Dinner for three

Once every week, honey sweeps me off my feet and takes me out on a date. It can be a fancy restaurant dinner or a meal in one of the restaurants in front of the beach or it can be as simple as a Mcdonald’s snack. He says that it’s our bonding moment when we can spend a couple of hours just laughing at corny jokes and enjoying a hearty meal together, and sometimes, depending on where he takes me, we also have access to fantastic view. Normally, honey chooses the place where we go but a couple of weeks back, after learning about National Restaurant Week here in the Netherlands from an email sent by a colleague, I volunteered to make a reservations to a participating restaurant very close to us.

Last night’s dinner was at Restaurant ML since a good friend of mine, L, is in town with us from Dubai, it was a dinner for three. The restaurant was very laid back, simple yet elegant. I really liked the high-arched windows and the tamed lights that give a very romantic vibe. First served on our table was a tiny cup of sea food soup (an espresso cup was used to serve this soup so initially we thought that it was coffee), king crab with Moroccan dough and trout soufflé with apple. The crabs were superb, sweet and fresh with the Moroccan dough giving each bite a nice crackle while the soup was smooth and flavorful, I could completely do away with the soufflé though.
Next served was another set of appetizers which were nothing spectacular followed by a cod fish with a sliced scallop on the side, I think it was seared coz the meat was very juicy but the skin (don’t know if that’s what it’s called in fishes) was really crunchy, though the fish was utterly fresh, I found a bit bland but hubby and L liked it a lot. The main dish was served next, it was veal steak with veal pate wrapped in Chinese cabbage on the side. It was too plain and too raw for all three of us (it was not even rare, I think it was done black and blue), I prefer steaks to be well done, I know a lot of people who likes their steaks rare or black and blue even, but not us. After the main course we were served with coffee ice cream with kahloua jelly on the bottom, after that two more desserts were served. All of us really enjoyed the ice cream though.


One thing that we noticed though was how long it took for the next course to be served. Just imagine we arrived at exactly 7:45 and we left the restaurant at 11:30pm. All in all it was a good dinner, all of us enjoyed each other’s company and it was a pretty good time to catch up with an old friend and it’s nice to try and enjoy the restaurant week for the first time.