dining out

[low_delta]

We went out to eat tonight. I figured we were overdue for that, and besides, we didn't have any food in the house. While waiting for a table, I had a glass of wine on an empty stomach. I was feeling it before I had even finished it.

Also, while waiting, I noticed that a couple who had just arrived at the bar, only had one stool. I didn't really feel like sitting, so I had Cyn move down to my stool, and then the couple next to her moved down to let the guy sit. I think the guy bought them each a drink in thanks. As they left for their table, they said it was we who allowed them the stool. The guy indicated he buy us glasses of wine too. And when he left, he pantomimed a "thank you" to us.

He and his companion left because they "had an idea." I don't know if this was code for, "we're going out to the back seat of our car," or whether they'd had a moneymaking idea. I got the feeling that the guy had just come into some money and was out celebrating. Or maybe they had an idea for how to get a table quicker somewhere else.

So when we left for out table, the bartender told us he had indeed bought us drinks. And the waitress said the same thing. So we had better wine the second time around. Two glasses of wine left us with a nice little buzz for grocery shopping. Anyway, the point is...

I had ribs. I had been thinking of ribs earlier, and didn't expect to find them at The Farmstead. So I couldn't resist a half rack of ribs on a bed of sauteed onions, covered with bleu cheese and roasted pecans. Interesting creation. Who thinks of these things? Reading the description, I didn't think it would have sauce, but it did have a vinegary red barbecue sauce. It was very good, but how did anyone think to put these things together? The pecans and cheese went particularly well together. The only thing I was disappointed in were the ribs themselves. Not the most tender, and had a few ugly chunks of fat. Funny, that bleu cheese is not my favorite cheese, and pecans are not my favorite nut, and the vinegary kind is not my favorite sauce, but it was a good dish.

Comments

[northernsnokat.livejournal.com]

When you described bleu cheese with a vinegary sauce I thought yuk! Bleu cheese is not my favorite cheese at all. Glad it was good! Ribs are always iffy at restaurants.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Ribs are always iffy at restaurants.

Not if you know the right restaurants! ;-) I know of one, but I haven't been there in a few years.

[northernsnokat.livejournal.com]

That is true though I have gone to restaurants where people say the ribs are good and my taste must be different than theirs.

What restaurant were you thinking of?

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Jerry's Old Town, in Germantown. Everyone raves about Saz's, in Milwaukee. I didn't think they were all that, but they're pretty good.

[raven-nest.livejournal.com]

I don't know why, but pecans are a NATURAL with meat down here... and it is almost always great. I have not had it with ribs it is true.. but it is also true that I don't "csre for" ribs.

I am glad you enjoyed!

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

The bleu cheese and pecan was the best and most surprising combination.

[raven-nest.livejournal.com]

Pecan encrusted chicken is a standard in restaurants, as is just about any kind of fish you can imagine crusted with them.

I personally put toasted (I buy them raw, then toast them in a bit of olive oil) cashews in my chicken stir fry. It really does make the dish.

[lacachet.livejournal.com]

Have you ever watched "Top Chef", on the Bravo channel? They put together some amazing dishes, stuff I wouldn't be able to do in a million years, much less in the short time they have to cook. I do make a Lemon Pecan Porkchop, that's pretty good though----

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Lemon pecan sounds pretty good.