It’s embarrassing. Starting my third year in the PNW and I just now experienced SRW.

But – this time I had the best company. My husband.

We went to Il Bistro which is a fancy shmancy Italian restaurant. I don’t consider myself a foodie, but I can appreciate quality ingredients and the artwork of cooking which results in a glorious meal. And I like the fancy ambience of a refined institution. It was fun 🙂 We dressed up (duh I forgot to take pictures) and headed downtown! Ready to eat and enjoy the good deal that is restaurant week.

We were able to enjoy three courses: appetizer, main entrée, and dessert. All for a bargain of $30.  I am a bargain shopper so this was incredibly appealing. Our server informed us that these courses were smaller than their courses on the main menu. Even so, I thought it was size appropriate.  Was able to spritely walk to the bus in heels without a full, jostling tummy afterwards 😉

I had a cheese plate with two cheeses. One was especially mentioned because it was alllllll the way from northern Italy. My husband chose bruschetta and sort of ate around the tomatoes… He had me giggling. For our main entrées I had a yummy butternut squash tortellini dish with pine nuts and pancetta. The sauce was so delicious, I was sad I didn’t have a spoon to slurp it up. He had steak with couscous which was promptly devoured. For dessert he had tiramisu and I had a hazelnut chocolate torte. It was very strong and a teeny taste of my husband’s dessert calmed my palate 🙂 all very tasty!

Romantic package: rose petals and champagne 💟

It was fun! And served as a nice Monday night date night, too!