Upstream

So I realize this post is super duper late because it is about Queen's Feast - Charlotte's restaurant week.  It happens every year in late January, and Matt & I were super excited to take advantage.  The concept of restaurant week is that you get a 3-course meal for $30 per person, so it's a nice excuse to try a fancy restaurant or two.  Local readers who haven't done the restaurant week thing yet - get it on your schedule for next January!    

We decided to try Upsteam.  I visited Upstream a few months back for a work lunch and the food was awesome, so I knew it would be a good choice for us to enjoy a 3-course meal.   

For my first course I tried the kale salad, it was topped with a fried quail egg, and came with fried oysters on the side.  It was SO good.  

Next, I selected the salmon.  It was nice & crispy and came with a bay scallop risotto.  How could that not be good?  

And for the indulgent part of the meal - chocolate lava cake.  It was served with a side of gelato, but I can't remember the flavor.  It was either caramel or hazelnut or something else delicious.  This was SO, SO good.  I could have eaten three servings of dessert and called it a 3-course meal, haha.  

And not I'll end with a fun little back story - Matt & I's first trip to Charlotte happened during restaurant week in 2011.  That trip to Charlotte was the trip that made us fall in love with the city and want to move here.  4 years later- here we are as official residents visiting restaurant week again!!