100 Wines

My girlfriend and I took advantage of our joint night out, and we went out to dinner to one of our favorite haunts: 100 Wines.

The restaurant is over at Lahaina Gateway, attached to the fondue chain Melting Pot.  

The interior evokes an Old World European bistro or tavern.  There is a glass walled wine room directly behind the host stand as you first enter the restaurant, and then as you are led into 100 Wines, you walk past two huge wood tables stacked with wine bottles.

The restaurant wants to encourage guests to choose their wine not just by perusing the wine list, but by going over and examining the bottles themselves.  They want you to pick a bottle up, look over the label and see what calls out to you.

We chose the Palmina, a Dolcetto from Santa Barbara, California.

It was delicious, and I look forward to ordering it again.

100 Wines specializes not only in their wide selection of wines from all over the world, but also their array of tapas.  

One of the more popular items to order (and one of my favorites as well) is the Brussels Sprouts served with prosciutto and a balsamic glaze.

We went off-book this visit, and instead of ordering our old favorites (buh-bye Brussels Sprouts!), we ordered a whole bunch of new things.  We started off with the Creamy Polenta (which is different day to day based on the chef's whim) done with Chicken and Pumpkin.  We also ordered two tartines (open-faced sandwiches): the Croque Madame (topped with a fried egg) and the Provencale (prosciutto, goat cheese with honey).

And of course, we got dessert: the Menage a Trois--ice cream served on a peanut dust (crushed peanuts rolled with sugar), caramelized bananas, and a pot of S'mores (Nutella layered with graham crackers and toasted marshmallows).

I know that you are disappointed there are no photos of the food, but everything came out looking too good that I had absolutely zero will power to pause before eating to take pictures.  I hope you all forgive me.

Let me offer a photo of a forlorn T-Bone as an apology: 

Adorable.

It's been a fun weekend, and I'm loathe to go back to work tonight.  Thankfully, I've got a few hours before I have to go in, and Bryan and I are heading out for Mexican food.  Maybe I'll take a few photos there...