Madison Restaurant Week: Harvest
Like many major food-friendly cities, Madison hosts its own restaurant week twice per year in both the winter and then again in the summer. There is nothing better in the winter than to bundle up and meet up with good friends at one of the city’s well renowned restaurants. And in the summer, restaurant week is a good excuse to keep the oven off and let someone else feed you. For $25 each person selects an appetizer, main course and dessert from a simple menu. This past winter, we visited L’Etoile with our friends, the Vincills. We decided to repeat our fun evening and eat at Harvest this year.
If you recall, Robb and I went to Harvest for our first anniversary this past January. Just like last time, our food was quite memorable. From the fixed-price menu, Robb enjoyed the green salad, short ribs, and chocolate cake. I tried the zucchini almond soup, the chicken, and the espresso ice cream. Ruthie had the identical meal except gave me her olives from the chicken (major win for me) and had the cake instead of the ice cream. Eric ordered the beets, short ribs, and panna cotta. If we had to pick a winner for each of the menu items (sans the homemade pasta), the soup won in the appetizer category, the ribs won the entree, and according to Eric, the panna cotta won for the dessert (I beg to differ because I do not enjoy food that wiggles).
We, of course, had a lovely time and are looking forward to enjoying another year of restaurant weeks in 2010.
Bon appétit!
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