Dinner @Canele

This was from about two weeks ago. We had dinner at Canele, Paragon, because we got an invite to dine for free for two people. With two more people joined us, in the end, all of us had dinner here. My choice was Scallop Orange Salad above.

DH had Crab Meat Pasta above and Miss P picked Canele's Signature Chicken Cesar, below.

Miss K picked Pasta with Salmon with Pink sauce. The food was okay, but I doubt it will be a place that we will go back to for more. We have other places that we like better.

Sarducci's All Over Again

In the summer 0f 2004, back when the kids were younger and much easier to deal with wink, we had a road trip in the eastern part of the USA. We were on the way to Montreal from Boston and had a stop for lunch at Sarducci's, an Italian restaurant in Montpelier, Vermont. Years later, we still remember the place and when we got the opportunity to visit it again, we sure did.



The place is pretty much looks the same, the menu looked mostly similar too, if our memory serves us right. Just the three of us this time, instead of five, but we ordered quite a bit for old time sake....


Delicious white bread.


Pizza with cheese and wild mushrooms.


K's special request, Caesar Salad with tons of grated parmesan cheese. Healthier choice!

Calamari Fritti:
Tender deep fried squid with a spicy marinara sauce.


K's Pollo al Forno: Penne with smoked chicken, parmesan, mozzarella, gorgonzola, portobello mushrooms, purple onions, mozzarella.


I barely eat pasta. My oder: Sword Fish with asparagus.


Linguine al Pescatore: Sea scallops, mussels and shrimp in a white wine, marinara and garlic sauce.


DH mistakenly ordered Linguine al Pescatore, when in fact he wanted to have Fettuccine Alfredo del Mare. Upon realizing that he didn't get what he had in mind, he ordered the one he wished to have and replaced the fettuccine with linguine.

After all these foods, again, we hardly have space for any desserts.

Big Small Lunch Salad

We found The Cheesecake Factory here in Providence Mall and decided to have lunch over there yesterday. It was just a short walk of four long buildings, maybe around 10 minute-walk from our hotel.

Absolutely impressive menu selection, everyone seemed to be quite pleased with what we could have. Without any fight, everyone agreed on quesadilla for appetizer. I love them, especially the guacamole.



Deciding on trying to stay on the healthier side as much as possible, I ordered a small caesar salad while everyone else order pasta and pizza. Then came our order and a big surprise to all of us seeing a gigantic size of the salad. With much effort, I was only able to finish about 1/4 of the serving, my companies had to struggle to finish theirs too. Every year, we have to be reminded of a very a good lesson of serving size in the USA.



Boo hoo, I felt so bad that I wasted so much food. We'll try to order so much less next time. Maybe just the appetizer size will be more than enough.