Two Year Aniversary!

My how time flies when you are madly in love! I can hardly believe it y'all but as of this past friday Pizza and I have been together for two years. And living together for almost as long. Crazy! I know! As you may already know, we had been planning to go to Chuck Hughs' restaurant in the old port but when we called for a reservation it was already booked for the whole week so we had choose somewhere else to go. We chose to go to a Tapas restaurant up on Mont-Royal called Nuevo. This place was really nice. The inside is lit up with bright colorful lights around the bar. They had tables set up on the sidewalk so we sat outside because the weather was nice enough. We had never been to a tapas restaurant before so we weren't really sure how we should be ordering, but the waiter was really nice to us and explained we should order about 4-5 things to share between us. We took a couple of minutes to look at the menu and decided on 4 choices + an appetizer. We chose the artichoke dip with tortilla chips as the appetizer, the risotto of the day (which ended up being spinach and red pepper), the eggplant and tomato gratin, fried calamari with diablo sauce and the crab and smoked salmon croquettes with garlic saffron aïoli.
The artichoke dip was good. It had a very cheesy taste like Parmesan and cheddar mixed in and the tortilla chips were clearly "homemade", taking tortillas, cutting them into wedges and baking them which was a really nice touch. I approve!
The risotto unfortunately was not as good. It was not so much creamy... more like dry and gummy. Kinda like it had been sitting under a heat lamp for a while or microwaved when we ordered it. Sad really because it was also rather tasteless and we both agree we would not be ordering that again. (my risotto from a couple weeks ago was better hihi)
Sadly the eggplant and tomato gratin falls under the same criticism. The cheese was congealed like it had been sitting for a long time and taste-wise was not something to write home about.
Luckily they redeemed themselves with our last two choices. The fried calamari was great. They had seasoned the breading so even if you didn't take any sauce with it you still got a bit of spiciness. It was delicious alone as well as with the diablo sauce which was nice because it is not the usual tomato sauce you get at most restaurants. Now the piece de resistance, and definitely the best thing we ordered that night, the crab and smoked salmon croquettes. These were amazingly mouthwatering! I feel like going back there and ordering only these the whole night. They were perfectly cooked, just the right amount of crispy and not too oily and the sauce complimented it wonderfully. I'm still thinking about these things!
All in all the experience was great. The food was all shared between me and Pizza, with a bottle of white wine so it was really romantic. Also the portions were relatively small so it wasn't too heavy and we didn't feel ridiculously full; Perfect since we wanted to go for ice cream after. We both agreed that we would go back but try a few different options.
After the restaurant we walked down St-Denis to Sherbrooke and got some ice cream at Koco boule the continued walking a long down to foufs and decided to go for a drink on the terrace. We got a pitcher and Started talking. After talking for a while I leaned in close and looked her in the eye. I told her I had something to say but was unsure of how to say it. I stared her for a moment and simply decided to come out and say it. I eaned in a little closer and said. "Will you marry me?" She said "yes!", kissed me and smiled. I said "I don't have to get on one knee do I?". She said no and laughed and was like "OMG we're engaged!" lol. A great end to an amazing night. <3