf courses. It was a nice place and the
> dining room faced a small lake and also overlooked the 9th and 18th
> holes. The menu had an interesting variety of dishes and was very
> reasonably priced. We had a hard time deciding what to get for an
> appetizer and opted for the antipasto platter. We were amazed at what
> arrived at our table. The waitress brought a plank measuring about 16"
> by 20" that had even more on than was indicated on the menu, and way
> more than I had expected for a platter for two. There was a pile of
> calamari with a terrific roasted red pepper aeoli, 6 slices of smoked
> duck breast, a pile of proscuitto, 8 slices of cured duck meat, a pile
> or roasted red peppers, a pile of roasted yellow peppers, about a dozen
> cubes of Assiago on a bed of greens 8 balls of Bocconcini and a pile of
> small olives along with some Calamata olives.
>
> By the time we finished the platter I was tempted to cancel my dinner
> order. The antipasto platter alone would have been a meal, and at $16 I
> don't think I could have prepared one at home for the price.

Where was this? Sounds very nice. We order antipasto platters quite a
bit and most of the time they are disappointing. Looks like you
discovered a great find!

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Queenie

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