Last Friday, Gene and I ate at a seafood restaurant that is owned by a company that owns a few other local restaurants here in Cheesecake City. I started with a melon and cherry tomato salad and Gene had gazpacho. Gene’s gazpacho was better, especially because he had it two nights in a row (two different places of course), which means that I have temporarily dodged the cold soup bullet. (yay!)
Gene had surf n’ turf (except fancy, because it was served in a “bento box“). I had salmon and it was booooring. Honestly, I was still feeling crummy from a long stressful work week (like I have any other kind right?) and the sinus infection so I would have been fine with just ordering the fish tacos or something. Oh well.
I had a fancy chocolate cake for dinner and it was OK. I think Gene’s dessert may have been better. He won the night. We also decided that we should go back there for Gene’s birthday dinner so we made reservations to return in a few weeks (thanks Open Table app for Gene’s phone!).
Saturday was Mexican food with Denise and her husband. The food was good but the company was even better. I hadn’t seen Denise since March and that is waaayyyy too long! Gene and I both ordered off the regular menu but there was a ridiculous amount of food – salad, bread, chips, salsa, cheese dip, my entree, Gene’s fajitas, etc – so I will call that one a draw. Actually, I won because I got to hang out with Denise for a good 90 minutes.
Sunday was dinner with Gene’s coworker and his boyfriend. They are a lot of fun and the conversation was amusing but holy hell the food was meh. I went entirely off menu and boy was that a mistake! I had a BBQ chicken flat bread and a side of truffle fries. The fries were yummy and delicious, the flat bread was a disaster. The set menu for restaurant week had included lettuce wraps and I kicked myself for not ordering those! Oh well! I think Gene won that night too. We will probably go back to that area because there’s a restaurant next door that has mixed cheeseburgers and sushi. What the hell is not to love there? (I assume the burgers are cooked…must verify that).