We had a great weekend here in KC. I'll start with our spontaneous date night on Friday. I was driving home from work and talking to Jay about our plans for the weekend (and mainly dinner that evening). It had been awhile since we'd been on a real date where we sat down at a restaurant and spent the evening together enjoying delicious food and the company. I had been wanting to try out a new restaurant called Jasper's which is just down State Line not too far from our home. We met up at home and then headed down to Jasper's. We pulled up in the parking lot and there it was, not anything special, quite plain actually. When we walked inside, however, it was a different story - dim lighting, waiters dressed in whites and ties, a friendly hostess and even a full pastry/bakery bar! We were quite impressed and felt, honestly, like we didn't belong there! The hostess took us to our seats in the back of the restaurant to a windowed room facing a beautiful creek and the autumn-touched trees. Again, we were so shocked by the quaintness and romantic-ness (if that's a word) of the restaurant. We felt under-dressed and out-of-place but we decided to stick it out and get comfortable. Our waiter joined us shortly to offer help with the wine list and dinner menu. His name was Douglas and he was the epitomy of good service - so friendly, helpful, soft spoken and very knowledgeable about the menu. I ended up choosing Fettucini con Parmigiano and Jay chose Pollo Parmigiana (so typical, I know). We were definitely not disappointed by our choices and the atmosphere provided at Jasper's. It was so authentic and relaxing.
Halfway through dinner, the whole room lit up with white tube lights on the ceiling. I wish I had taken pictures of that and our view of the creek outside the windows.
After dinner, Douglas boxed up our leftovers and brought out a huge tower of desserts to choose from! We were so overwhelmed but ended up picking a cold apple raisin pastry with carmel sauce and almonds. YUM!
Obviously we enjoyed dessert because I forgot to take a picture BEFORE we ate it all!
We will definitely be revisting Jasper's (and maybe next time dress a little nicer!). We had such a pleasant evening there and were definitely surprised at this diamond in the rough. The rest of our evening wasn't quite as romantic but we spent it together relaxing at home, catching up on our recorded TV shows (the junkies we are) and going to be early! A wonderful Friday night indeed.
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