Les Zygomates

Where did I leave off? Oh yes, hanging out with the lovely ladies at the Boston Sports Woman event. I would have loved to have stayed longer, but something miraculous happened. My husband made it out of work and back to Boston before the sun went down. The word epic is pretty overused in the blog community, but this occasion was EPIC. He is rarely home by 8:30 much less before 7, so we took advantage of the opportunity and had dinner at one of our favorites, Les Zygomates. (Other posts on Les Ziggy, as we like to call it, here and here). Every Friday night, Les Zygomates has live jazz, and it is the perfect accompaniment to a romantic meal.

We started with some crusty French bread and sweet, creamy butter. My husband is so cute, isn’t he?!

We wanted so many things on the menu that we opted to go for a bunch of appetizers. Before they came out, I sipped on a glass of Winzer Krems Grüner Veltliner a light, summery white wine that was easy to drink and went well with all of our food choices.

My only complaint for the evening was that everything came out at once. Food pacing is so important, and this was a big issue. But every morsel was delicious. This golden and red beet salad rested atop a very strong and flavorful goat cheese and a crunchy crostini. This goat cheese was unexpectedly stinky and delicious. The dressing and the juice from the beets soaked into the crostini making it perfectly soft and yummy.

The mussels at Les Zygomates are always incredible. The sauce that they come in incorporates white wine, Dijon mustard, tarragon, and shallots, and we always mop up every last drop with bread. The mussels, as usual, were plump and delicious, infused with the sauce and bursting with flavor.

Then there was this lobster and leek crepe with black truffle sauce. By the time we got to this it was no longer hot, but it was unspeakably decadent. Lobster and black truffle, you belong together.

And of course, no Travel Eat Love meal out is complete without a dozen or so East Coast oysters, obviously.

The food at Les Zygomates is always good.  They change the menu up every now and then but always offer a raw bar, so they are a good choice for us, people who always want oysters as an option. They have a great wine and beer list as well and weekly wine dinners. I am dying to try one of them out.

Do you have a restaurant that you always just know will be good?

The winner of my blog birthday giveaway is the lovely Krista from Rambling Tart! Krista please email me at traveleatlove (at) gmail.com with your contact info. Congratulations!