Last Tuesday, we decided to go to Asheville, NC. I had a free Hilton hotel stay (I mentioned in this blog post) to use by 9/1/12, so figured I’d try for the weekend. Fairly easy, and hotel booked for Saturday night! I had never been to Asheville and I knew ONE thing I wanted to do…(but I’ll talk about that in another post). Packed up Friday night…and headed to Asheville on Saturday morning.
Mountains appearing!
When we got to Asheville, we found a parking garage in downtown and walked around. There was an art’s festival going on, so we wondered through that…and I took pictures of the buildings.
Downtown Asheville, NC.
Downtown Asheville, NC.
Me in Asheville, NC.
Downtown Asheville, NC.
Downtown Asheville, NC.
Then, we both got hungry…and walked around trying to find a place we both wanted to eat. We settled on Curate, a tapas place. It was great! Good service and good food (except for the last thing that we didn’t need anyway, we were both full, but I ate all the cheese off it). I also had a gift card I was able to use to take $25 off the meal! Woo!
Jamon Iberico Fermin, pan con tomate, and patatas bravas.
Did not like, and only ate the cheese off this Canoli de something.
After Curate, we headed to our hotel, the Hilton Asheville Biltmore Park. It looked really modern and new. Quick check in and then up to our room. It was nice and clean…and I love blue. Rather spacious…but only a mini-fridge and small coffee pot (a microwave would have been nice). All in all the room was nice and we were staying there for free. One minor thing….the bed was not as comfy as our bed at home.
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Hilton from the highway.
View from our room.
After a nap, got ready for dinner at the Corner Kitchen! I had looked for restaurants online, so I could use some restaurant.com money I had. Reviews were good…so I got for this one and made a reservation online. We get to the restaurant and OMGolly it’s so cute! All the buildings were the same and this area was incredibly beautiful and cute.
Upstairs was empty, only people downstairs after 9pm.
We ordered drinks…and then were brought out a cute sample (they bring to everyone). It was tasty! When our meals came…they were delicious. My steak was so good, the potatoes were yummy…and even the deep-fried onions! Pete loved his whole meal, and had me try his salmon (I have never liked any salmon I’ve tried, even at Victoria & Albert’s)…and seriously it was TASTY! I decided to order dessert, while Pete did not. I went with gingersnap crusted key lime pie. It was good, but wondered if I should have got the souffle or the bread pudding…o’well! Since, I got that restaurant.com gift card free….I got $25 off our meal! Woo!
Tasting of their pulled pork. Very good.
My chargrilled NY Strip Steak with Smashed Potatoes, Tobacco Onions, and Bleu Cheese Butter. OMG. So good.
Pete’s Dill Pesto Scottish Salmon on Fingerling Potato Salad with Balsamic Asparagus and Fried Parsnips.
Amy’s Own Key Lime Tart – a neighborhood recipe in a Gingersnap Crust Garnished with Devonshire Cream (I want a bowl of that cream to dip strawberries in).
Satisfied with dinner smiles or something! ;)
We went back to the hotel and enjoyed the hot tub and pool. And, then….oddly got addicted to watching Pawn Stars for hours! Like seriously! Hah. I couldn’t even fall asleep at first, I just closed my eyes and was still talking to the show…”Just sell it yourself, you’d make more money!” LOL.
All in all it was a very tasty, good day….hehe. Asheville is pretty and the free hotel stay was wonderful!