Tasty

We finally made it over to a newish restaurant not far from us which is owned by a climbing acquaintance of mine. She's been a chef for a while, and wanted to start her own place, which is almost entirely certified organic. There are some things you just can't get organic, like sugar, I think. We met up with some old friends, and tried a number of good dishes, one of them pork belly. It was surprisingly, to me, wonderful. Pork belly had not sounded appealing to me, but it's good winter comfort food. Not exactly a bargain joint, but everything was fine in my book, especially the duck burgers on mini brioche buns, or maybe bunlets. And the red wine risotto; and the quail; and the tuna, and mussels with Pernod in the sauce. Enjoyable to share with our longtime friends.
We dropped in at an open house afterwards at some other old buddies' place, and caught up with them. Perhaps it will be a year of re-connecting.