Cena exquisito at El Camino, Brunswick Maine:

This was a weekend for dining out with great friends and family.

On Friday night we took Morgan, our youngest son with us to El Camino’s. We can never say enough about the service, the food and the wonderful drinks from this Nouveau Mexican Oasis in Maine. We had three of the specials available that night, but I would say Rick had the award winner. The Lamb special was to die for, not to say the two other dishes were not exceptional but the flavors within this dish were exquisite. Great to see tamales on the menu.  Eloise and the staff out did themselves.

On Saturday we had our friend and jeweler, Meghan Donahue http://www.meghandonahue.com/ and her beau come and stay with us for the night. After their adventures of trying to fly kites up on Gryffon Ridge sans wind, (this was one of maybe 3 days when the wind doesn’t blow up here) and some restrained (only 2 bottles) sampling of Blueberry and Black Chai Mead, we headed to Rockland for dinner at Suzuki’s http://www.suzukisushi.com/.

We had the most wonderful night; Matt our server took extraordinary care of all of us as soon as we sat in our seats. I don’t know if there are words to describe the wonderful dinner we were treated to. This was the first time our guests had been to Suzuki’s. They had heard us speaking about the freshness of the seafood as well as the excedllent and knowledgeable service and this visit was no different. We never placed an order, Matt just asked them if there was anything that they did not like and he and Suzuki took the meal from there. The freshest seafood available from Maine with much of it coming right out of Penobscot Bay.  Last week for Uni (Sea Urchin) which is a wonderful creamy taste of the sea.  Everything was outstanding and we were able to try something new. It was our first time for Tile Fish, what a wonderful delicate tasting fish. So several bottles of Sake later and the freshest sushi in Mid Coast Maine, and we headed back to the Ridge for the evening.

Well, on Saturday we sold out of the 3 lbs of Duqqa we prepared for this past weeks market, so I guess I am not the only one who found it addicting. To date this has been the best new release we have done, thanks everyone. We will have more this coming Saturday for everyone that missed out.  This next week we will not be releasing a new blend but we will have a couple of new herbs and spices for your enjoyment.

For your health: Did you know that Basil can be made into a paste and rubbed on bee stings to prevent swelling and pain?