St. Thomas with the Biltz Family

Drive on the left side of the road up the steepest hills and the curviest streets with no guardrail and finally, you get to the house. Oh, and then pull over and enter the code to get in the gate, where you have to drive up the steepest driveway I have ever seen.

But the view from this beautiful house was INCREDIBLE…St Thomas with the Biltz family.

How do you like your sweet tea. SWEET. And not sugar coated. But, damn sweet HEAD!!!!

Accompanying Tim and Kelly blitz was their daughter Lisa and her Husband Will and their friend John with his wife Meredith. Oh… and Jenny and I. It was the 8 of us in St Thomas at the house that took 30 minutes to get to, but it sure was beautiful…and most importantly the grill worked perfect.

The first night was Will and Lisa’s first wedding anniversary. Not knowing that until our arrival, Jenny and I were excited to make it special, but we were a little unprepared. We made a baked brie in puff pastry and cut out the number one and baked it on top. To keep with the theme, we made cupcakes with a number one on them as well. The menu included Caesar Salad and crab mashed potatoes with grilled beef tenderloin and sautéed corn.

Other food highlights of the week:
Panko crusted grouper
Homemade onion dip
Fajita night
Sushi at the Rtiz
Prosciutto wrapped asparagus
Burger night
Key lime soup
Hangover crab cakes

Great people, delicious food, a beautiful view and huge iguanas…St Thomas with the Biltz family.

The night before St. Thomas (Pizza at Picco)

I love pizza, but Jenny usually advises me to avoid it. The night before we left for St. Thomas I was lucky enough to eat at a place called Picco on the South End of Boston with good friends Marc, Lisa, Jason, and my beautiful wife. It was a celebration for Jenny who had just passed her Florida Real Estate exam.

Pico is a new age rustic pizza/ice cream restaurant with this slogan: “If you don’t like your pizza crispy go somewhere else.” They create pizzas with bold ingredients and distinguishable flavors while the same goes for their home made ice cream. The beer is hand selected from small breweries around the country. They have a friendly staff that includes our waitress who immediately felt more like an old friend.  The 5 of us foodies split 3 pizzas and came close to finishing them. 

ALSATIAN our version of France’s tarte flambé sautéed onions, shallots, garlic, sour cream, bacon & gruyere

RED PEPPER, ARUGULA & GOAT CHEESE PIZZA 
chopped tomatoes, salsa verde & arugula salad tossed with aged balsamic vinaigrette

MUSHROOM SPECIAL

They came out crispy, hot, and had tons of flavor. I could tell they use the best possible ingredients and know how to utilize flavor combinations. The same goes for their ice cream.

The sampler cost $6, contained 3 delicious flavors, and was well worth it. We ordered 3 samplers that consisted of chocolate peanut butter swirl, coffee, raspberry chip, malted chip, caramel swirl, dark chocolate sorbet. When they were gone our nice waitress brought out some mini oatmeal cookies and chocolate chip marienge as a gift. 

I left Picco very, very happy, which is not always the case because I tend to be picky in restaurants. The pizza and ice cream were amazing, the service was amazing, and it was nice to catch up with old friends. I feel like it is a good value at Picco and that remains very important to me. A $5 salad is worth $5, and $6 for a variety of three whole scoops of ice cream is worth $6. 

http://www.piccorestaurant.com/about.htm

At this moment Jenny and I are in mid air half way to St Thomas for work. We are about to take the Biltz family on a culinary adventure in paradise. I will keep you posted throughout their trip.