Aldo's Italian Restaurant in Baltimore

**The images found in this post are not my own. They were found via Google or Aldo's website**

As I am sitting here typing, the powdery snow is falling at an incredible clip. The wind is gusting and there are snow drifts all around. It is difficult to tell exactly how much snow is truly on the ground due to those factors, but it is safe to say it is about 7-8 inches (at 9 AM) and it is due to snow all day, through the night and into tomorrow morning. All in all they are still calling for 20-30 inches along the corridor where our home is located.

I am thrilled with it as long as we don't lose electric! We rely completely on electric for water, (well pump) including toilet flushing, heat (oil heat furnace runs on electricity), and of course the regular stuff as well like cooking (electric stove top and oven), lighting, refrigerator, etc. We do have a small generator, but it can't power the whole house and we have to pick and choose what we run with it. Besides, now that I am forced to slow down today since going outside right now is not an option, I plan on catching up with all of your blogs ;0)

Last night Brian and I had a great night out together. Back in April Brian received a gracious gift from a client that we had yet to use. It was a gift certificate to a restaurant in the Little Italy section of Baltimore called Aldo's. Aldo's is a beautiful restaurant that has been heralded as a "cathedral to Southern Italian Cuisine." This is how the website describes the place:

Chef Aldo's delicately balanced, southern-influenced regional Italian cuisine finds its setting in sumptuously-appointed dining rooms steeped in classical Italian tradition which cabinet-maker-turned-chef Aldo personally crafted. As passionate proponents of locally grown organic produce and seasonal ingredients, we maintain close relationships with farmers, fishmongers and butchers to ensure exceedingly fresh ingredients. After all, as our Guest, you deserve nothing less than the finest.

They have won multiple awards including Baltimore's Best Italian Restaurant in 2004. It is easy to taste why they are awarded so, as your mouth screams for more when you sample the food there. I am no food critic, but I know what my taste buds like and they liked what they tasted at Aldo's!



So, I know you are dying to know what we ate. Here it is my friends. Read it and drool:

1st course- Salad:

Me- Caprese Tower • Local Vine-Ripe Tomatoes, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Sweet Basil and Fresh Mozzarella di Bufala (air-shipped from Campania, Italy)


Brian- Classic Caesar Salad

2nd course- Appetizer
Brian and I both- Aldo’s Butter-Poached Lobster Risotto, deglazed with Highland Scotch

3rd course- Entree-

Brian and I both- Special of the evening- 8 oz Grilled Prime Filet Mignon (medium well) with Jumbo Lump Maryland Crab Cakes with Remoulade Sauce and Garlic Mashed Yukon Gold Potatoes with Steamed Asparagus

We skipped desert. Mostly because we ate every stinking single bite of everything else and we would have burst like a ripe pimple with one more bite, but also because we were running out of time to make our show, Dreamgirls, at the Hippodrome theater (more about that on another post).

So, as a parting thought to the whole restaurant experience, let me just say that I am finding out what a true redneck I am and how little class I actually have. I was so overwhelmed with the fanciness of this restaurant that I embarrassed myself several times. I will tell you about it sometime when you need a laugh. You can dress me up but you can't take me out. Well, you can't take me out to a fancy place anyway. (I begged to go to McDonald's after telling the waiter that I prefer tap water when he asked if we would like distilled water or sparkling water.) Yeah, and that is only the beginning...

Stay warm, stay safe, and have a great snow day y'all!