So last night we decided to go to Alan Wong's for dinner. My classmate, Dr. Janel, and her husband, Dr. Matt, gave us a gift certificate as a wedding gift so what better occasion to use it? When I made the reservations they asked if we were celebrating any special occasion. Of course, I told them we were celebrating our wedding anniversary (I was kind of hoping they would give us a free dessert or something, but no such luck) and asked if they had a dress code (gotta ask right?). They asked me to wear a dress shirt, slacks and a dress shoes and they just asked Keao to look pretty (no problem there). So we arrived at the restaurant and I thought, "so this is how the other half lives..."
When we sat down and got our menus, I figured out why they asked if we were celebrating anything special. Can you figure it out as well?
They put our names on the menu...how cool is that?
The restuarant was really nice and well set up. It was busy yet relaxed (and it was quiet enough to have a nice conversation). I always judge a restaurants service by the water test. If my glass ever gets empty then they fail the test. Alan Wong's did not fail. They kept my water full and my bread dish (they literally had a waiter walking around giving us hot rolls as soon as we finished the one we had).
The bread was great, the chili-pepper butter was better (but the company was the best)
The menu was a little overwhelming because they had so many great sounding selections. I wanted to try a little of everything, but I didn't think I could finish everything so I decided against ordering multiple items. We did, however, order an appetizer to share and then an entree each.
The Char Siu Quesadilla was the perfect blend of sweet and savory
Keao ordered the Seafood Bowl (look at the lobster, crab, shrimp, scallops and clams!)
I had the Surf 'n Turf (which included lobster bisque and a lobster tail on a the steak)
We were so stuffed we couldn't even order a dessert! It was okay though because I had a little dessert planned for later in the evening (it's not what you're thinking sickos). When Keao and I got married, we had our reception at the Officer's Club on the Marine base. But, because we had a lunch wedding reception we had to leave by 3:00pm and we never got to eat our cake (or cut or serve it). Thanks to our friends Derek and Kristie our cake (the whole cake) has been patiently sitting in our freezer waiting for the day that it would finally be eaten.
So being the traditional guy that I am, I brought the cake with us. Keao didn't want to eat it, but I kind of forced her to eat some. It is, after all, tradition.
Even after a year, it still looks delicious
Well, one year down and a lifetime to go. I'm totally looking forward to it!
3 comments:
happy anniversary scott (and keao)!!
has it been a year already? time is just flying by...(that last statement is a sign of old age..oh no! haha)
Happy Anniversary!!! I knew it was coming up but anymore I seem to always forgot what day of the month it is. That's a question they asked grandpa in the hospital to guage how with it he was and I would fail miserably I'm afraid.
Glad you guys had a good dinner. And glad you got to finally have a piece of your cake ;)
oh, that cake was disgusting. I had like 0.5 ounces on my fork. Okay, it didn't tast as horrible as I thought, it's more that I shudder at the thought that it was a year old and I put it in my mouth.
that was a great dinner. I kept thinking about it all day. Happy anniversary. sheesh, now I have to try to mention it in a blog too.
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