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My husband and I had lunch at Bravo Restaurant in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston the other day. It was a Saturday and they have a fixed brunch menu on the weekends. You can order a two course meal for $32 or a three course meal for $38. I ordered the two course meal which was an appetizer and the main course. My husband opted for the three course meal which included a dessert also.

I started out with a Bellini, which is my favorite coctail. It was good too, with the right amount of peach. They also serve a nice basket of breads, muffins and biscuits. My husband thoroughly enjoyed this.

I ordered as my appetizer Scallops over greens and it was wonderful. I received three huge sea scallops over a large plate of bitter greens and green beans with a nice dressing. My husband had salmon with all the fixings.

My main course was actually breakfast. I had an egg scramble. There was a good portion of eggs, wild mushrooms, cheese and asparagus with a side of hash browns. I am not a potato person, so I cannot comment on them. They looked nice and crispy. My husband had lamb (which has been craving since he did not get it for Easter), couscous and a vegetable. He really enjoyed his meal.

As the waiter was clearing the table, he tipped over my champagne flute and it broke everywhere including on me. He was very apologetic and immediately moved us to another table for my husband to enjoy his peanut butter mousse in a chocolate cup  and coffee. He then insisted on taking the dessert and coffee off the bill.

The entire meal was very pleasant and well worth the price. Each dish was presented on the dish like a work of art. We would definitely go back and check out the regular menu.

We were late deciding where we wanted to go for Valentine’s Day because we had been on vacation. My husband decided on the New London Inn, but was not sure if we could get reservations a week before a holiday. When he walked in luckily he knew someone that worked there. She told him that they were booked, but she called over someone else. They said they would allow us to come in early before regular seating started (5:15 pm) if we agreed to be out by 7 pm. My husband said it was a deal.

When we arrived it was beautifully decorated with fancy tableclothes and red roses on each table. The meal was preset at $55 a person. Each person started with an appetizer trio which consisted of shrimp with a bloody mary sorbert, a blue cheese profiterole with chutney, and asparagus with prosciutto. They were all excellent. To accompany them I had a cheesecake martini, I am not sure what was in it, but it was pink, and it sure did taste like a cheesecake.

Next was a choice of potato leek vichyssoise or a salad with duck. We both went with the salad which was excellent.

The main course was a choice of sea scallops or New York Sirloin. I had the scallops which came with mashed potatoes, green beans, and a halved tomato with cheese. It was absolutely wonderful. My husband enjoyed the sirloin which was accompanied by a twice baked potato, and asparagus.

Dessert was heavenly! It was a a piece of chocolate heaven, topped with a hazlenut gelato, and drizzled with a mocha sauce and a raspberry on the side.

The food was exceptional and the staff very friendly! We cannot wait to go back and order off the regular menu.  If you are ever in the Lake Sunapee Region of New Hampshire, The New London Inn is a must for a great meal!

I do quite a bit shopping from QVC and most of the time it is food related. I have bought Mrs. Prindables Apples (more than once), crab cakes, and cheesecakes. I love their food choices, and they deliver fast. I love that you can watch the episodes live on your computer, how convenient when you are travelling. Almost every holiday throughout the year, I buy my husband some food item from QVC and he has not been disappointed. For about six months now I have been reading the reviews on Kim and Scott’s filled pretzels, and they have been about fifty fifty. Some say they are great, others say there is not enough filling and not worth the money. Well I bit the bullet and ordered the fourty-eight piece pizza sampler for him for this Valentine’ s Day. It was hard to hide the rather large box that came so he opened it early. Last night he popped a few in the oven and to my dismay it was not the sampler, which was to consist of pepperoni, sausage and the works. They were all CHEESE! How do I know for sure, my husband kept heating up one after another to be sure. Ok, he actually loved them!

I called the QVC customer service department to verify I had ordered the sampler, and the nicest woman told me I did and it must have been a packing error. My husband was in the background saying the cheese was wonderful. She was laughing and said to tell him he could finish those up and his sampler would be on the way followed by his free Nutri-System kit. What a perfect line! She said to enjoy them all!

He better pace himself! The pretzels are a geat snack, appetizer, or a side to a soup or salad for a light meal.

You can check them out on the QVC website or on Kim and Scotts own website. They even have dessert pretzels, and many other unique flavors.

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During a last minute journey to Florida a couple weeks ago, my sister in law, and brother in law, took my husband and I to the Belleview Biltmore for Sunday champagne brunch. What a great way to start our first morning of our vacation, a nice hearty meal. It was a beautiful sunny day, which sure beat the snow back home in the northeast, and we were able to get a nice table outside. I did not have the mimosa, I opted for a Bloody Mary instead which was wonderful! The list of food options was incredible.

There were breakfast items such as oatmeal, yogurt, cereal, bacon, sausage, and eggs. I did not even touch any of that. I did have an omelet made for me at that omelet bar, and I had eggs benedict. There were so many salads, with meat, veggies, and seafood, I am not sure how many I tried! There was marinated everything - artichokes, eggplant, olives, and asparagus. Cheese from every country available. Sushi, sashami and seaweed salad, I am a big fan of this.

There were plenty of hot dishes, but I did even open half the lids. I know there was a salmon dish, a pasta dish, and green beans. I do not even recall if I made it over to the prime rib.

If you are a seafood lover there was seafood galore - shrimp, king crab legs, oysters on the half shell, and smoked salmon.

DESSERTS! Yes I had way too many of these! This is my weakness! Carrot cake, flan, chocolate covered strawberries, chocolate EVERYTHING! If it had chocolate I think I had it. I remember also having a screaming migraine later that day.

The price was $21.95 and worth every penny. We all enjoyed it and will definitely go back on our next visit. As I said I skipped quite a bit of food. I recommend you try it out the next time you are in the area!

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