Not Your Mamma’s Mac ‘N’ Cheese
January 13th, 2008 at 10:31 pm (Minnesota Restaurants, Gourmet Twists, Seafood)
Sometimes it’s the old favorites that call your name.
While dining at Kincaid’s, an upscale steak and seafood eatery in Bloomington, Minnesota, I promised my friend Jessica that if she passed on their famous steak offerings and ordered the Lobster Mac ‘N’ Cheese her experience would appear in my blog.
So here it is…a gourmet twist on the unglamorous American comfort food that usually comes in a blue box from Kraft.
With a melted medley of Gruyere, Cheddar, and Fontina cheeses, this dish is so sumptuous you’ll polish off the last bite quicker than you can say, “Velveeta.”
Mixed in with the macaroni are bite-sized pieces of lobster. The dish is also served with two small skewers of the shellfish.
And, just so there’s no confusion that this isn’t the mac ‘n’ cheese of your childhood, the pasta is drizzled with truffle oil.
Still don’t see the difference? You will when the check arrives: $23 for Kincaid’s Lobster Mac ‘N’ Cheese–enough to buy 20 boxes of the other K’s variety.
But sometimes it’s worth it to indulge your inner child with some food the grown-up will enjoy as well.