I came home from work excited to go to Millennium with my sweetie...but for some reason, he wanted to go try this hamburger joint he read about on some vegetarian blog that raved and raved and raved about Portland being the "Vegan Paradise." So he declines Millennium (the nerve) and finds out about Barney's (on 24th and Castro). They have a bunch of garden burgers/tofu burgers, etc...he becomes so engulfed with trying this out - he calls all their locations to find out if they have "vegan options" (they also have organic meat, turkey burgers, chicken burgers) and one response was "hey man we serve burgers!" I drive there, I find premium parking, we sit down, we ask the server what is vegan, I make my choice...then he goes "want to go to millennium?" Frustrated and hungry, I make a fit about how it was my original idea to go there and we wasted gas, etc to drive there. So, kinda mad, i drive to Millennium, turn into a one way street by accident in my madness (actually just without thinking trying to find parking).
ah, Millennium. It was BUMPIN' tonight!. Every single seat and bar stool was occupied. It was really busy, and since I had dessert at Cafe Gratitude and a beer at the brewery near it yesterday, I thought I shouldn't have ANY dessert. So to compensate, I would splurge on some cocktails. I got a strawberry mojito (muddled strawberries with mint, light rum, lime) and Brew got a mint julep (something he's wanted to try since watching "Thank you for smoking" (something I've wanted to try since reading "Great Gastby."
For entrees, I ordered the "Truffled Roulade" and Brew got the "Maple glazed Tempeh" - we ended up switching, and I joked that we have each other's taste (bc last night we had switched dessert - I didn't really like the mint cheesecake at Cafe Gratitude, and he had gotten the strawberry chocolate cake, so we switched). The tempeh was really smoky and at the perfect sweetness. It was served with horseradish mashed potatoes and asparagus. The Roulade was with lentils and charred broccoli. Brew said it was "complex" and like a "cinnamon bun." But i didn't really care for it - compared to the tempeh - which was off the chart!
What really stole the show was dessert. We had promised ourselves not to get dessert, but then last minute we decided that if there was something crazy and "gnarly" on the menu that we have never had, we would get it and the first thing we saw was tiramisu with chocolate stout ice cream. Imagine. Beer dessert. The best invention ever. My favorite dessert with my favorite pastime drinks. YUM!!!
in addition, the guy who was the bartender/waiter last time we went with my sisters (and who gave us a free dessert) was our waiter - he was really cool and nice. not as attentive as before, but then again, it was a really, really crowded Monday night!!!
(some lady near us had said "Monday nights are the new Saturday nights." - whatever that means.
Bottomline: Tiramisu with chocolate stout ice cream
On a scale of 1 to 10 (highest), I would give the entire meal a 12.
Until next time Millennium!
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