On the yum front

Last night I went on a 'lady date' with my good buddy, KC. Yes, I am still married, and I still love men. This was just a fun girl date for St. Patty's day. Neither of us wanted to bar crawl cause, um, we aren't 21 and don't enjoy that closeness with strangers. We traveled to Ireland together with my family two years ago (she's a brave soul) so it's a fun time to reminisce.
We checked out a place that I had heard a lot about, but had not been to.  The place is called the Crepe Cellar. It's in the NoDa (North Davison) arts district here in Charlotte.
Why not eat French food on an Irish holiday? After all, Irish food is well, embarrassingly bad.
What an AMAZING meal. Great service (and I'm choosy after waitressing for all those years), fabulous ambiance (which so many American restaurants lack) and above all superb food.
KC got herself a Guinness, so she did celebrate our Irish roots a bit while I as usual had wine.
We shared Pesto Brie French Fries as an appetizer (a HUGE plate) and were in heaven. Never again will cheese fries look even mildly appetizing. These fries were crisp and tasted light even though they were clearly fried and had just enough pesto to make them taste fresh and just enough brie to make them feel decadent.
After that carb fest, we decided that since we wanted the same crepe anyway, (the Buckwheat turkey, apple and brie with a honey mustard dijion spread) we decided to split.
Turkey is not usually exciting. It's usually safe like chicken.  This turkey wanted you to know it was there. It was smoked and had deep flavor.  It felt hearty, despite being in a crepe.  With the apple and brie against the buckwheat it was perfect. I really had to remind myself I was in Charlotte, which is much more of a bbq, buffalo chicken wings kind of town.
Splitting the crepe was a good call because if I had gotten my own, I would have eaten it. All. While that would have made my mouth happy, it would have killed my WW points. The portion was more than generous and we left plenty full.
A place that shows class, no one yells, there is a progressive but not snotty wine list, local beers and amazing food? Yeah, I will be back. Soon.