The Tower Cafe is so unique and the menu is great. The outside eating area is lush and great for people watching: exotic plants, flowers, fountains, and colorful waiters/waitresses. If you choose to sit indoors (or if weather makes that choice for you), the colorful decorations and art on the walls are equally interesting and different. Here are some photos from their website:
This is what I had for brunch: crepes filled with sweetened cream cheese, topped with almonds, whipped cream, and a huge array of fruit on the side.
Our Valentine's day dinner
Last week, my mom and I had developed a recipe for a good mango salsa, so I decided we could make that with some salmon.
The mango salsa:
-one mango-one medium tomato, chopped
-half of a white onion, chopped
-half of an Aneheim pepper, chopped and take out the seeds if you don't like too much heat
-3/4 cup kidney beans or black beans
-handful of cilantro
-salt to taste
Serve this over some baked salmon! Mmmmm......
Our side dish:
-1/2 onion-2 small zuchini or 1 large, sliced
- sliced mushrooms after 2 minutes
-season with salt, pepper, and some garlic
Start with the onions and some garlic seasoning, sautee them on high heat to carmelize and then bring down to medium when you add the zuchinni. Add mushrooms after about a minute. Salt and pepper. (We added about 1/2 cup of some wild rice when we added the mushrooms - this rice cooks in 2 minutes)
-While cooking veggies, cook half a bag of Trader Joe's harvest grains, cooked in chicken broth with 1 Tbs butter
-Combine vegeables with harvest grains. Quite tasty :)
The finished product~
