New-to-me restaurant: Toro (Boston, MA)

Last Wednesday (7/21), Jeff, Kim, Kevin and I went to Toro in Boston to celebrate Kevin and Jeff's one-day-apart birthdays. Jeff and Kim had been there multiple times, had been talking it up, and we hadn't had tapas in quite awhile, so off we went!

In one word... AMAZING! We were seated outside on a thankfully breezy and non-humid evening. The dishes were brought out at the perfect pace, everyone was up for trying a bit of everything... it was cool, it was relaxing, and most of all, it was delicious!

We had:

• Gambas al Ajillo - Griddled garlic shrimp
• Panza de Cerdo - Crispy pork belly with sunchoke, escargots, fava beans and smoked maple crumble
• Maíz Asado con Alioli y Queso Cotija - Grilled corn with alioli, lime, espelette pepper and aged cheese
• Asado de Huesos - Roasted bone marrow with radish citrus salad and oxtail marmalade (and this counts as one of my new foods - never had bone marrow before!)
  
• Pato con Membrillo - Smoked duck drummettes with quince glaze
• Patatas Bravas - Fried potatoes with alioli and spicy tomato sauce
• Tuna tartare with charred green onions and pine nuts
• Churros

Drinks:

• Caramelized Caipirinha - Agua Luca cachaca, muddled caramelized limes, sugar (Jeff and Kevin each had one)
• Sherry Julep - Pale cream sherry, muddled mint, sugar, cava (me)
• La Granada - Christiania vodka, pomegranate, housemade grenadine, splash rosé cavan (Kim)
• The Gypsy - Plymouth gin, yellow Chartruese, St. Germain Elderflower liqueur, lime (Jeff)
• Sanguinello Hi-ball - Fresh blood orange juice, Aperol, Plymouth gin, St. Germain Elderflower liqueur, splash soda water (Kim - swapped Hendricks gin for Plymouth gin)
• Ward Eight - Old Overholt rye, lemon juice, orange juice, grenadine (Kevin)

Progressive Goals

A fair amount of my goals are progressive, so here's a post to keep up with my progress towards finishing them.

3. Lose 50 lbs (0/50)
4. Complete couch to 5K (1/9)
5. Run in at least 2 5K races (0/2)
11. Finish the MA DeLorme challenge (geocaching) (37/54)
15. Get at least halfway through the CT DeLorme challenge (geocaching) (3/20)
16. Go to 3 musicals (0/3)
22. Watch 26 movies I've never seen starting with each letter of the alphabet (1/26)
23. Complete a 365 day photo challenge (0/365)
26. Visit 3 new museums (0/3)
30. Visit 3 new wineries or breweries (0/3)
34. Ride 10 roller coasters that are new to me (0/10)
35. Visit 2 new bed and breakfasts (0/2)
40. Picnic at 3 different parks (0/3)
41. Get our geocaching count to 500 (173/500)
70. Read a new book every month (0/33)
80. Play mini golf at 5 new-to-me courses (0/5)
82. Try a new (local-ish) restaurant every other month (1/16)
91. Try 5 new food items (meats, veggies, milk/cheese, etc. - not spices or small ingredients) (1/5)
94. Reread 15 of my favorite childhood books (0/15)