Mangarosa and Cafe Jacqueline

My Sweeter and I celebrated our year anniversary about 2 weeks ago. It was such an amazing weekend! Since I am a starwood perferred guest, and we stay in hotels often, we had earned a free night at an Starwood Hotel. We stayed at the St. Regis and were given drinks on the house at the fun bar in the Lobby of the hotel. The room was gorgeous (sans the fact that we had a smoking room--which is GROSS) and very high tech! We thought it was the coolest place!

On Saturday night after checking in, we walked from the hotel to North Beach. It was warm outside, but overcast. We walked to Mangarosa, the restaurant that we ate dinner at. The ambiance was very trendy and fun. We were seated kind of in the back and we were worried that we were going to be forgotten about, and we kind of were...We ordered an appetizer and it was never brought to us-fortunately it wasn't put on the bill, but we were excited about trying something new and different. Mangarosa has Italian/Brazillian cuisine. I ordered a ravioli dish that had pesto and marinara sauce-it was delicious! My Sweeter ordered pesto risotto with chicken and mushrooms, his was very hearty and delicious! We also ordered wine. The glasses were amazing and big and beautiful!

Overall, I would recommend trying Mangarosa out! our meal was about $65 with tax and tip. Not too expensive considering we ordered wine.

For dessert, I was searching for a romantic place that sold yummy desserts and I came across the absolute perfect place! Cafe Jacqueline. It is about 1 block from Mangarosa and they are known for their gourmet souffles. The restaurant is a quaint little place, it holds about 15 tables in the restaurant and it is warms and smells of french pastries and delicious-ness :-) We were seated and knew exactly what we were planning to order-Chocolate souffle. It took about 20-25 minutes for our dessert to be prepared, but it was totally worth it! The waiter brought us the souffle and My Sweeter and I looked at each other like we were crazy for wanting something so HUGE! We dug in and, literally, LICKED the dish clean! It was so light, airy and fluffy! We decided that we want to go back to try their entree souffles. After we paid the bill, our waiter told us to go into the kitchen and tell Jacqueline, herself, that we enjoyed the souffle. We headed back into the kitchen where we were greeted by a little old French woman preparing and cooking all of the souffles to perfection.

Cafe Jacqueline was absolutely delicious and I plan to go back there for an entire meal. It was a little pricey-I must say, but totally worth it and it is a very special treat! It was about $45 including tax and tip for our chocolate souffle that can feed 2-4 people.

Our special night was wonderful and romantic. I can't wait for many more to come :-)

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