Saturday night Nathan and I attended the inaugural Taste of Boone County. It was held in Anson, a trendy new town that is being built between Lebanon and Indianapolis. The weather was absolutely perfect, the tent was lovely, the jazz music was perfect, and the food was DELICIOUS!! There were 18 vendors listed on the menu, but I think there were really more than that.
Our favorite, of course, was Parky’s Smokehouse. We are frequent Parky’s customers and we love the place! On Saturday they served Bourbon chicken, garlic mashed potatoes, corn chowder, and their Comfort Bread Pudding which is one of my favorite desserts!
We decided to mill around first and see what was being offered, and then go back around and sample everything. That lasted until I got to Donaldson’s chocolates. They are my favorite! They were making their chocolates on site, and well, how could I resist? So, I started with milk chocolate covered caramels, followed by chocolate covered almonds, followed by Nathan saying, “I thought we weren’t going to eat until we walked all the way around first?”
My favorite new food of the evening was an appetizer provided by To The Last Drop of Zionsville. Pork Tenderloin with red pepper sun-dried Coulis on a crostini. It had the perfect balance of spicy flavor. Nathan preferred their toasted baguette with Chevre and butternut squash pine nut composte.
Patrick’s Kitchen had an awesome Mushroom Chicken Tortellini that I had to go back for a couple of times.
Cobblestone Grill served scallops, which I don’t normally like but these were AWESOME! They also had a wesabi cole slaw that was out of this world. And if you could have tasted the carmel apple cheesecake, you might think you’d died and gone to Heaven. Carmel apple Heaven.
Nathan really enjoyed Noah Grant’s salmon roll, mango roll sushi, and oysters. He assured me they were delicious, but sushi isn’t really my thing.
Sunshine Bakery provided these tasty little morsels called Clothespin cookies. I have never had anything like them! They are the lightest little pastries filled with an absolutely delectable cream. Seriously, I couldn’t get enough. They also had triple chocolate brownies. With all the brownies I have had over the years it’s hard to imagine one that would really grab my attention as a WOW brownie, but these were definitely WOW! I am dreaming of Shelby’s next orthodontist appointment because the bakery is right down the street and I plan to pay them a visit. As a matter of fact, I might keep her in braces longer than is really necessary just so I’ll have an excuse to go there every month. Shhhh…don’t tell her that!
IL Villagio served a fabulous rigatoni, Mugsy’s was there with my favorite chicken salad croissants and broccoli cheese soup, Stone Creek Dining Company had baked goat cheese that I had to sample at least three times. The list of delicious foods just goes on and on.
We so enjoyed mingling with friends and running into folks that we hadn’t seen for a long time. Also, Anson Homes had two of their model condos open for touring. They gave us each a Hershey bar with a personalized wrapper to enjoy while we were touring. (or to save for the kids because we were completely stuffed!) The condos were really nice but I think they were designed for childless people who will never get old. There was a flight of steps outside leading to the front door, and then there were three stories worth of living space. They were beautiful, but not very practical. I cracked up over the decor. If Nathan and I ever decide to become swingers we will definitely call upon their decorators to design our swingin’ pad! Imagine lots of animal prints, black, purple, marble….you get the idea.
All in all it was a lovely evening and we are looking forward to next year!
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