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| - I got shanghaied off to this place for dinner one night on the oh-so-usual premised of "Trust me, you're gonna love this." Ok, I'm a skeptic, but I like surprises, so I did a up-down thing the whole way.
Well, "down" was blasted away when I walked in. It was, as one of my friends put it, "the best parts of an upscale grocery store ... you know, the Tiffany's of delis. But not snooty". That might be a bit excessive, but you get the point.
I hopped from one place to another, sampling the bread they have right by the door, chatting with the bakery woman. As a note, the deli was closed, and I wasn't really in the mood for ordering from the "real" menu just then. The cheese section, however, brought me to a halt. (Ok, I was already slowing down and rubbernecking at the chocolate.) There was such a variety and, while I had eaten a few different cheeses before, I had no idea how to handle this display. But DeAnna, this little cheerful woman behind the counter, greeted us and was so patient and helpful; we walked off with four different cheeses that were absolutely amazing (and one whose stench was nearly lethal).
Along the very short path to the register, I also managed to detour all the way to the bakery and grab a piece of white chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting. This one was perfectly baked, not too moist nor too dry, and the frosting was wonderfully sweet without making me lunge for coffee.
The wine we guided to was a bit too rough for my taste, but we did pick it up at our helper's "well if you're feeling like something snazzy and different" suggestion, so we may have stepped up to the challenge a bit unprepared. I don't know, wine's not my thing.
At home, sampling all of our little goodies, I did regret not going for the prepared food section, but I'm sure I'll be back.
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