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Brenda, great review well worth waiting for The food all looked wonderful and the desserts oh my
I've never been to PFTS (or F&W for that matter) but my problem would be that for that price, I want to be waited on not schlepping my food around trying to find a place to sit
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I've never been to PFTS (or F&W for that matter) but my problem would be that for that price, I want to be waited on not schlepping my food around trying to find a place to sit
Ok, here is what we had at the Charleston grill; I think it was the atmosphere and having 6-7 waiters (yes, no female waitstaff here) more than the actual food choices.
Amuse bouche: this was the first time either of us had even been to a restaurant where one was offered. This was blue cheese, fennel, mystery round berry/sour thing and frissee of green salad stuff with a cracker and vinaigrette (I really did listen to the little guy, but I was actually busy smiling and nodding like I was looking forward to tasting this-not). We were not fans of the chef's offering this evening, but appreciated his efforts. I don't care for fennel or blue cheese, and now I don't care for round/berry sour things, either.
Appetizers: DH had Charleston Grill crab cake, creek shrimp, lime tomato vinaigrette that was to DIE for. We jousted over this.
I had truffled mushroom soup, which was wonderful. I don't usually care for mushrooms, but this was gooood stuff. The soup guy said as he poured the soup over the mushrooms at the table, "Everytime I pour this, it's like a little smell of heaven." This sent me into giggles as soon as he left the table.
Entrees: Dh had Prime Beef Tenderloin with baked potatoes. He declared it as better than ***. It was melt in your mouth good. I had the Sauteed Flounder with shrimp and tasso-okra corn cake. Oh, my, it was good. We shared a side of fried macaroni and cheese. Don't you just love southern food???
For dessert we shared vanilla creme brulee. We were both about to bust we were so full, but I love creme brulee and can't get it anywhere here. This was the only dish that was a little off. The sugar was a little too browned on top and the creme was a little thin, for lack of a better word. It tasted pretty good, though. I wouldn't have bothered with dessert if I had known that the pastry chef would be sending out....
a whole plate of little goodies!!!! There was a sponge cake with lemon curd and buttercream, a dark chocolate truffle, a pecan praline and two other things I can't remember because all the blood had drained from my brain to my stomach to try and digest all this food!
With this I had my now new favorite riesling--Leitz Rudesheimer Magdalenenkreuz. Sweet without being cloying and very smooth and gulpable!
So, there you have it; our first foray to a fancy restaurant!
A second (unrelated) review on the same day is like "a whole plate of little goodies" Thanks for the bonus