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| - Oh my, oh my! The Fig Tree certainly exceeds all the hype! My new favorite restaurant, hands down!
We usually don't have too much of a notice when it comes to a date night. When I do check that certain reservation web site, The Fig Tree never seems to have an opening around the time slot we are looking in. So when we were told that we would have a babysitter for this past Saturday, it was the first restaurant I checked and jackpot! Thank you Restaurant Week for getting people away from this gem of a restaurant!
We were greeted by a lovely hostess that gave us the option of seating inside or taking the last seat on the verandah. Luckily it was a beautiful evening and the humidity was low because the verandah was perfect! We were promptly served with ice cold water and our wonderful server, Ivy. Since it was our first time, she took her time to go over the menu and gave us her own personal recommendations, which were wonderful!
We started off with two appetizers, the much talked about escargot and the stuffed calamari. The escargot was light and tender and the sauce it comes in was different and delightful! Ivy made sure to give us extra bread because she knew we wouldn't be able to resist sopping up the remainder of the sauce! The stuffed calamari was an awesome surprise, different than the usual fried kind, in a good way! It was a tube of calamari stuffed with chorizo and atop a tomato purée. Excellent!
You get a salad along with your main course and you have the option of upgrading it to either a Caesar or spinach salad. We choose to upgrade to the Caesar and at the recommendation of our server we choose to add fried calamari to it. Never really thought of that before but it was amazing! It comes with a LOT of calamari. Well worth the $3 up charge!
For the main course we ordered the grouper and lobster, and the filet. If you are looking into this restaurant, I'm sure you've seen the menu online so I don't need to go into detail. They were both some of the best dishes I've had, and would order them again in a heartbeat! If I had to choose my favorite, it would be the filet by a slight margin. It was the most melt in your mouth tender steak I've ever had! I'm a NY Strip person but I would get this every time!
Dessert...so many choices!! My husband ordered the coconut panna cotta and I couldn't resist the beignets! Both amazing!! I also ordered their French press coffee, and it was the smoothest coffee I've ever drank!
Needless to say, this was the best meal I've had out since I could remember. Thank you to Ivy and The Fig Tree! We will be seeing you again!
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