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| - D and I were craving a steak dinner the other night, so we did some searching to see what Airdrie has to offer with decent reviews. We thought we'd give this place a try and it's a touch old fashioned but they kept their food tasty.
We started out sharing a zucchini sticks plate. The zucchini itself was fresh, not too juicy so they didn't drip everywhere like you get with White Spot back in BC, and the batter was crisp and well seasoned. The tzatziki dip was really good on its own, high quality thick dip with lots of cucumber bits, but it was not the right dip for zucchini. A fresh ranch would have been a better complimentary flavour for the zucchini and batter seasoning.
For the main course we each had an 8oz New York with a soup to start for him and salad for me. He had the Potato Bacon soup which was supposedly absolutely delicious, and my salad was a simple lettuce and tomato salad with thousand island dressing. The dressing came in a little take-out cup which was strange and i felt bad using something that would just go in the garbage rather than being washable, but the dressing itself was great.
The steaks were cooked just right, medium rare so the thin cuts were still nicely pink in the middle. The flavour was great with light seasoning and a rich buttery coating that was delicious. The vegetables were perfectly steamed carrots and broccoli coated in hollandaise. That was a pleasant surprise as we both love all three of those especially when put together. For the final side I had the stuffed potato and he had the rice. The rice was simple, with a few vegetables thrown in, and looked pretty good but I think I had the better side with the potato. The stuffed potato was delicious with cheese, herbs and bacon bits in it. The splatter of dried parsley around the outside of the plates is a bit dated and should probably be ditched as it's more messy than attractive now. A clean edged plate would be nicer, and it doesn't add anything to the meal.
All in all the food was tasty and we while we're staying in Airdrie we will probably go back.
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