Eating Takes Work
We had reason to celebrate - a Monday morning presentation represented the end of a three-month long project. What better way to celebrate, than with Tom Douglas' Serious Pie, a place with amazing, wood-fired, thin crusted pizza, really, the perfect pizza.
We began with a salad of butter lettuce, poached cherries and smoked buffalo mozarella (brachhio, maybe?). The pizzas then arrived - three beautiful creations. Roasted potato with a shake of parmesan. Marinara and cheese. Mushroom with truffled cheese. All fabulous. I accompanied with a tasty glass of dolcetto.
And then it was time for dessert. A sister restaurant of Dahlia Lounge, we ordered off of the Serious Pie menu from the Dahlia menu. Our waitress delivered two slices of the famous coconut cream pie and a steaming bag of Dahlia donuts, with vanilla and raspberry dipping sauces. The coconut cream pie was all that I remembered - a flaky crust, a rich and thick cream studded with chunks of fresh coconut and a layer of lightly sweetened cream, covered in white chocolate curles and flakes of freshly roasted coconut. It was heaven. I didn't even taste the donuts, but was told that they were delicious.
After two bites of pie, Jeff remarked "This is really rich". "Yes" I mumbled, my mouth full of coconut cream goodness, "Eating this takes work."