Freshman-15, meet the Honeymoon-10! =d

So I remember everyone mumbling about how every freshman in college gains 15 lbs from eating poorly (or just a lot, pizza maybe?) for one of their first big experiences outside of home.

No one *ever* mentions the 10lbs you’ll gain from eating fantastic food on a honeymoon!  After all the effort of trying to lose weight to look great in the dress… we ran off to Atlantic City for a weekend of pampering and good food… Ruth’s Chris the first evening, and Buddakan the second night!

Ruth’s Chris

So first, I’ll say that I didn’t think I liked oysters.  Cooked, on the half shell, raw, didn’t matter, I am not one to eat them… I usually find them chewy.  But for thinking this is our romantic honeymoon I figured why not give them a try!  At Ruth’s Chris they have Oysters Rockefeller which is out-of-this-WORLD-good!  There’s no picture because we didn’t, and couldn’t wait.

a perfect medium-rare

This filet was phenominal.  Some people have raved about their steaks, others were ‘ho-hum’ but I’ll side with the people who were blown away!  They partially cook the steaks and they are set on a 500-deg plate to serve and it sizzles away in front of you as you start to carve into it.  Trust me, like I did, you’ll probably burn your mouth on the first few bites, the smell makes it very hard to have patience!  And don’t pre-cut your bites, when they lay down on the plate, they cook and you’ll lose your lovely red-pink center!

lovely with a filet

This wine was a perfect fit for the filet dinner!  It’s tough when you don’t recognize anything on the wine list, but there were a few good recommendations. ^_^  this one we’ll definitely look for in our next trip out to the W&S store.

our surprise dessert, complements of Ruth's Chris

Our server surprised us with this desert!  When we arrived we had mentioned that it was our honeymoon to the host who seated us, and right before she took our desert orders she arrived with this!  a very decadent chocolate cake!  Eric dove in before I could even get a picture!

to go with dessert!

And the perfect “cheers” to end our night out, some champagne on the house.  If you ever go to AC and are looking for a romantic dinner experience, go here, you’ll looove the food, and of course, the people are really nice.

 

On the early part of day 2, we walked around a little, had a great breakfast at the hotel, and decided later on to go back to get a lunch to take up to our room for a little picnic.  The weather was a little dreary with all of the rain, but we made a good time out of it!

 

Buddakan

The second night we went to Buddakan, interested in some asian food, and of course looking to be impressed again by another Steven Starr restaurant.  The appetizers were probably the best part of the whole night!  We had the chef’s choice sashimi plate, which was very good, though I don’t remember the choice of fish.  It had a light spicy sauce with scallions.

edamame ravioli

But the best thing that we had that night, by far, was the edamame ravioli!  Oh-my-god it was good.  (we went back on our last afternoon just to get just the ravioli for lunch!)

honor and serenity cocktails, and sake, of course!

Our drinks were great, had a few cocktails… the warm sake was sooo good.

butter poached lobster and wasabi crusted filet

And our entrees!  I got the butter poached lobster with veggies, and Eric got the wasabi crusted filet.  Both were very good, but sadly, unlike their descriptions, not very “wow.”

 

Eric’s dessert of choice was the cheesecake.  It was tasty, had and had some interesting fried toppings… but not as good as:

 

cream-filled doughnuts with banana/redbean and chocolate dipping sauce

 

… these doughnuts! Their signature dessert for a good reason!  Sadly it’s hard to share they give you 5!  What a shame ^_~  more for me!  The dipping sauces are both good, but the red bean/banana sauce is heaven!

 

Okay, so maybe we didn’t gain a whole 10 lbs, but it felt like it at times!  All the food was excellent, and what I wouldn’t give to eat like that more often! ha… Guess I need to bribe a few chefs to give me these recipes! ^_^

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