Dessert Before Dinner
TGIT! Thank God it's Thursday! Am I right or am I right?
Last night I met my friend Nicole for girls night. We get together every month or so and usually go to the same place, The Dove Parlour, which we adore. You may remember my ravings about it here. Though we would pledge our allegiance to The DP, when we found out about Sweet Revenge, a beer, wine and...wait for it...cupcake bar in the Village, we just had to check it out. Since we meet directly after work, it meant wine and cupcakes for dinner!
Their happy hour special consists of a glass of wine and a cupcake for $10. Not a bad deal, considering many glasses of wine in a city bar are $10 on their own. I went with a glass of Pinot Noir and the Sweet Revenge cupcake, a peanut butter cake with chocolate ganache filling and pb frosting.
Nikki went with a glass of Sauvignon Blanc and a Dirty cupcake, a dark chocolate cake with dark chocolate truffle.
It was a fun, tiny little place. My cupcake was not the best I've ever had, but I love this whole concept. By the time I arrived home at 9, however, my stomach was feeling like it needed something more substantial (and not completely sugar or alcohol laden). Though I'm always happy with a plate of crackers or carrots and hummus as a replacement dinner, Shaun swooped in and saved the day with one of his famous grilled cheese sandwiches! I devoured this while we caught up on Shameless from Sunday evening.
So that's how I ended up with dessert before dinner. Admittedly, this was not my healthiest night of eating (but that's what the treadmill is for, right?), but it was certainly fun :) So what about you? Do you ever eat dessert before dinner? Or, dessert instead of dinner?
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Definitely love the wine and cupcake idea! My mom and I used to eat dessert before dinner sometimes based on this quote, "Life is uncertain, eat dessert first!"
Occasionally when I do that...I have dessert again after dinner too :)
mmm...dessert before dinner -- yes, for sure. If I do, I just make sure my dinner is super healthy. Or that I go to the gym. It's always dessert time!
If I didn't have a husband to cook for I might eat dessert before dinner a lot more often;-)
when i was little, dessert for dinner was THE BEST thing ever. i guess not much has changed! and can i just say, that sandwich looks amazing!
I'm such a dork... I NEVER have dessert before dinner! I think it's because I like to save the best for last. and OBVIOUSLY, the best is dessert!
but.. that grilled cheese aaaand CUPCAKE BAR? look amazing! I'm so, so jealous!
That melty cheese looks mouthgasmic!! :)
Your grilled cheese picture makes me want to jump through the screen to grab a bite!!
I can't do dessert before dinner - something about that progression I cannot do. I can do just dessert but not go backwards. It's weird.
Shaun does know how to make a mean grilled cheese! When he offered, I couldn't refuse...he doesn't skimp on cheese or good bread like I probably would! :)
That grilled cheese looks awesome! And I vote for desert INSTEAD of dinner...but thats just me!