Restaurant Week Reviews

[amykragan]

Anybody have reports?

So far I've tried Jeffrey's, Truluck's Arboretum and Driskill will be tonight.

Jeffrey's- the amuse bouche was one of the most creative I've seen in a while. It was a fried soup. Basically it was a perfectly round (think whopper sized hushpuppy) that was coated in panko and then filled with a creamy coconut soup.

For my appetizer I had the bone marrow which was 3 nice sized pieces with dipping sauce. Very succulent and tender.

Ladies entree was the halibut cheeks which was a generous portion. The men had the short ribs which was a much smaller portion but fall of the bone tender.

We tried all of their desserts-the chocolate cake, the lemon dumplings and the hit of the whole evening- Inverted coke float with pineapple fries.

A glass of vanilla cream with a frozen ball of cola in the middle. Tempura fried pineapple sticks (fries) with 3 dipping sauces, coconut curry, cinnamon & something & caramel.

We fought over that one!

Service was very attentive and we had a great time.

Truluck's
We hit the bar first to take advantage of the half priced tuna tartare tower (which wasn't nearly as good as I remembered) but I really like those shrimp chips. $5 wine

Once in the dining room we had their famous stone crab claws. As good as usual, but I'm in the minority that I prefer them warmed. But I'll never pass up crab.

I had the paremesan crusted redfish ponchatrain. Amazing with creole rice & cream sauce. Huge portion (in fact having some for lunch today)

BF had the Cioppino which was also a huge portion chock full of seafood (mussels, clams, shrimp, lobster, monkfish, cod, calamari) the broth was very light and complimentary.

For dessert we had the chocolate & carrot cakes. Both huge slices (also have that for lunch today- who needs a diet)

Food was super and service was spot on.

Made the mistake of going to Truluck's on a Monday when they do the all you can eat crab claws so it was VERY noisy. But food and service were great!

Can't wait til Driskill tonight,.. guess I better stop eating lunch!

[dinaofdoom]

jeffrey's RW menu sounds great!
that was one of my whines-- that a lot of the RW menus seemed a little blah (one was serving cookies and milk for dessert).
but a marrow app and pineapple fries dessert? yes, please!