and one month later

we are pretty much the same as we were before the wedding except someone has a new last name. and it isn't seth. despite the extreme frustration of changing my name at work and at the dmv (a place no one should ever have to visit), i am officially a lieberman. (cue the applause and extreme relief that my ethnicity is no longer a mystery).

yesterday was exactly one month after our wedding, so naturally seth and i decided to go out and eat an enormous meal. rarely do we need such an excuse but we decided to try a fancy little place on downing street calling mas. it's a cute little french restaurant that features what they call "farmhouse cooking." i still don't know what that means, but whatever it is, it is yummy. when we got to the restaurant i had already scoured the menu and had every intention of eating in moderation, meaning sharing an appetizer and ordering a main course.

our server was charming and had a lovely british accent. naturally when she suggested the six course chef's tasting menu with dishes you can't get on the regular menu, we couldn't resist. don't forget, it was a wednesday night. at 8:30. and we just committed to eating 6 courses of food.

it turned out to be the right choice. the food was quite lovely and the service was excellent (british accents make everything better). not to mention that the servers synchronized their placement and removal of each plate of food so neither of us ever had more food than the other, which turned out to be a very cool impact on the meal. mas smartly scaled down the dishes so we ate tastes of everything instead of grappling with 6 large portions. surprisingly i didn't feel awful at the end and seth was actually full (the timing was also well done). my favorite dish consisted of poached lobster over a bed of fava beans, spinach and tiny pearl onions. seth loved the fried zucchini flower stuffed with shredded pork.

and for the dessert - we got quite the treat. as you can see from the picture above, we got a message from the chef himself. happy anniversary to us! (p.s. that dessert was a chocolate cheesecake with brown crumbles and poached cherries - swoon).