J. Betski’s
J. Betski’s does a lot of specials. I really enjoy the different sausage specials they do. Tonight, they were doing Bratwurst. They usually have Kielbasa I consider bratwurst a lighter type of sausage, it’s less dense than a kielbasa. They served this as they do the kielbasa, with a couple mustards and sauerkraut. If you visit and it’s on the menu, I would definitely try this.
Another special tonight was Cream of Cauliflower soup, it was creamy and pretty good. What really separated this dish from other versions at other restaurant was it’s topping of truffle oil. This added a very rich element to the soup. One of the waiters actually mentioned he could smell the truffle oil from around the corner. This soup is also made to order so it takes a couple extra minutes, but you know it’s not sitting in a pot somewhere.
At this point of the evening I was fairly full, but the bartender said “try the dessert, trust me”. So I gave the Lindzer(sp) Ice Cream Sandwich a shot. By far, one of the best desserts I’ve had in a while. This was started with two gingerbread layers. The house made gingerbread pieces straddled the border between crunchy and soft, a definite treat. The filling was amazing, three small scoops of homemade ice cream. In the center, a scoop of almond ice cream, on the outside, two scoops of Lindzer torte with raspberry swirl. The whole dish was sprinkled with candied almond slices. Again, if you’re there, and this is one of the specials, go lighter on dinner and finish your meal off with dessert and a nice sherry.
–Matt