Best. Birthday.

So the end of yesterday was FABulous! I ended up not snacking on much throughout the day (except my brownies and some almonds) I never had my chili. I was starving when I got home and really excited for dinner. Chris and I got to BLT Steak and the menu looked great. They had a few specials for the night too, and I was looking at getting a side with our meal of squash gnocchi, but we told the waiter I was on a special diet and he talked to the kitchen and they said their is gluten in that dish, so we passed. We ended up ordering a bottle of wine, I got the tuna tartar for my app and Chris got a duck leg confit. WOW, they were both so great. (let me back up) Before we ordered appetizers, they gave us what looked to be a pate with 2 pieces of crunchy bread. I waited to see if Chris said I should try it, he suggested I do. I first had some without any bread, and then had a tiny piece with it. It wasn't anything to rave about, it was interesting rather. It ended up being a chicken (i think) liver pate. One little bite, and I was done with that. Then the brought over the popovers. I've heard people rave about these. I asked Chris to have some first and see if it was something I should just try (I could have made it through without any bread) He said it was really THAT good and to just try a bite. He pulled a small (very small) piece off for me and I ate it all. Yes, it was good, and it was THAT good, but that's all I ate, just the tiny piece on my plate. Yea, I could have gone for more (or the whole thing), but I didn't have to and it wasn't that hard to pass up while it sat on the table. Good.

Back to the appetizers. Tuna tartar and duck. The tuna came over avocado (picture is a lot prettier then I'm describing it!) It was so good, and healthy. It was served with what looked to be huge potato chips. I broke off a piece of that and tried the tuna with it. The chip didn't add much so that was the end of the chips! Chris' duck was so delicious, can't even describe it!

Onto dinner - we ordered the fish (snapper) for 2. What a great choice. The manager came out and presented the FULL cooked fish to us and then took it back in the kitchen to be filleted. It was served with parts of the crispy skin + some julienne veggies in a type of very very light soy-ish sauce. It was so great! I don't think we could have gone wrong ordering many of the things on the menu, but I was happy we kept everything so light. We were brought a dessert menu and I just asked if we could not look at it and pass on everything. We did. Then I was brought out a bowl of fruit with a candle! FRUIT! Fruit! What a great birthday dessert.

The day was great. The dinner was delicious. My company there was even better. The best part of the day/meal - Chris called ahead and told them it was my birthday. They had originally made cookies for the occasion, but he said I was on a special diet and asked if they could do something a bit for paleo - hence the bowl of fruit for our dessert. (Yes, I held back tears when I found this out) I am so lucky to have such a supportive boyfriend. It's made this challenge much more manageable!

Like I said, it was the best birthday!

I'm off to NY at 1pm today and get back around midnight on Sunday. My plan is to try and stay as paleo as possible (I hope a piece of thin NY pizza doesn't fall into my tummy), but I do plan to have good food as well as an amazing time. Expect an update at the beginning of next week sometime :)