There is this restaurant that I just love in Aliso Viejo, CA called Opah. It’s kind of my “go to” place for good food and great lemon drop martini’s. You say “hey let’s meet for drinks after work” and I say “Opah”! Usually when we go there we are in time for happy hour and it never fails that we’ll order their bacon wrapped dates. Hence this post was inspired. I haven’t been to Opah in a few weeks so I was somewhat “jonesing” for these little morsels.
I decided to give my own twist to my favorite happy hour appetizer bacon wrapped dates w/goat cheese and rosemary almonds. It’s a mouthful I know, but so are these luscious flavored dates with a subtle taste of goat cheese and a crisp Marconi almond in the middle. The drizzled with a balsamic vinegar reduction. Did I mention that the almond has rosemary and sea salt all over it too?!
Is your mouth-watering yet?
Did you know there is an International Bacon Day? Yep, that’s right. How cool is that? It’s the Saturday before Labor Day Monday. Click here for more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Bacon_Day. This idea of an International Bacon Day was what spurred my interest to revive my love of these little goodies.
They take a little time, but they are well worth the effort.