Ladies at Lunch

Today I had lunch out at a restaurant called 29 Restaurant and Wine Bar. Jeanette Solis from Univision TV was the hostess for Melisa Marcum, my media assistant, and myself. We had a very nice lunch. I had salmon that was perfectly cooked with nice grill marks. Jeanette had a Kobe Beef flat iron steak. I think it was served with frisee. Melisa had pork tenderloin with chorizzo.

I commented that I had started a food blog and Jeanette agreed that so many wonderful things in her life have happened around food, particularly memories of her grandmother and making tamales with her and the other ladies in her family. She said that so many times they will have a meal and think it isn't as good as her grandmother would make. Jeanette was glad that her mother spent time cooking with her own mother so that, hopefully, the recipes that so many women keep in their heads are not lost.

When we were done with the meal we had some really good desserts. Oddly, I thought that the Caramel and Blondie Sundae was refreshing. It had candied walnuts that added a really interesing crunch to the sundae. Melisa had their chocolate cake with blackberries and whipped cream. The chocolate cake was very moist and chocolatey. I wonder if they had added some blackberry syrup to make it so moist. We all had a little of each other's dessert and enjoyed the whole meal. The waitstaff placed candles on the desserts since this was a birthday luncheon.