Day 16 Dinner at Silvertones !!

Mac & cheese on the left and Goat Cheese Crostini on the right  ($9 & $6)

Jerk chick served with fried bananas, white rice in a tabasco butter sauce.  ($15)

Well , many a times people will recommend a place to me and i'll always keep it in the back of my mind as somewhere to go,  but rarely am i told about a place from so many people and with rave reviews. Especially about the Mac & Cheese. So when i made plans to get together with a friend i hadn't seen in far too long, when she suggested we go to Silvertones for dinner i knew it was about time i got myself over there.  The restaurant is small and cozy. Its also beneath street level so when you walk in the door, you have to go downstairs and are immediatly at their bar area. We had a lovely glass of wine while waiting to be seated. The hostess was very friendly and attentive.

My friend Heather who i was dining with,  has dined there several times so when she gave me the run down of what she usually orders when she goes there, it worked fine for me. We shared an order of the Mac & Cheese as an appetizer and also the goat cheese crostini (goat cheese is a not so secret obsession of mine).  Before i talk about the Mac & Cheese i need a moment to regain my composure (it was that good) so i will start with the goat cheese crostini. It was a very generous portion of goats cheese, with some nicely flavored toast points it had a lovely pepper seasoning that accentuated the sweetness of the cheese. An excellent choice, but the MVP had to have been the Mac & Cheese. As my friend Neil said earlier, so many places seem to try and claim "the best mac & cheese in town". While i agree with him, in my earnest opinion this was the BEST Mac & Cheese i have ever ordered out in a restaurant. It had a simplicity to it, the yellow cheese color (not using all sorts of "fancy" cheeses and a not overloaded breadcrumb topping.  I could have eaten it all, but i had to share   :- (

For dinner we both had the jerk chicken with fried bananas (Phe-nominal) white rice in a butter tobacco sauce. You take a small bit of each item at once and you get the heat from the spicy chicken but immediatly following the sweetness of the fried bananas. The portion was perfect, just enough without overloading us with too much food. 

The staff was very courteous and on the ball with drinks and checking up on us to see how we were doing. The price was very reasonable as well. I have the link below for the menu for anyone to take a peak at.  I can't recommend this restaurant enough to anyone, and if you need someone to go with you, i will make myself available for you.   ; -) 

To say i was "Boyled Over" would be an understatement, 

pun intended.

Have a great night and a great meal,

XOXO Kevin M.

http://silvertonedowntown.com/menu.html