608

According to NPR, Romans celebrated Feb. 13-15 by sacrificing goats and dogs and then whipping their women with the hides of the recently slain animals.

Somewhere along the timeline of human history, men figured out that women prefer flowers.  

Eric made reservations for us at 608 in Oceanside.

This restaurant has been open for about a year and a half but this is our first time eating here.  Although they are a "farm to table" restaurant (and they buy their veggies from Cyclops Farms in Oceanside) the menu just never has been that tantalizing.  But now that they have goat and dog on the menu to celebrate Valentine's Day, we are IN!  

Kidding.  But they did change up the menu again and there were several items that sounded interesting.

Happy Valentine's Day!

We started with fried broccolini and macaroni and cheese.  Both were spectacular, but the broccolini was particularly incredible.  I am not sure how they did it.  You wouldn't even know it was fried except the super thin outer layer of crisp.  I have never had anything like it before.  This is no Japanese restaurant tempura.

The first course was followed by stuffed sweet potato for me and fried chicken, corn bread and jalapeño potato salad for Eric.  It all was divine.

Pistachio cake for dessert, with pieces of honeycomb and a yogurt sauce.  (Eric always surprises me with his willingness to try different things!)

Amazing.