The Barbed Rose

About once a month, I like to take my man on a date.

I plan it. 

I make sure it's full of man things like fire and meat.  Sometimes beer.

I pay.

Usually with his credit card.

He loves himself a good man date.

Something you may not know about Devin: the man can COOK.

So naturally, I took him to a Central Market cooking class.

Side note: huge disappointment to find that in said cooking class, you don't actually get to cook.  

You just watch.  And eat.  Which is sort of lame.  -4 points on the man date cool factor scale.

The head chef of The Barbed Rose in Alvin, TX was our teacher.  The Barbed Rose uses all local produce and meat, which is pretty cool.  He told us all about where he finds all of his goods, including their wine and coffee!  They make every single thing in the restaurant from scratch.  Even ketchup.  They have a fine dining area and a deck that serves burgers and beer.  My kind of place.

So we learned how to make a salad that consisted mostly of cubed bread (?!), some unbelievable flank steak, cripsy potatoes, and a tomato dessert.

We walked away with some sweet recipes and a hungry stomach.  I'm kicking myself for not getting a picture of Devin when they set his plate down in front of him.  Have you ever been to a dinner where they tell you you're having steak and lobster and you get 1/4 of an inch of lobster and one bite of steak and the rest of the plate is drizzled with some goo that you don't even WANT KNOW WHAT IT IS?!

-10 points on the man date cool factor scale.

So after the class, I did what any of you would do to make it up to him.

I suggested we walk 2 blocks to the thai restaurant.

And he ate his heart out.