A little about our anniversary

For those who were wondering:

For our anniversary a couple of weeks ago, Ryan took me to the JaJa Bistro in downtown Littleton. Cute, quaint, romantic little French restaurant that is actually in a little house with just 20 tables or so.

Ryan had done lots of research and learned that they only take reservations in the first hour of operation (they open at 11am on Saturday) so since we wanted dinner instead of lunch, we made sure to get there at 5pm before the rush. We excitedly walk in and the following unfolded:

French man: "Do you have a reservation?"
Us: **confused** No?
French man: "Oh we're booked solid through 7:00 unless you have a reservation."
Us: **looking as though he's just punched our puppy in the face** "But....we were told....no reservations...."
French man: "Yeah we get that a lot. A lot of people are confused about the reservation policy."

So then we didn't know what to do. Do we wait two hours to come back and MAYBE get a table later or do we postpone? We ended up mulling over what to do at a little espresso shop down the way and decided to go back, get reservations for the NEXT week, and just get pizza at a great place downtown. So, off we went, way overdressed for the pizza place but it was delicious.

We also learned that it was 5280 Restaurant Week which means at nice restaurants like Jaja, you eat for two for $52.80 which is also why they (and lots of other nice places) were booked solid that night.

Ok so we went back last Saturday and enjoyed our reserved table this time.

As the waitress was going over the appetizer list, I found myself nearly in tears because it all sounded weird and gross or unsafe for pregnant people (like escargot and pate). She was nice enough to have the chef just make me a salad and I was satisfied. The entree food was good. I got a seafood soup (more on that in a second) and Ryan got an eggplant and chicken dish. Now, when I say seafood soup, are you envisioning a kind of chowder? Well I was. Apparently French people like to take a vegetable base and stuff as many mussels and clams (in their shells) as they can into the bowl. There was also grouper and shrimp. It was a mountain of sea creatures basting in a giant bowl. Tasted good...but it was odd.

Looked similar to this, but without the giant squid/shrimp hybrid on top.

I also enjoyed a French soda. It was delicious.

This is actual footage from dinner.

So we are glad we went because we needed to know what the JaJa was all about. Now that we know, we do not feel the need to return.

The End.