BinomialBaker: Charleston, SC Day 3

After my run in the morning, we lounged around before heading into Charleston for our cooking class at Charleston Cooks! This place is a fantastic cooking store that also hosts demonstation and participation cooking classes. The participation classes were totally booked, but we were able to get a spot in one of the demonstration classes. It was a fabulous time! We watched Chef Marcus cook up some Shrimp and Grits and Upside Down Apple Cupcakes. Everything was fabulous and we even got a glass of wine with our food! It was so much fun. Also, I learned some fun times on how to hold a knife, how to cut an onion, and tons of fun facts about eggs and baking! It was really cool!

After our class, we walked around the Market for a bit before dinner at Slightly North of Broad. This place books up fast and if you don't have a reservation you can just forget it...however, we were able to walk in right at 5 when their bar opened and put our name in for one of the few tables they keep open for walk ins. The table we ended up at was actually the "chefs table" where you eat your dinner while watching all the action go down in the kitchen. It was pretty cool. Also, the food was fabulous! Oh my was it delicious! My dad got the tilefish (the special), my mom and I split a pear salad and flounder dish, and Zack and Bri got the gnocchi.

The Grits on the Side

Butternut Squash Custard on the Side

Following dinner, we were too full for dessert (which was hard to walk away from...) and we went to a fun bar down the street to watch the end of the Packers game. We are pretty avid Bears fans, being from Chicago, but we needed the Packers to win in order for the Bears to go to the playoffs. The bar we found was called Mac's and was a great find since it was a "midwest bar" that specialized in hosting midwest and big 10 games. It was really cool to see so many Wisconsin-ites and Chicago-ans in Charleston! Unfortunately for the Bears, the Packers lost. So, we decided to comfort ourselves with some ice cream (we were feeling less full at this point).

We drove to the Marble Slab Creamery (I even found a groupon!), which was known for some of the best ice cream in Mt. Pleasant. We had amazing creations and proceeded to feel crazy full once again. It was awesome. My dad also got ice cream, but ate it before I got a picture...Here are some of the treats we indulged in: