Spring has finally, SPRUNG!

How do you do? I do fine… Like the title says “Spring has finally, SPRUNG”, and I could not be more happy about it! It’s getting to be uncomfortable in the apartment; which is annoying, but I will say it makes me get up and go work out in the morning because its cooler at the gym. Ha ha ha… Any who, last night we had a “Roomies” dinner outing, which we haven’t done in forever! The last time I think we went was around this time last year when we went to this psycho (fun) sushi place where they rang a gong every time someone order a sake bomb (which was a lot). Don’t get me wrong, we eat out a lot, but it’s just never just us three. We have friends, boyfriends, family members and our favorite neighborhood hobo join us for meals, which is always fun! The more the merrier I say!  

Actual Photos of gong bangers @ the Sushi Place

Anyhow, we decide to spend our first gorgeous Spring evening at Poco, located at 3^rd and Avenue B.  Last night’s weather conditions were amazing; it was about 70 degrees and there was a “cool breeze” rolling through and we were lucky enough to scored a sweet little table outside on the sidewalk.  The dinner-meal-deal for the night was $35 dollars for unlimited sangria (white or red) and two tapas of choice!  I choose the red sangria (naturally) and the other two went with white. However, I will say the dinner sangria was not as strong as the brunch, which gets you “black out drunk” (No I do not have a drinking problem). 

White Sangria (nasty lychee)

White Sangria (mine not pictured)

 Then we each selected our two tapas and decided to share. While we waited for the food to come out we enjoyed the evening with great conversations and great sites to see. For example, there was this girl that had conjoined toes like Kevin Costner in Water world, and we also saw Luis Guzman from How To Make It In America walk by our table with his “home dogs” (it was quite sweet).

Luis

Web foot

Kevin in Water World ( Number 9 Favorite Movie)

Then the food came which was soooo delicious! My favorite dish was the Mushroom Truffle Croquettes.

We started off with fresh baked breads served with chili and almond infused olive oil

Crispy Calamari tossed in honey chipotle aioli topped with roasted piquillo pepper salad & fresh cilantro   

Lobster Mac and Cheese:  Manchego, Parmesan, Asiago Cheese, Lobster Chunks  and shell Pasta Topped With Crunchy Panko

Mushroom Truffle Croquettes topped with truffle aioli drizzled with truffle oil

Cheese Plate: Asiago, Manchego and Cabrales blue cheese with apples, grapes, fig jam, honey & toast points

Pan Seared Scallops served over sautéed spinach with black pepper gnocchi and a sage brown butter

Skirt Steak And Manchego Cheese Lollipop accompanied by sweet onion jam & cilantro pesto

Anyhow, that was my night last night and dinner was soooo delicious and such a great time! If we added up everything that we got and divided it by three our total would have come out to $60  per person with tax and tip included! I love meal deals!!!! I cannot wait to go back to Poco for mussels night!!  Have a Happy Hump day Y’all!