Today we went to Oktoberfest in La Mesa. We met up with daughter
Vicky and son in law Bill
The first thing we did was get some bratwurst and beer. The bratwurst
seemed exceptionally good this year. I don't know if it was because I
was really really hungry or what, but they were really really good. I
like mine with grilled onions and sauerkraut with a little spicy brown
mustard. I cut the end off to show the bratwurst under all that mess
of goodness. See the spices in it mmmmm.
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After wandering around for a while I was getting hungry for a little
something sweet, and it wasn't a funnel cake I was wanting, and a cup
of coffee. I came across the restaurant Tiramisu Trattoria,
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they are located in downtown La Mesa, right in the heart of
Oktoberfest. I was wanting to sit down in a restaurant and have a cup
of coffee and a little dessert. I walked into the restaurant and saw
the beautiful decor and the tables covered in white tablecloths with
cloth napkins.
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Whoa!! I wasn't expecting this, I was afraid just having dessert and
coffee wouldn't be looked upon with much favor. I told the man that
greeted me at the door that I only wanted dessert and coffee. He
happily seated me at a nice booth and a waiter was there quickly with
a dessert and coffee menu. I discussed the desserts with him and found
that most of the desserts are made right there in the restaurant. They
have three different kinds of tiramisu and a baba Amaretto. You have
to click on their link and read the dessert menu, it was so hard to
decide. www.tiramisutrattoria.com
I had a cappuccino
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and the traditional tiramisu.
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Of course I was taking pictures of my dessert and told the waiter I
have a food blog, he thought I said I kept a food log and wished he
was so disciplined. We both had a laugh over that after I explained
what I meant. The news made it to the kitchen because before long the
chef Anna Maria Baslietto came out and introduced herself to me. She
was so very gracious and explained to me how she makes the tiramisu.
She uses pasteurized eggs and imported Marscapone as well as imported
biscotti. The strawberry tiramisu is her latest creation, I need to
get back there for that one. She is from Genoa and one of the owners
is from Calabria and the other owner is from Mexico City.
Daughter Vicky, and her friend that joined us later, caught up with me
in the restaurant. They weren't hungry and didn't order anything, yet
they were brought glasses of water and were treated as though they had
placed an order.
I was very impressed with the exceptional dessert and service. I am
anxious to go back and try some of their pasta dishes.
After this brief respite, off we were to enjoy more of Oktoberfest,
which of course included more food. Now the girls that were not hungry
for dessert got their appetites back at the beer garden and ate
another bratwurst with potato pancakes, hot German potato salad and
cabbage. I tasted the potato pancakes and the potato salad. The potato
pancakes were delicious and the potato salad was a little flat.
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Of course it's not Oktoberfest without having a pretzel with mustard,
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or a piece of lingonberry pie,
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or doing the chicken dance to an oompah band,
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or buying the grandsons marshmallow shooters that came complete with
ammunition.
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I did buy two, one for each boy, but I had so much fun shooting
marshmallows off in the beer garden that I just might have a hard time
giving one up.
koko
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updated 10/03
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