So I finished work on Wednesday, running out of the office at high speed after probably the longest day I've had all year. On Thursday we decided it would be our Dia de la Boca, or, Day of the Mouth. We would go to all our favorite places and eat whatever we wanted to!
Food adventures, you guys. Frickin' food adventures.
First thing, we rumbled out to the Dumpling Haus, and I settled down to an enormous bowl of Wonton Soup (So salty!) while Emmy picked up another plate of Bao Mix.
Then, properly sated, we whisked ourselves over to Gail Ambrosias on the east side of Madison. We tried some Aztec chocolate and several flavors of sorbet (chocolate, mango, strawberry-rhubarb, & blood orange). We picked up the strawberry-rhubarb sorbet, a teeny little cup of it, as well as chocolate-covered marzipan and cherries.
Off again! Across the rolling hills of southern Wisconsin to Wollersheim Winery. They just debuted their White and Red Port this month! We tasted both. The white was high and sweet, the perfect before-dinner treat, while the red was deep, mellow, and quite brandy-ish, just right for after-dinner. We also got a wine-cheese spread and some crackers from the Co-op to go with.
At last we headed down to New Glarus, a town I have passed through but never visited. Now, before you get all excited, we weren't there to do a beer tasting. Emmy and I are, unfortunately, not really beer people. We are wine people. But, I digress. We arrived late at the New Glarus Hotel, and treated ourselves to a farewell dinner in the traditional Swiss style.
Swiss cheese and wine fondue, with several kinds of bread rolls for dunking. There was a salad bar for the picking and cream of split pea soup. The ham! The ham in the pea soup (I never thought I would love pea soup) was so delicious! Mmmmm!
As we left we saw a tiny little antique shop with beer steins and chicken butter dishes, but they were closed. Ah, well. What an adventure! Our mouths were so tuckered out from all the tasting, that we had to have ice cream (Zanzibar and Birthday Cake at the Sassy Cow) on Friday instead.
We plan to leave this coming week and swing by Niagara Falls on the way. Not to mention that we got a whole quart of home-fired maple syrup from Emmy's uncle to take back with us.
Goodbye Wisconsin! Goodbye, goodbye!
We love you!
We'll miss you!
Goodbye!
xoxoxo,
Kim & Emmy
Food adventures, you guys. Frickin' food adventures.
First thing, we rumbled out to the Dumpling Haus, and I settled down to an enormous bowl of Wonton Soup (So salty!) while Emmy picked up another plate of Bao Mix.
Then, properly sated, we whisked ourselves over to Gail Ambrosias on the east side of Madison. We tried some Aztec chocolate and several flavors of sorbet (chocolate, mango, strawberry-rhubarb, & blood orange). We picked up the strawberry-rhubarb sorbet, a teeny little cup of it, as well as chocolate-covered marzipan and cherries.
Off again! Across the rolling hills of southern Wisconsin to Wollersheim Winery. They just debuted their White and Red Port this month! We tasted both. The white was high and sweet, the perfect before-dinner treat, while the red was deep, mellow, and quite brandy-ish, just right for after-dinner. We also got a wine-cheese spread and some crackers from the Co-op to go with.
At last we headed down to New Glarus, a town I have passed through but never visited. Now, before you get all excited, we weren't there to do a beer tasting. Emmy and I are, unfortunately, not really beer people. We are wine people. But, I digress. We arrived late at the New Glarus Hotel, and treated ourselves to a farewell dinner in the traditional Swiss style.
Swiss cheese and wine fondue, with several kinds of bread rolls for dunking. There was a salad bar for the picking and cream of split pea soup. The ham! The ham in the pea soup (I never thought I would love pea soup) was so delicious! Mmmmm!
As we left we saw a tiny little antique shop with beer steins and chicken butter dishes, but they were closed. Ah, well. What an adventure! Our mouths were so tuckered out from all the tasting, that we had to have ice cream (Zanzibar and Birthday Cake at the Sassy Cow) on Friday instead.
We plan to leave this coming week and swing by Niagara Falls on the way. Not to mention that we got a whole quart of home-fired maple syrup from Emmy's uncle to take back with us.
Goodbye Wisconsin! Goodbye, goodbye!
We love you!
We'll miss you!
Goodbye!
xoxoxo,
Kim & Emmy
I love Wollersheim's "Prairie Fumé."
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