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Saturday, January 31, 2009

Ambrosia, it just keeps getting better

This is the second part to my post about Ambrosia Restaurant *here.

after enjoying the salad, shrimp and French Onion soup, I ordered the lamb chops- creature of habit that I am, I was re-creating my previous wonderful dinner here.

see...it's fancy food

I had a moment of panic, when the salad arrived- because I suddenly could not remember what to do with all of the silver-ware on the table.

yesiree, me and jim-bob don't get out to these fancy eatery's much...
Think Jen, think...do you start at the outside of the dinnerware and work your way in..or do you start at the inside and work your way out?

It worked itself out, because everyone
at the restaurant is very gracious....

Here is my dessert, Creme brulee with raspberries. You know it had to be good, I usually only order chocolate... This was soooo worth every bite.

Philippe is a true artist when it comes to his cooking, here he is putting the flourishing touches on Sky's banana flambee.

Did I tell you that he is French? And he speaks with a French accent? The whole time he was cooking for us, I could hear the song "Be our guests" running in my head...it was just like that, the hospitality, I mean..not the dancing dishes...

His cooking was such a treat, you had to break out in wild applause as he finished. Did I mention that the bananas, after he flambeed them in I don't know what (but is was yummy)-were then placed on top of hand-made Madagascar-vanilla-bean ice-cream? I may never eat a plain ole banana again.

I bet I can talk Sky into going back just for dessert...

posted at 8:52 PM
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10 Comments:

At 8:50 AM, Starlene said...: MMMMM, MMMMMM, MMMMMMM doesn't even begin to cover it. I'm glad you got such a wonderful dining experience! You deserved every last mouthwatering bite plus more, birthday or no birthday.
At 10:31 AM, Blessed Mommy said...: YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM. No, not clear enough, YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!.
Many Blessings.
At 2:50 AM, The Singapore Gooseman said...: I am so jealous!! Thanks for introducing this fabulous restaurant to us - NOW PACK IT UP AND SHIP IT TO SINGAPORE OR ELSE!!! :)

Eric Arel
At 8:26 AM, Anonymous said...: The really fancy restaurants we go too never present a silverware dilemma...they offer sporks.

DAD
At 6:01 PM, Anonymous said...: Wow, that looks amazing. I don't even want to know how much it costs before I ask Bill to take me there. :) Did you feel a little conspicuous with your big ole Nikon whipped out at every course?
At 9:04 AM, Hen Jen said...: Gooseman,

I'd get on a plane and bring you guys some, but I don't think it would be the same after 20hrs. of travel.

I think you and Starlene will just have to come visit the states and go with us to Ambrosia one night.

Dad,

not the evil sporks!!
At 9:06 AM, Hen Jen said...: Allison,

it's not terribly expensive...my pork chops were around 32$ I think. Our problem is that the food is so good that we each want an appetizer, a salad, an entree and a dessert. Usually, when we go out for date night, we only get an entree and we share it..no appetizer, no dessert,..so this meal does add up at the end.

it is really great, you and Bill should go one night. They are going to be having a Wine thing on Wednesdays I heard, if you guys are into good wine.
At 9:09 AM, Hen Jen said...: Allison,

yes, I felt like a big dork lugging the nikon around in the restaurant. It helped that we know Philippe, and that we got there early for dinner, at 6...it wasn't crowded yet.

I felt like a dork, but I knew I would be glad to have the photos. And we gave a disk with the photos to Philippe so he could send some to his mother in France, he really liked them. So, I felt like the effort and being a weirdo was worth it.
At 9:10 AM, Hen Jen said...: oh shoot me, the chops were lamb..not pork.

I am so uncouth...
At 10:53 PM, Jenileigh said...: mmmmm that looks divine!

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