MONDAY FOOD POST - NIGHT OUT WITH THE FAMILY

We got together with our son and daughter-in-law for Gregg's post birthday meal.  One of our favorite get-together restaurants is Seasons 52.  It takes us about 45 minutes to an hour to get there, depending on traffic, but definitely worth the extra drive.  We arranged to meet at the restaurant. 

We arrived first and the Maitre D let us sit down at our table.  Our son and daughter-in-law arrived within five minutes, enough time for us to get settled in our seats.  Sometimes a restaurant might ask us to wait for our company before they will seat us, but not this place.  We really appreciate that.

The food was excellent, one of the reasons we enjoy coming here.  This is our fifth or sixth time and we have had nothing but outstanding food and service.  Our waiter was a sweet young man who took care of us very well, as did other staff who brought our food to the table.  

We took photos of our meals.  The above is a collage I put together of all the photos our son took.  He likes to take artsy photos just like his Dad, and it's always fun to see what they see through a camera lens.  The three photos on the left going down are the candle on the table, dinner napkin and plate which is pretty obvious I guess, and the handle on the charcuterie board.  The three photos on the right are my cocktail, a Pomegranate Margarita Martini (delicious), Brad's cocktail, Cucumber Smash and a choice of these desserts, which after your meal is a nice small portion if you want to have dessert but only need something lighter.  There are regular sized desserts on the menu of course.

After a busy day none of us had eaten a lot.  We ordered two appetizers to share between us while waiting for our main meal.  On the left is Grilled Artichokes with Preserved Lemon Hummus, and on the right I can't remember the exact name of it but it was a crabmeat and shrimp concoction.

Gregg's meal was Caramelized Grilled Sea Scallops with roasted garlic broccolini and goat cheese risotto.  

Our daughter-in-law had Roasted Vegetable Gnocchi which came with butternut squash, spiced cauliflower, almond granola and sun-dried tomato pesto.

Our son ordered the Kona-Crusted Lamb Loin with roasted-zucchini-potato mash, roasted pepper chutney and a balsamic sauce.
A creature of habit I always order the

Wood-Grilled Boneless Rainbow Trout, which also came with the roasted garlic broccolini, along with marble potatoes and a dill-mustard sauce.  It never disappoints.

None of us were leaving without dessert but we didn't want anything too large after that wonderful meal.  Our waiter brought to our table what you see in the collage above.  I chose the Mocha Macchiato, which is a mocha and vanilla mousse, chocolate cake and caramel sauce.  These small desserts are called Mini Indulgences. 

A super celebration for the birthday boy, and a great evening with our family.  

Enjoy your week everyone, and thanks for stopping by.