In the heat of the summer, I sure am keeping you folks reading.
I would normally not post twice about the same meal, but this year we took Samuel along to MORTON's of Georgetown last night for their summer special. Each year, I get a couple of coupons in the mail for this deal which is a real steal at $99 per couple (excluding alcohol): That ubiquitous loaf of ONION BREAD which was nary as fresh as the one we had last year at the Connecticut Ave, NW location of Morton's. Choice of Salad (we went with CEASAR which is a superbly dressed salad, but the croutons are a bore)
The entree consisting of your choice of SURF along with TURF: We BOTH opted for the CRABCAKES which indeed were LUMPY and tasty and had oh so little filler, served with a slightly tangy lemony sauce that I loved instead of the traditionally awful tartare sauce! The TURF was a good size FILET MIGNON perfectly cooked and easily big enough to give a chunk of to Samuel without cutting myself short.
Samuel loves most meats and fish (not shellfish at all!) and it took a lot of coaxing to get the first bite of steak into his mouth. Once it was in, he said "yummy" several times.
The TWO sides of GRILLED JUMBO ASPARAGUS with Balsamic Glaze (which Samuel chose and enjoyed very much) and the FRENCH FRIES...which we knew we would ALL love--and they were excellent.
The BEARNAISE Sauce for the filets was nice.
I started with a fun THYME LEMON DROP, a yummy concoction of Absolut Citron, Limoncello, Simple Syrup, Lemon Juice and Thyme which was quite tasty and quite large in a big martini glass. Will had a glass of bone dry tart ALBARINO from Martin Codex 2006 (Rias Baixas, Spain).
Our bottle of wine was an excellent recommendation by the manager of "THE ZIN" 2005 from COSENTINO in Lodi, California which had a caramelly essence (very similar to the Tofanelli Vineyard zins) and lots of body and was brilliant with the filets.
The $99 deal also comes with a choice of dessert, we both had the huge piece of pretty good KEY LIME PIE (way overloaded with whipped cream, which I just pushed off to the side!).
Samuel had a scoop of Raspberry Sorbet and we all had a great deal!
