Eating out in Grand Rapids tends to be pretty generic. There are tons of chain restaurants, and even most of the local restaurants have fairly the same menu. James and I decided to try a new place the other night that came highly recommended for having a good menu. I was very excited to try some new food!

One of the appetizers was called “Root Chips.” I asked the waitress, and she described them as homemade potato chips (normal), sweet potato chips (little less normal), and beet chips (not normal at all). To my knowledge, I have never eaten beet, so I decided to go for it. The trio of colorful chips came with a side of warm goat cheese for dipping. While the potato chips and even the sweet potato chips were a little run-of-the-mill, the beet chips were amazing. I was surprised by how sweet they were, and all of the chips were fabulous dipped in the warm goat cheese.

I have a new found interest in beets and I can’t wait to bake up some beet chips myself. These root chips (and goat cheese dip) were certainly the best thing I ate this week!