Took a few hours off and spent part of the morning strolling Longwood Gardens with my sister Sue and best friend Steph.
It's so easy to forget we have one of the most spectacular gardens in the country right in our own backyard.
It's so easy to forget we have one of the most spectacular gardens in the country right in our own backyard.
Cornucopias of pumpkins and gourds, along with plenty of chrysanthemums, salvias, and crotons will put you in autumn state of mind. Walking and admiring nature is one of the best ways to de-stress.
We stopped into Longwood's Terrace restaurant for lunch. The famed creamy mushroom soup ($6 a cup, $7 a bowl) was very good - the kitchen understands that creamy does NOT mean pasty - but I wasn't as thrilled with fall green salad ($8) of roasted beets, feta cheese, endive and watercress. Very skimpy on the beets - I was expecting chunks and instead got thin, little ribbons - and the watercress was slightly limp. Eh.
My sister got the crabmeat, crimini and scallion tart ($8) and our waitress warn us it was small. She didn't lie. It was, maybe, a three-bite meal. Steph made the best choice with a seared, five-spiced hamachi salad with avocado wasabi, ponzu sauce and mango sticky rice ($14.)
Longwood is good for looking, but lunching? I'd go somewhere else. Maybe stop in for a burger at Buckley's Tavern on Route 52 in Centreville or perhaps travel down U.S. 1 into Chadds Ford for one of the daily lunch specials at Hank's Place - one of Andrew Wyeth's favorite hangouts - or at the nearby, and very charming, Bistro on the Brandywine.
My sister got the crabmeat, crimini and scallion tart ($8) and our waitress warn us it was small. She didn't lie. It was, maybe, a three-bite meal. Steph made the best choice with a seared, five-spiced hamachi salad with avocado wasabi, ponzu sauce and mango sticky rice ($14.)
Longwood is good for looking, but lunching? I'd go somewhere else. Maybe stop in for a burger at Buckley's Tavern on Route 52 in Centreville or perhaps travel down U.S. 1 into Chadds Ford for one of the daily lunch specials at Hank's Place - one of Andrew Wyeth's favorite hangouts - or at the nearby, and very charming, Bistro on the Brandywine.
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