Balthazar – Restaurant Review

Good Morning!

I’m so full In a good way… I think.

I went out for dinner last night, was so stuffed afterwards, and then proceeded to make myself a large bowl of oatmeal this morning, which I did not need, but I was craving it! 
Anywho, onto dinner last night -

Balthazar

I have heard many great things about Balthazar, a French bistro in Soho. It is rated as one of the top restaurants in NYC and it was definitely near the top of my list of “must check out” restaurants.

The bf and I happened to walk by it the other day and I mentioned that I really wanted to go there. And, being the sweet guy that he is, surprised me with a reservation there for last night. Aww.

I usually don’t go out to eat on Monday’s… or any weekday’s actually… but for this, I happily made an exception.

Once we walked inside, we were seated right away. No waiting, unlike a lot of other well-known NYC restaurants.
It was really neat inside, the atmosphere was great, I felt energized just being in there.

I didn’t get to snap a picture of the inside, but here’s one from the website.

I wasn’t planning on having wine on a Monday, but I figured, I should go for it as Balthazar is known for it’s wine list.

 
I ordered a small glass of the Bordeaux Superieur Château de Lugagnac ‘06 – a Cabernet Sauvignon.
I’m not super knowledgeable on wines (I’d love to learn more), but I enjoyed this glass.

 
The bf and I split a slice of whole wheat bread with a bit of butter.

For my appetizer I ordered a tomato and goat cheese salad. You can’t really see but there were both red and yellow tomatoes in there. And a HUGE blob of goats cheese. I ate all the tomatoes and about 1/3 of the goats cheese. Delish.

The bf ordered a bowl of cheeeeesey french onion soup which i had a bite off. AMAZING.

And for my main I got the Moules Frites (mussels and fries).

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The. Mussels. Were. So. Good.  Probably because of the rich and buttery broth. I used the other half of the bread to dip in the broth. (That’s my favourite part about mussels) And wow, I could have just had the broth and been satisfied!

I ate as many of the mussels as I could (maybe a little over half… there were SO many!) , lots of the broth, and had a few of my fries (the bf stole a couple as well even though he had his own ).

For his main, the bf ordered the steak frites. Steak is his favourite food (I know… I wish it wasn’t!). But he was very happy with his meal. And he actually doesn’t eat steak that often. So this was a nice treat for him. Especially because he’s not feeling well.

Overall I was impressed with Balthazar. Obviously the company made it that much better But the waitress was great, the service was quick and the food was very good.

Believe me, I always give honest reviews. I’m not just saying it was great because of the hype! I thoroughly enjoyed myself.

Thanks bf for taking me!

Oatmeal Time

This morning I felt like I hadn’t had oatmeal in a while. And was craving a reallly creamy bowl. I had McCann’s Irish Oatmeal  in the cupboard, which always turns out suuuper creamy.

So I whipped up a bowl of banana oats, even though I was definitely still full from dinner.

 
1/3 cup McCann’s Irish Oats, 2/3 cup water, half of a SUPER ripe banana, a big sprinkling of cinnamon and a big blob of Blue Diamond AB

So creamy. Just what I was looking for.

Alright, I’m off to study for the rest of the day.

Have a great Tuesday!

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