Once a month my good friends Melanie, Kristin and I have a "dinner club". This is an official way to describe a night out drinking wine, eating great food, and best of all enjoying each other's company. Each month one of us chooses a restaurant that we've never been to before. Yesterday Kristin chose Barbary Fig in St. Paul, a Mediterranean restaurant with a sweet patio on Grand Ave. We had a fantastic meal, full of flavor and warm sun. It was a gorgeous day to be outdoors, 70 with blue skies.
We shared an appetizer of spinach and feta wrapped in pastry with tomato chutney and sauteed vegetables. It was so good I wish I had the whole thing all to myself.
Mel and I ordered vegetarian lentils with white beans and chickpeas in a mint and dill sauce. It was drizzled in tahini and yogurt and served over organic cracked wheat. This had amazing flavor with a hint of heat. I would definitely have this again. 
Kristin ordered the vegetarian cous cous with five spices, raisins and almonds. She enjoyed it but thought it lacked a bit of flavor. It was a lovely dish, full of color. I love dinner club, throw a gorgeous day and a patio in the mix and you basically have a evening filled with perfection.
Dinner club is such a great idea! Everyone's food looks so delicious!
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The food all looks yummy! I made lentils too last night with roasted beets and pancetta with goat cheese...it was delic!
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As you know, I love your blog! Just passed along the Kreativ Blogger Award to you :)
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i love this idea. and i can't believe i have never been to this restaurant...it's so veggie friendly!!
ReplyDeleteI love this idea! What a great way to try new things :)
ReplyDeletelove your order Jenna looks delicious
ReplyDeleteI'm coming to MN tomorrow...any chance you three want to get together for another dinner club in the next couple days? :)
ReplyDeleteThose dishes look heavenly!! I'm literally writing down these pairings to try to recreate them at home. The spinach feta marvel looks stupendous! Great photos by the way--you definitely must have been seated outside!!
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