My family and I dined like the rich and cultured at Manhattan’s swanky (at least I think so), Fleur de Sel (“Flower of Salt”). We had the tasting menu. I had my first caviar and venison ever in my life. I told my mom I was going to give her the rest of my caviar since I was not a big fan of it. Our waitress saw me struggling with the caviar, and then came to clear our plates. She asked me, “Did you not like the caviar?” I answered, “Oh, it was my first time. I tried it though.” I knew from this moment on I would be shunned by her and her co-workers. Oh well, at least I was honest. I did have one entire clump. It was disgusting.

Back to the point of this entry. The quote of the night came when my younger sister said, “Are those blueberries on your plate?” as she pointed to the paddlefish caviar. I tried to control myelf from bursting into laughter. Since when did blueberries get so small? HAHA.

We had six courses of beautifully placed and cooked food. I really liked my lobster bean salad. The venison was different. I thought I ordered it medium, but it still seemed pretty rarish to me. I only ordered the venison because I heard from a few Chowhounders that it was really good. I guess I’m not your venison type of girl. I think the ultimate highlight of this three hour event was the dessert. We were given two delicious desserts with ice cream. I preferred the first dessert which was a pear thing on a butter cookie with hazelnut ice cream and hazelnut on the pear. It was really good!

This weekend I’m going back to Carnegie Mellon. It will be an interesting time since I will be back as an alumna. I really want to go to the Alumni House and share a few things on my mind. I have time on Friday, so maybe I will! Anyway, I’m going to have a great and cheap time in Pittsburgh. How I’ve been longing for some half-priced food and dirty cheap drinks.