I redeemed another birthday perk last night. We went to dinner at J. Gilbert's. Weird to go on a Wednesday night, yeah? Well, we had planned for this weekend, but we got word that we'll have the step son this weekend. So that threw all our plans out the window. I didn't want to wait for next month even though there really was no hurry because there was no expiration date on the offer. Most places make you come in during your birthday month.
We first went to J. Gilberts maybe a year ago. It was good food and great service, but we've noticed that the service has been incredible lacking in the last few visits. After this last visit, I think we need to find another restaurant to go to for special occasions. Anyway, on to the food.
The hubster had the Mixed Grill which is a 4 oz fillet mignon, grilled chicken breast with mango salsa, and BBQ shrimp with chipotle cheddar mash. He seemed to really enjoy it as he only left all of his vegetables (typical) and one bite of chicken. He usually gets the fillet and shrimp combo, but I pointed out this to him. For two extra bucks, why not get some chicken too? I started out with the Tortilla Chicken soup. I usually go with the Crab Bisque, but I think I wanted something lighter. This isn't like your normal Tortilla Soup. This is a more brothy soup rather than cream based soup. It's so flavorful and the scoop of guacamole is just the icing on the cake for this soup. It really is good. For my entree, I got the fillet mignon trio which is what I got the first time we went to J. Gilberts. It was just as good as the first time. It's three fillet medallions each topped with something different: mushrooms, blue cheese, and bearnaise. I don't like blue cheese except to dip hot wings in, so I opted for two mushrooms. The mushrooms were a little salty for my liking, but still palatable. I only finished half of the bearnaise and three quarters of the one of the mushrooms. WTF, 4 yeas ago I probably could have scarfed the whole thing down. But alas, the life changes I made aka diet/eating habits have been solidified. Oh well, that just means leftover for dinner tonight!
On a side note, I did get to wear my new dress from Banana Republic that I blogged about 2 weeks ago. I bought new tights from Target ($5!) and wore my Christan Dior booties. I have to say it's definitely a no eating dress. I had to unzip the side for the car ride home.
Overall, not bad for a belated Wednesday night birthday dinner.
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