Move

So I haven't been a very faithful blogger, mostly because I had trouble getting myself a new place to live and actually moving in and getting stuff together. But it looks like I am all set now to continue talking about food!
In the mean time I've been so very lucky to go out for dinner no less than three times, and I only had to pay for it once. ;) The first time, my boyfriend invited me to dinner in a Mexican restaurant. Now there are Mexican restaurants and Mexican restaurants and this one was a mediocre one. I know of an exceptionally good restaurant in Den Bosch, but we wanted to keep it close to home so we ate out here in N. We both had roasted chorizo for our starter and it wasn't very good. The sausage itself was dry and I had to chew pretty hard to get through it. And it wasn't particularly large either. Normally, in case of fat sausages such as chorizo, roasting it would only enhance the flavor and make it rather crispy.
For main's, I had enchilada's (cannot remember what G. ate, but like me, he didn't finish his plate). The cheese used for the enchiladas was a rather cheap mozzarella. Usually, when I eat Mexican, I prefer a more ripe cheese such as a good cheddar. The beef the enchilada's were filled with was rather tasteless. Served with it were black beans and a salad with jalapenos. We left without opting for a dessert.
Then the second time, my mother invited me to dinner in a sweet little Italian place. It was a very pleasant surprise! For starter's I had shrimps in a tomato sauce. It seemed relatively easy to make. I tasted olive oil, basil and canned tomatoes. Perhaps grilling the shrimps in some olive oil and then make the sauce with some olive oil, garlic, a small onion, canned tomatoes, then mash it and put the basil in it? Idea idea!
For the main course I had ravioli (and it was freshly made!) filled with ricotta and spinach. To top it was a creamy cheese sauce. Jum jum! Then for dessert I had this huge bowl of vanilla ice cream, with chocolate sauce and advocat. (or whatever you call it in English :) )
The food was actually so tasty and relatively cheap that I decided to take G. with me to that very same restaurant, yesterday. First we had a nice glass of wine, with some olives and bread with tomato salsa. (The bread is roasted, then some olive oil is dripped on it, and they add a mixture of chopped red onion, chopped tomato and sometimes sliced fresh garlic) For our starter's he had a very simple shrimp salad. I ordered an antipasto plate with many delicious kinds of salami and Italian smoked hams. It was served with some additional olives and a rather mild, white, firm cheese. I tasted it somewhere before and I am now constantly thinking of it, trying to remember what it was called!
Then G. went all 'crazy' and ordered pizza carbanora. I had veal in gorgonzola sauce with mushrooms. Can I just say I love veal in gorgonzola sauce? The texture is just divine and! The sauce wasn't too heavy and tasted just right. And G. enjoyed his pizza.
For our dessert we both had a 'sorbetto': lemon icecream (I think?) mixed with club soda and limoncello. I topped it off with a decaf espresso.
We had a really great time and are opting to go to the same restaurant again next week! In fact, they are organising a Roman themed dinner, the menu looked so delicious, and we have too much money, so we made them save us a spot. :D I am already excited for it!