Almost as Good As Shark Week

Its that time of the year again, and  no it isn't Shark Week. It is time for Charlotte's Restaurant Week, or formally known as the "Queen's Feast". If by any chance you don't get out much or you have been living under a rock for the past, I don't know 5-7 years allow me to explain.

Restaurant Week, is a time frame of about a week, obviously, where many restaurants in the city, mainly 3-5 star restaurants gives us common folks a chance to sample some of their menu's best entrees in a 3 course meal at a reasonable price of $30 per person.  This is an awesome deal, in my opinion, especially if you are taking that someone special out to eat and you want to take them to one of these places but you still want to take it easy on your pockets. Two 3-course meals for $60 at a fancy-schmancy restaurant, you can't beat that with a stick, especially if you stick to beverage of choice being water, tap, none of that sparkling crap they try to stick you with.

Other than the deal that you are getting with participating in Restaurant Week, you have the opportunity to venture out and expand your taste buds. If you are the person that orders chicken finger baskets at every restaurant that you to, stay your childish ass home.  This is for those who watches Food Network and the Travel Channel with your mouth watering as you watch TV show host such as Adam Richman or Guy Fieri try some of the most insane culinary creations you could imagine. Have you have ever wanted to try fries cooked in duck fat in a pountine with shredded duck meat or Lamb-Mushroom Ragout? If you haven't you are probably opening up another window and Googling this right now and your mouth has probably dropped and drooling has now started now, then this is what us Foodies  live for. Really, just take this opportunity to really treat your taste buds to something different, you may never know what you will like.

To all of you who o not live in or near Charlotte don't worry, man major cities offer their own Restaurant Week. All you have to do is Google "Restaurant Week" and whatever major city you are near and plan your next culinary adventure. Before you go out, definitely go to the Restaurant Week's website and peruse through the the number of restaurants that are participating and look over the menu to see what menu speaks to you, the link below will take you to the Charlotte Restaurant Week Website. I'm definitely looking forward to holding a long and slow conversation with the menu of Caffe Siena tonight.

Charlotte Restaurant Week