Thursday, April 22, 2010

Vietnamese and Steak in Texas

I was in Dallas Sun-Tuesday this week for work and had two great meals while I was there. I got in late Sunday night and settled for a couple of glasses of wine and french fries at the bar at Hotel Zaza. The people watching there was food enough! Then on Monday a co-worker recommended a Vietnamese restaurant called - Vietnam. A group of 10 of us went there and had a wonderful Vietnamese meal. I had the vermicelli with grilled chicken. I love Vietnamerse food because of how fresh it is. This did not disappoint me. It was served with cilantro, lettuce, basil, and with some Siracha sause on it was a steal for $8! I will definitely go back next time I am in Dallas.

Monday night we went to Nick and Anthony's for dinner. We were with a co-worker who is a big meat eater, so we decided to go for steak. We chose Nick and Anthony's after I found it on this website: http://www.wherethelocalseat.com/ a great resource for when you are traveling. The restaurant was dark and played Sinatra - a quintessential steakhouse. I loved it! I ordered the cold seafood special which was raw oysters, clams, crab meat, and two giant shrimp. It was served steaming cold on a bed of ice with 4 (yes, 4) sauces to accompany them. Very tasty and fresh. I opted out of a salad, and orderd the ribeye and grilled asparagus. Both were done to perfection. The steak was cooked to medium rare and seasoned perfectly. I had two glasses of wine with dinner. The server brought out caviar pre-dinner for the group and a glass of port post dinner on the house for us. Very nice touch. My dinner came to about $110 including tip. Very excellent meal.

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