I won a gift card to The Ringside Steakhouse from my friendย Marlynn over at Urban Bliss Life as part of her holiday giveaway series ( I wasย so excited because I rarely win anything )! ย Wayne and I decided since the holidays wereย already a time of chaos and over commitment that we would hold on to the giftย card until February, and use it as our Valentineโs celebration.
We unpacked our bags, as well as a bottle of wine. Weย relaxed until about 6:30, then got ready and headed down for the happy hourย where I sampled their sangria before catching a cab for our reservations atย 8:00 pm.
Iโve sampled some of The Ringsideโs food at various events,ย but hadn’t ever experienced dinner at the restaurant before โ I did know threeย items I had to eat though โ their famous onion rings, butternut squash soup,ย and a filet mignon.
Their onion rings were unlike any other I had tasted before โย they practically melted in your mouth! I already knew the butternut squash soupย was delicious, and thatโs why I opted for that instead of a salad. I also triedย a cocktail named โThe Spiritโ โwhich included vodka, muddled strawberries andย lime. I would have had ordered another one if we hadn’t ordered a bottle ofย wine with dinner.
Wayne ordered the nightโs special โ anย 8 ozย filet mignon dryย cured for 28 days, served with mashedย potatoes and Brussel sprouts. He decidedย to add a lobster tail on as wellโฆcan you believe with all of the food events we’veย attended over the past couple of years that neither of us had tried lobsterย before?!
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So how did you like your lobster experience? Oh, and the closest I ever got to Cognac…that was the name of Mom and Dad's poodle when I was younger! LOL It sounds and looks like you two had a wonderful time. So glad to hear that you got to get out and have a little fun, even if part of it was sleeping! LOL I hope you get to go out again soon, you always have such great blogs! ๐
Well, the lobster wasn't bad, but I'm not completely convinced that it lives up to all of the hype. Let's say I would definitely order it over most other seafood simply because it's not 'fishy' ๐
I'm sure there will be more exciting events in the future….I've always got some fun event to attend up my sleeve ๐
What an awesome date night! I have always wanted to visit Portland! Hopefully I will someday. Thank you for sharing this at the #SmallVictoriesSundayLinkup!