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| - My high expectations were met with disappointment. The food was just okay for me. The meal was rather forgettable, nothing really stood out enough for me me to say "I'd order this again!"
The dinner service got off on a very rough start when they refused to seat our party of 11. They refused to seat us because 1 out of 11 of us was running late. ONE person out of 11......does that even make any f'kng sense?
The 2 doctors in our party tried repeatedly to request to the servers and even the manager, but they refused and kept us waiting at the small narrow bar area for almost 45 mins. Some of us got tipsy while waiting for our tables, while most of us just got agitated for having to wait so long.
It would've been 35 min wait, but the manager seemed to be OCD or unsatisfied w/the table set-up so he made the staff move and rearrange our tables further down from the its original location. Tacking on additional wait time for us at the cramped bar.
As I said earlier, the food was alright. Nothing spectacular, nothing memorable.
CHICKEN PAIGE ($26.95):
http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/bjSC_jbrypke0l-bXXBmwQ?select=DFV2Zg8N6ZaECfizTAIddA
Scallopined/thinly cut chicken breasts lightly breaded and pan-fried in a lemon butter sauce. The menu also listed capers and sundried tomatoes cooked into the sauce, but I found cooked down regular tomatoes. No biggie. The portion size was generous and it was tasty.
FRESH FISH A LA NAGE (halibut was the fish special that night, $36.95)
The halibut filet was stuffed w/jumbo lump crab meat and served w/baby vegetables.
I didn't get a chance to take a pic of it, but I was able to steal a couple fork-fulls.
The under-seasoned halibut was unevenly cooked, some parts were dry and overcooked.
I'm not so sure if the "a la nage" or poaching part was entirely true.
Perhaps the poaching liquid or "nage" was just used to dress the fish after it's been cooked.
JUMBO LUMP CRAB CAKES (1 crab cake for $19.95):
http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/bjSC_jbrypke0l-bXXBmwQ?select=vMTQgbpbzaTeSUFUAhOp5A
Yes, you read that right. It's $19 for ONE crab cake.
The crab cake was topped off with additional crab meat and a chive buerre blanc.
For me, a good buerre blanc should be light and airy, yet rich and thick enough to coat whatever food it's drizzled on.
This sauce was darker and more orange, I've never seen any buerre blanc (means "white butter" in French cooking) that dark before. It looked very similar to the sundried tomato sauce that was in my Chicken Paige dish.
http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/bjSC_jbrypke0l-bXXBmwQ?select=DFV2Zg8N6ZaECfizTAIddA#DFV2Zg8N6ZaECfizTAIddA
BROILED PORTABELLO MUSHROOMS W/RED WINE VINAIGRETTE ($9.95):
http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/bjSC_jbrypke0l-bXXBmwQ?select=07F2D7XHPQxYjnyOYYg6zw
Dressed w/basil oil, fresh diced tomatoes and "fresh mozzarella."
The mozzarella had no flavor and was a bit on the dry side. Some cubes crumbled very easily, almost like feta cheese.
When I see "fresh mozzarella" on the menu, I'm expecting the cheese to have a higher moisture content, resulting in a more soft to semi-soft cheese. This was not the case.
RAW OYSTERS (6 for $14.95):
Plump fresh oysters. 'Nuff said.
OYSTERS ROCKERFELLER (6 for $15.95):
Everyone raves about this dish, so of course we had to get a couple orders for our large party. It was okay. I got chopped herbs, bread crumbs and butter. I wasn't wowed by this dish.
FRIED OYSTERS w/malt vinegar tartar sauce (6 for $11.95):
http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/bjSC_jbrypke0l-bXXBmwQ?select=NwbMJiBs__-RuwiMIjRLLA
Out of the 3 oyster dishes, this was the one I was looking forward to. Like the raw oyster and oyster rockerfeller, these fried oysters were also plump and juicy.
The crust (although very greasy) had a nice crunch to it, but that's where the buck stops.
There's nothing more unappetizing than biting into a crunchy fried oyster, only to be disappointed when you find out that you're chewing on some RAW BATTER.
Perhaps they should go back to the basics and use deep-fryer thermometer? Just a thought.
FRESH SPINACH SALAD ($8.95):
http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/bjSC_jbrypke0l-bXXBmwQ?select=MWLoXcv3T_MXTLgqCp2Ubg
This was a favorite amongst most of us (I only got input from our side of the long table, the other half of our large party didn't mention anything about it).
This spinach salad had a mixture of chopped bacon, eggs, kalamata olives, and artichokes. That's my kind of salad! Can't go wrong with crispy bacon! The citrus vinaigrette was the perfect addition to the salty bacon and kalamata olives. I enjoyed this dish very much.
Ironic that my favorite part of the entire meal was a damn salad.....especially when I don't even like veggies. That's actually the very section that I avoid like the plague when I dine out.
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