Loving the Des Moines Life: Proof
Welcome to the first installment of my adventures around my new hometown of Des Moines! I'll bring you restaurant reviews, theater reviews, and re-caps of other cultural events as I explore and make myself at home here. Friday night, Mr. Nomadreader and I set out on our first Des Moines date night. We opted to have dinner at Proof , which overlooks Western Gateway Park. Proof is an interesting restaurant. It's open for lunch Monday through Friday. They only open for dinner on Friday nights, and they serve a $35 three-course meal with a different menu each week. There were three options each for the appetizer, entree and dessert. Thankfully, Mr. Nomadreader and I have remarkably similar taste in food (and almost everything, really), so we were able to enjoy two of the options for each course. Appetizers The heavenly gouda and garlic bisque For our appetizers, we opted for the gouda and spring garlic bisque, which ended up being my favorite dish of the evening. It wa...