Valentines Day

I am posting this a little late, but Farley and I went out for a great dinner for Valentine's Day. We decided to go out for restaurant week. We made reservations at a steak house in the theater district for the 17th--A.J. Maxwell's. We got all dressed up (but I forgot to take pictures!). We had a super great dinner. I had salad, ravioli with beef and chocolate lava cake. I also had a red wine, and it was a grape that I had never heard of and I can't remember the name of it now! It was a great glass of wine. Overall, my favorite part of the meal was the chocolate lava cake. Farley had the beef barley soup, a steak and the cheesecake--his meal was wonderful too!!

It was fun to go to an expensive New York Steak House, but honestly, this place starts at $50.00 per plate (when you are not getting the NYC Restaurant Week prices). I think the food at Clinkerdagger in Spokane is better. Also, I went to Smith and Wollensky in Miami Beach for a talk on Meningococcal vaccinations during my internal medicine rotation and the food there was much better than A.J. Maxwell's. There is a Smith and Wollensky in New York too, but I didn't think to check and see if they participated in restaurant week (I doubt it). I went to another supposedly amazing steak place in Miami Beach, The Forge. Like A.J. Maxwell's, I thought The Forge was good and the location, atmosphere and service was superb, but I just didn't think it was worth the price (unlike Smith and Wollensky or Clinkerdagger).

Nonetheless, Farley and I had an amazing time. It was really fun to get dressed up and go to this fancy dancy restaurant. I did find it interesting that Farley and I were better dressed than many of the rich people in the restaurant. I guess it was an exciting night out for us and for them it was just like any other day going out to dinner.