Last night, B. (my significant other) took me out on a proper date. For dinner, we went to Nosh, a place that's quickly become a favorite of ours. A casual, Zagat-rated restaurant in Geneva, Ill. that we discovered about a month ago, it boasts an urban atmosphere and wonderful food.
It's rare that we can go out and have a meal that's better than what I can make at home, but it's truly a treat to eat there. The menu is inventive, the chef makes an effort use gluten-free ingredients, and the staff is well-informed. It's a great place for breakfast and lunch, and Thursday through Saturday evenings, they serve tapas-style, when patrons are especially encouraged to linger and enjoy themselves.
I started with a bowl of gazacho, minus the croutons, then sampled the beef tips and potatoes in a cocoa sauce -- yum! B., the good Southern boy that he is, had the corn fritters to start, and as his entree, the fried tilapia. And I was informed that they had altered the tilapia dish to make it gluten-free for me, should I want to try it. It's that type of awareness and service that makes Nosh a restaurant we will visit again and again. For dessert, B. tried the flourless chocolate cake (alas, it wasn't dairy-free), which he reports was decadently rich.
More well known for its breakfast and lunch menus, Nosh has been great when I've been there for lunch, too. I love the bruleed grapefruit to start, and the steak salad with a mustard-herb dressing is lovely. And you can't beat the fresh-squeezed mimosas.
Suffice it to say, we'll be back.
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One of my goals in starting this blog is to document my experiences, my adventures, if you will, in eating out, in traveling, in navigating the world from a gluten-free perspective. As I mentioned before, I had a hard time accepting my diagnosis -- primarily because it affected my lifestyle so radically. As you probably can tell, I love to dine out and try new restaurants, maybe even write about them, and for a long time, I felt I couldn't do that. Happily, that's changed.
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Great recommendation! This sounds like the same restaurant that one of our lacto-ovo vegetarian friends recommended. Very adaptable to specific diets. Can't wait to try it!
So-o-o-o-o, what was the movie?!
The flick was X-Files: I Want to Believe. Before I met L, I was not particularly fond of X-Filephiles (making me, I presume, an X-filephile-ophobe); however, L talked me into this one. We both enjoyed it. It's not the greatest movie of the year (L, you have to blog about The Visitor [though that has nothing to do with gluten-free living, so I guess it would kinda go against the purpose of this.] We did hit Thipi Thai in Glen Ellyn, Ill., that evening and were drastically unimpressed).
Back to X-Files, it's at least worth a rental, I'd say, and you don't have to be a fan of the TV series. It helps, but it's not vital.
Oh, and I still say L should give The Dark Knight a viewing.
:-)
Totally go to Nosh, though. That little place is simply great!
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