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It's funny sometimes how life can hand you a little break just when you need one. Of course, life slaps you in the face with a dead eel just about as often as it hands you a break, but it's still nice when that break happens. I could use a few extra bucks right now, what with moving soon and maybe missing some work in the process of helping Gary bring his stuff/car down from Springfield. Not to mention that I'm still not totally caught up from my expensive winter (new transmission, week and a half of vacation). And lo and behold, the bank calls me up and says "come play chef!" and I get some shifts this week and now I have plenty of money to move. And to buy a bunch of stuff I need, like another bookshelf and another DVD rack and new towels and soon a new computer. Awesome. Thanks, life.

So, this week at the bank we offer for your enjoyment:

Appetizer
Italian Sausage and Portabella amuse bouche

Entree choices
- Smoked Tenderloin Napoleon - grilled polenta round topped with braised arugula, grilled tomatoes, and hickory smoked tenderloin of beef, served with Oregon truffle sauce
- Lobster Ravioli - cold water lobster tail meat minced with smoked gruyere cheese and encased in homemade pasta, served with wild mushroom sauce
- El Dorado Cobb Salad - diced avocado, bacon, carrots, cucumbers and tomato with Maytag blue cheese, hardboiled eggs, and grilled chicken atop a bed of lettuce with champagne vinaigrette (spa/healthy entree)

Dessert choices
- Chocolate Molten Cake - warm, gooey-centered chocolate cake with creme anglaise and white chocolate straw
- Fresh mixed berry plate - sprinkled with Grand Marnier and powdered sugar

Good stuff. Especially the napoleon - hoo, boy, is smoked tenderloin a weakness of mine. Of course, with all this good food sitting around, for our own lunch today we were boring and made sandwiches and munched on Pringles. Go figure.