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Ah restaurant week, a joyous time when restaurants participate in a deal
\n which offers 3 courses for $20.12. Of course, the restaurant owners and
\n chefs choose their menu for this event and generally the restaurants
\nhave a wonderful array of options for their patrons.<\/p>\n

Tiznow did things a little differently. Rather than offering the deal
\n in addition to their overall menu, they dedicated the week strictly to
\nrestaurant week. With this, the menu was much longer than most other
\nparticipating restaurants which gives the patrons more choices, and who
\ndoesn’t like lots of choices?<\/p>\n

I started my meal with the Tiznow
\nsalad ($8 on regular menu) with spiced candied walnuts, bleu cheese and
\nbalsamic vinaigrette. Sorry friends, I dug in before I could remember to
\n take a picture. Sure it may be a pretty common salad to find at
\nrestaurants, but this salad totally takes the cake. From the seasoning
\non the walnuts to the homemade balsamic vinaigrette, it’s by far the best I can
\nremember having. Yum.<\/p>\n

Onto the main course – I went with the
\nsauteed salmon ($20 on regular menu), marinated with lemon and honey
\ngarlic sauce, topped with candied pecans on top of a cauliflower puree.<\/p>\n

\n<\/p>\n

Wow
\n was this good. The salmon had such a great flavor to it, the
\ncauliflower puree was sweet and light and the candied pecans added a
\nnice crunch to the texture of the dish. If I were to go back during
\nregular menu times, I’d absolutely get this again.<\/p>\n

Finally, onto
\ndessert. Offered for this deal was the dessert of the day, which
\nhappened to be strawberry shortcake with fresh strawberries and homemade whipped cream.<\/p>\n

\n<\/p>\n

What a great way to finish off the meal! It was light and sweet, but not too sweet, leaving you happy and not overly stuffed.\n<\/p>\n

All
\n in all, Tiznow pretty much hit it out of the park with this meal. I was
\n satisfied from beginning to end and if I could, I’d do it all over
\nagain. Hooray for restaurant week, can’t wait for next year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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