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My in-laws were in town and treated us for my husband's birthday. We had reservations for 5:15, and when we walked in at 5:10 we were immediately seated and met our server, Scott. He continued to give us extraordinary service all night.
For appetizers, we shared the buttered rolls that were included with the meal, as well as oysters and beet salad. We also shared a bottle of Merlot recommended by Scott, and it was excellent.
My main course was the Shetland Island braised salmon. Wow. Perfection. Along with that, I enjoyed the shared sides of mushrooms and Brussels sprouts. The thick-cut bacon with the Brussels sprouts was the real wow factor there! My 12-year-old son was quite happy with a side of macaroni and cheese (I'd love to know where the noodles come from!) and some fries. My husband rated his steak as among the best he has ever had.
Even though we were all about to explode from good food at that point, we had to share a dessert. My husband was kind enough to go with my preference off the dessert list: brioche and chocolate chip bread pudding.
This is up there with the best bread puddings I have ever had. The brioche had a wonderful texture and stayed in lovely big chunks. The top was kind of caramelized in a glorious way in addition to a drizzle of sea salt caramel, and there was a generous amount of semi-sweet chocolate chips (high quality, by the taste) throughout. A big scoop of vanilla bean ice cream topped it off. Thank goodness we were sharing that among four adults!
Steak 44 was a five-star experience in every way.
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