- 整體 5
- 食物 5
- 服務 5
- 氛圍 4
My godson & I finished a nice day beginning with freshly laid eggs from a neighbors dozen hens that we gathered at 8 AM still warm.
He scrambled them in Irish butter, separately sautéing cherry tomatoes in olive oil. Had pumpernickel bagel with cream cheese toasted on side and coffee from Texas Coffee Works fresh ground and chemexed. We went into UT where I taught my Bob Dylan History and Imagination class. An excellent student presentation and discussion of Dylan and Civil Rights analyzing Blowin in the Wind, Sam Cooke’s A Change is Gonna Come and Dion’s Abraham Martin and John against the backdrop of the brutal murders of Emmett Till and Medgar Evers and the foul killings of JFK, Malcolm X, MLK and RFK. lunched at Arturo’s. Did the walk along the shore from Comal in east to past Lamar bridge in the west and back,
Then went to Intero. Everything start to finish including the three cold containers of fresh water brought out at just right moment. I had a glass of maconahaze & my godson had the campari, strawberry etc cocktail. We began with
sourdough focaccia, house made ricotta,
wildflower honey, garden thyme
AND
house made burrata, baby carrot, tangerine,
pecan, rye toast
THEN
ricotta gnocchi, pork meatballs, turnip, chile, orange, sunflower seed AND
the rigatoni, smoked rabbit, mushroom,
red wine, horseradish cream
Flavors, textures, temperatures were exquisitely perfect throughout.
Olivia, who brought us our food, advised and explained and answered our questions about preparation and spices (asking the chef twice), was attentive, relaxed & made our enjoyment so much greater by clearly enjoying herself at enhancing rather than curbing our enthusiasm. We had one of each of the five chocolates & I had one of the three best cortados of the day: Arturo’s (best in Austin), Intero, Bennu on MLK. But all very good range.
Saw the bats, then home!
Intero has long been my wife’s & my favorite place for an excellent dinner and they somehow never fail!