It was Lena's 20th birthday! Yay! I sent an email during the day, asking where she wanted to go. She responded that she wanted to try the Italian place next to the Indian places. LOL. I knew where she meant, though. I cringed a little thinking about how much it was going to cost to take my three kids to such a nice place.
Naturally, when we got home, Lena's friend was over. As I get my three wedged into my tiny car, Lena calls out to her friend, "Come eat with us!" Yikes. Now I get to pay for another kid.
Luckily, we were early and the only ones there. This was lucky because the kids were all dressed like kids -- Leo in his baseball uniform (game right after dinner), Art in athletic shorts and sandals, etc. After listening to the kids butcher all the Italian words on the menu, we ordered. Leo asked the waitress what it meant when mozzarella was carmelized. She said it was burnt on top. LOL.
I ordered a glass of chianti and most of the kids opted for water. There was a lot of wine in that glass. And the next one :)
About ten minutes after we ordered, we were brought some bread and butter. What took so long? It wasn't like it was fresh from the oven -- it was room temperature. The kids dove on it and had quite the debate about how best to get real butter onto bread.
Dinner eventually arrived. I had tortellini con zafferano (with saffron), two kids had meat lasagna, one had pollo alla parmigiana (chicken parmesan), and another had penne alla vodka. Mine was ok. I had a bite of the penne alla vodka, which was much better. The two loved the lasagna. Leo declared D'Angelo's to be better for chicken parmesan.
We had a few desserts for the birthday -- creme brulee, tiramisu, and cheesecake. All were fine, but the tiramisu wasn't even close to the one from Feast. I think the favorite part was the caramel poured all over the plate the creme brulee was served upon. Lena nearly picked it up and licked it.
When I received my bill, I saw there was an automatic 20% gratuity added. Really? For a table of 5? and 20%? I usually tip at 20%, but this waitress didn't deserve that much. We were the only patrons and she only checked on us once when she wasn't delivering food. The bread took awhile to be delivered. Kids ran out of water and had to wait until the food arrived to request a refill. It's hard to flag down a waitress when she's always in a different room.
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