NYC Trip 2007- Sunday, July 15th: Mesa Grill!!

After the ballgame we cleaned ourselves up and headed out to our super-fancy restaurant for the trip: Mesa Grill. Mesa Grill is a Bobby Flay restaurant, who, if you watch much of the Food Network on TV is a pretty well known chef. He has 3 restaurants in New York, plus restaurants in Atlantic City, Las Vegas, and the Bahamas.

Both Sam and I agree that dinner at Mesa Grill might have been the highlight of the trip. The food was spectacular (yes...that was just bold and italicized). I'm not much of a food connoisseur, but it was sooo good. Sam got the Sixteen Spice Crusted Chicken (with roasted garlic mango sauce- see the first pic), Jamie the Spice Rubbed New York Strip Steak (with house-made MESA steak sauce), and Jamie and I both got the Ancho-Chile Honey Glazed Salmon (with a spicy black bean sauce, tomatilla salsa, and roasted jalapeno crema- see the second pic).

Instead of ordering an appetizer before the meal, we decided it to each order one of the side dishes and share it with everybody. So in addition we each tried the Blue Corn Tamale with Basil Butter, Anaheim Chile Relleno filled with White Cheddar Cheese and Black Beans and Rice, and Southwestern Fries. Jamie (male) ordered the Smoked Chile Collard Greens, which he enjoyed all to himself.

Bobby Flay is well known for his cocktails, so we tried the White Peach and Cactus Pear Margaritas, which were quite tasty (and strong- but a tasty strong). The picture is of the bar at the restaurant.

For dessert, we noticed the table next to us were delivered two large "dessert boats" (as we called them), with 3 different desserts on each. We decided that the dessert boats looked like a great option, since we'd each get to sample 6 different desserts.

The dessert boats after we were done with them.

It was the most expensive meal I've ever eaten, but it was also probably one of the best, if not the best. It was our anniversary in New York- we were supposed to splurge (right Meika?).

The outside of Mesa Grill. Jamie is commenting on its tasty-ness...

We walked to Saint's Alp Teahouse (known as the "Starbucks of Taiwan") for some bubble tea. It was pretty good! We all decided that we liked our Ann Arbor Bubble Island tea better, even if this is probably more "authentic."

Here we are with our drinks. Bubbles are yummy!