La Caille in May

This last Spring was pretty momentous for our kids. Ailsa passed the Nevada bar in early May (whew!) Jensen graduated with her Masters degree in the Entertainment Arts & Engineering program at the UofU. And Laney graduated from SLCC with her Associates degree and then Itineris High School. (We remember with delight when she moved from Kimber to Itineris and was in TOTAL crisis mode because she didn't think she had been prepared for a "real" high school, hah.)

Well, since Lane never got much of a celebration when she graduated Kimber and it also seems we missed out on something for Jensen along the way, we decided to splurge and take the whole family to La Caille for a fancy dinner.

We've maybe only been 5ish times before. A couple times for receptions. It is rather expensive. And Lenore isn't super excited about spending a bunch of money so frivolously. It did cost us $500, and it MAY only be perhaps 25% better than a $100 restaurant. But, it's a nice treat every 10 years or so.

We were seated out in the gardens and were admonished not to feed the peacocks because they get emboldend.

One of the specials was a 36 ounce Tomahawk steak at $150. I'm sure it was yummy. But, we gave that a pass.

Jensen and I had the Filet Mignon, Mom had the Chicken, Ailsa had the Seafood Fumet, and Lane had the Scallops and risotto. All of the food was top drawer. They also brought us several additional complimentary things.

The charcuterie plate was to die for. I had truffles once before in a risotto at Michealangelos that I really didn't care for. The truffles in the charcuterie were very tasty.

We had Opera Torte, Bananas Foster, and Creme Brulee for dessert, along with some complimentary treats to help us celebrate all of our accomplishments.