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| - it's restaurant week in phoenix, and some friends invited me to join them at ocean prime. since i LOVE fresh seafood, i was looking forward to checking this place out. the atmosphere was very upscale, lots of tables, all in all an enjoyable decor. outside dining is also available. my 3 friends all took advantage of the 40 dollar menu. among the choice were a house or caeser salad, crab crusted tilapia, petite filet mignon, and ginger salmon. tilapia is a farmed fish, salmon has become quite pedestrian and has never been a favorite and i do not order steak at a seafood place. the waitress did mention the special. and i turned out to be my favorite fish, alaskan halibut, with crabmeat and asparagus. but the fish was the price of the whole deal my friends were getting., 40 bux. but you only live once and i ordered the dish, after finishing patti's caeser salad. i also opted for the gigantic shrimp coctail. 3 shrimp but they were enourmous and perfectly cooked with a very nice spicy horseradish based sauce. also enjoyed a cocktail with berries that was delicious if again a bit pricy at 14 bux. i almost skipped dessert,..the other three had to have creme brulee, which is almost like tiramasu, in that it is the stereotypical dessert. had my share of both by the time the millenium began. so i had a peanut butter mouse with dark chocolate ganache. it was too sweet for me, but i can see where others, especially reeses peanut butter cup freaks, would love it. check with tip came out to 130 dollars...a bit steep, cosidering my friends paid a whole lot less. but this is one of the better seafood places in town...and if someone wants to take me out, i will gladly go back.. lol.
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