My wife and daughter joined me for lunch at Aab indian restaurant on sawmill road in Columbus. See I didn't just eat all day I paused to take this photo!
I didn't do a close up of my plate instead since I tried everything on the buffet I took a picture of it.
Did I make you hungry I did me. It was all very tasty though the pakora did not live up to several I have had including a wonderful one my daughter brought back from a skilled lady in san francisco.
So it was back home to get the rest of the gang. My other daughter and my son and his girlfriend.
Then back to Columbus where we had reservations at J.Alexanders.
To begin at a restaurant you are asked what you would like to drink for me other than the standard water (which our waitress did a fantastic job in keeping full) I decided to have a two hearted ale a very full flavoured beer for a day full of flavour. with my meal I requested the sweetest white wine they had. Yes I know red wine with red meat. Truth is i do not care for convention i care about taste, and i like the taste of sweet white the wine i had was not majorly sweet but close enough to be very palatable.
According to the menu this is "shrimp Louie Salad
Georgia white shrimp, avocado and diced tomatoes finished with Kiawah Island dressing" To me it was a tasty pile of shrimp with lettuce avocado and dressing with a hint of tomatoes that to be honest I hardly noticed. The plume of radicchio lettuce on top was my least favourite bit. Still it looked pretty and was really jut a garnish.
The next and most important or main part of the meal was of course the Prime rib cooked a very nice medium rare, the way steak should be. Served with au jus and mashed potatoes. At my request Bearnaise was added to the mix. The au jus was ok though I have had better. Bearnaise was good and the Prime rib itself delicious Tender flavourful with areas of fat as it should be. The mashed potatoes however had a problem so often the case in restaurants it was over peppered. Why with perfectly good grinders and or shakers do restaurants insist on over peppering or over salting food especially mashed potatoes? We can add more if needed. It definitely was not .
The majority of our party was of course vegetarian. I am usually the odd one out being the only meat eater. On my birthday my family endulge me by saying I can go anywhere. I still prefer to go somewhere with something they can eat Tonight was tough though. I wanted prime rib on a tuesday most places that do prime rib do it on a friday and saturday The selection for my vegetarian family was extremely limited salad which they passed on vegetarian burgers as you can see to the right came with ridiculously thin fries (give me a plate of chips anyday). The burger was from what I could tell from the piece my wife gave me not bad (though no prime rib).
We made enquires about some items such as Mexico City Spinach con Queso - Served with warm tortilla chips (it was made with chicken broth).
All the Sushi was made with one form of meat or another. We asked if it could be made without meat our waitress started to give away the fact that it was pre-made and covered by saying that it was designed a certain way. People of the world wake up most chains use pre-made and frozen items. It is what makes it possible for McDonald's or upscale restaurants to offer the same experience to you in Alabama as you got in Texas. Pay the price accept you are getting frozen and pre-made or eat at those hard to find family owned restaurants that still make most items fresh and on the premises (they are very hard to find these days but if you find one share it with the world and help keep it in business.
I don't know what you like to do to celebrate a birthday but to me the above was a great way to celebrate. So until I eat again I bid you peace!
