med school = fun?

i don't think I would have imagined med school being so much fun last year, but it hasn't been destroying my life (yet.)

i've been keeping up with my exercise, cooking, exploring, etc. I don't feel like my life has changed to much, except that I smell like cadaver almost every day.

last night I went to this pretty amazing restaurant, Navarre (why i'm posting the blog... I think more of these places should exist). They're a locally supported restaurant which has its food delivered from local farms. The only things that are not local there are the delicious, fruity olive oil, the plethora of wines, and some of the proteins.

the best thing about this place is how you can order dinner. Essentially I told our waitress to please bring out food for us, a nice bottle of wine for us to share, and to surprise us with dessert.

the meal was fantastic! and an outline follows:

- fresh baked french loaf with really crusty outsides (served with the fruity olive oil)
- pickled vegetables
- green salad with tomatoes and a simple vinaigrette
- octopus and potato salad
- crab cakes (with real crab! amazing.)
- tomato and dill salad
- 1st glass of red wine
- halibut with tomatillo sauce
- steamed trout with what tasted like chinese 5 spice, but was sicilian spices
- broccoli and lentils
- sauteed peppers and chanterelle mushrooms
- mixed beans with lobster mushrooms (not lobsters and mushrooms, but lobster mushrooms)
- 2nd glass of red wine
- plums poached in red wine
- chocolate mousse

the serving sizes were such as those of tapas. i was thrilled by the fresh food, because it was prepared in front of us and each thing was made every time it was ordered.

also, the meal went by at a nice eating pace and I did not feel rushed. It was a wonderful Saturday night meal to end the week and chat with friends.

back to studying for exam 2.