Date Night at JTK
Posted on April 1, 2008Don and I are both bartenders at a very upscale restaurant in the Lincoln Haymarket, JTK. Monday nights the restaurant runs an excellent special known as the “Date Night”, which consists of:
- An appetizer for two
- Soup or salad
- Two entrees
- A dessert for two
- A bottle of wine
All selected from a limited, but excellent, menu. Being as we both had the evening off, Don and I decided to take advantage of this offering. In a totally hetero way of course. And I brought the camera.
We started the evening off with a nice glass of amber Laphroaig 10yr, of which I keep a private supply behind the bar:
So delicious and smoky. Naturally this led to a discussion of scotches, a common subject for us.
Next up, our lovely waitress Amber brought out the appetizer. We decided on the caprese:
Slices of tomato and mozzarella cheese, drizzled with balsamic vinaigrette. Sooo good, and so very simple.
Amber then brought out our wine. We selected the Stump Jump, a blend of shiraz and grenache:
An excellent basic wine from d’Arenberg in Australia, it’s not as strong as most shirazes (Shiraces? Shirazii? I’ve had this discussion before…), and is maybe a little fruitier and more balanced? I dunno, I’m usually talking out of my ass when it comes to wine, and I was already half lit up from the scotch anyways.
I should probably put a jump in here, because I’ve got a bunch more photos to go.
There we go, much better.
Don kind of took it a little far… This was his first time going on a date at a nice restaurant, and it just had to be me. So he got me a rose ($1 at the grocery store) and a box of chocolates ($3 at CVS on clearance).
As it turns out, the chocolates had an expiration date of today, so I only had 4 hours to eat them before they went bad…
Next up, Don’s salad and my soup came out. Asparagus bisque, so damn tasty:
And then, surprise of surprises! The manager came and visited with us! How prestigious!
Actually, Tyler spent most of the night hanging around our table and talking to us. He must not have had much to do.
Finally, dinner arrived! I had the chicken roulade:
and Don had the salmon:
The chicken roulade was very delicious. And those are mashed potatoes in the middle of the plate there. We do our butter pats the same way, so it was somewhat confusing at first. But a damn good dinner it was.
Tyler was kind enough to take our picture together, despite Don’s protests:
It’s not a very good photo of use, I’ll admit. I appear to be making some sort of pirate face, as if I am in mid-”Arrrrrr”. And Don manages to pull of elation and surprise at the same time.
All in all, it was a damn fine date. I recommend other folks go out to JTK because it’s a good restaurant and it’s definitely going to go far. And if you come out be sure to say hi to the bartenders, Don and Josh!
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You know the unicorn/rainbow tee is perfect for date night — in fact it SCREAMS “In a totally hetero way of course” — Screams it in a high frilly voice.
Ok, looks like s great meal though –
Very nice photos! By the way, your work will soon be public.
Sounds like my kind of date