Thanksgiving at a Restaurant
For the first time ever, my parents had Thanksgiving not at their or a relative’s house—instead, we went to Le Central and had their Thanksgiving prix fixe menu. Their reasons were probably three-fold: first, last year broke our Thanksgiving habits (not a single Uhl boy was on this continent, or even in this hemisphere: two in Berlin, one in Greece & one chasing pirates in the Indian Ocean); second, there are only two boys here in town now; and third, they returned from a trip just a week ago.
Overall I have to say I liked it. No mess, no stress, no worry. I did miss my mom’s rolls—but it seems to me that overall the ease of eating out is quite addictive. And really, when one factors in the cost of special ingredients and so forth, is cooking a fancy dinner at home really that much cheaper?
