Valentines Day:

The day was rocky to start with… our reservation was at 4:00pm and we got stuck in awful traffic on Friars road, AGAIN (the joy of living near the Fashion Valley mall). Once on the freeway, my honey missed the 805 north and all hell broke loose (he absolutely hates getting lost). By then it was already 4:15 and we knew that we might not get a table, and after yelling at himself loudly and angrily for “ruining” Valentines Day, we found ourselves stuck on the 5N in traffic, more yelling ensues. Was the day ruined? Far from it. I knew that he was angry largely because he thought he had ruined the day for me, and that, to me, was incredibly sweet (even if it was shrouded in angry yelling). We got to our destination ½ an hour late but managed to get the best table in the house – a nook in the patio right by a stone fire-pit, facing the ocean and the imminent sunset. The restaurant was called Cicciotti in Cardiff by the sea, and I highly recommend it. We started off with bread and the freshest marinara sauce I have ever tasted, it had generous chunks of juicy tomato in the sauce that went perfectly with the baguette. Then in comes the lobster bisque and sherry wine on the side. The bisque was tasty but it’s not as good as the ones in World Famous. For the main course I got the filet mignon topped with melted gorgonzola cheese, mashed potato (it was creamy and pink…lobster mashed potato maybe?), steamed vegetables, and a glass of Shiraz. Chris got the Salmon stuffed with blue crab, creamy risotto, baby vegetables, and a glass of Chardonnay, both dishes were excellent! For desert we had chocolate soufflé with vanilla ice cream and melted white chocolate sauce…that was absolutely the best tasting chocolate soufflé I have ever had. And in the midst of being right next to our personal fireplace and the pink and purple sunset, the day ended up to be lovely, and perfect.