Warning: Post May Contain Hunger-Inducing Images
by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on June 26, 2009
in beef,dinner out
You may have noticed that I skipped posting yesterday… Adam and I went out with a bunch of my camp friends to a local minor league baseball game and then to a friends’ house, and by the time we got back, it was WAY past my bedtime! So, thanks for coming back!
After one of the hottest weeks I can remember in my ten years at camp, all I wanted to do tonight was to go out for a great meal that SOMEONE ELSE COOKED! Ever have those nights?? I was debating back and forth in my own head as to where I wanted to go. Did I want Thai food? Nah… Sushi? Yes, but I really wanted something COOKED. Then it hit me. I wanted chopped salad and steak. Yup, that was it. Chopped salad and steak from Wildfire.
We have been to Wildfire bunches of times, most recently for Adam’s birthday. For some reason, their chopped salad is the. best. ever. I’ve tried to replicate it and it never works. So, I decided to get us reservations at Wildfire for dinner tonight, and treat Adam and I to a great meal out. When we pulled up, we noticed something we’d never seen before: outdoor seating! The weather finally broke a bit, and it was a perfect 68 breezy degrees, and what could make a great meal greater? Eating outside, in this beautiful patio:
After being seated, I promptly decided that I needed one of these mango-tinis: a martini made with orange vodka, mango puree, mango liqueur and juice of some sort. SO GOOD!
The rumbling in my stomach was quickly calmed by some of each of these beautiful breads. The lighter one was onion and the darker one was a dark rye with raisins:
Choosing our appetizer was easy: Chopped Salad! The salad contains lettuce, tomato, bacon, bleu cheese, crispy wontons, corn, avocado, wood-roasted chicken, and a mango vinaigrette that I enjoyed fork-dip style. The remaining salad after we were served was placed on a very cool stand.
As my entree, I decided on my favorite steak to eat at a restaurant: filet mignon. This one is truly special though! It was topped with a horseradish crust and wrapped with a piece of bacon. Seriously delicious!
This came with a side of a barbecue-rubbed sweet potato. (Excuse the next couple of pictures… my camera battery died, and I was left with my phone!)
We had noticed on the specials menu that the dessert of the month was Door County Cherry Pie. Door County is a region in northern Wisconsin that is famous for its tart cherries, and of course, the pies made from them. We couldn’t turn down SOME of the pie… so we shared half a slice. It was perfectly baked, crispy, and had delicious tart cherries inside. It didn’t need the ice cream, but it was a nice addition.
We left the restaurant full, but both stomach-satisfied and emotionally satisfied. After being so drained for so many days, I needed a nice night out. You may be wondering how camp is going… I’ll let this picture tell the story:
Yes that’s me, kissing a fat-tailed gecko.
It’s past my bedtime again, so I’ll leave you with this: Mara, I think its funny that when I mix my yellow snow cone with my green snow cone it turns blue, but it doesn’t taste like a blue snow cone!
Four year olds are FUN!!!
Make sure to come back tomorrow for Cute Food Saturday! It’s the 17th installment!!
Happy weekend all!
Tagged as:
beef,
dinner out
{ 13 comments… read them below or add one }
Looks like you had a great night! Now I want a filet mignon
Enjoy camp!
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Dinner looks absolutely perfect from start to finish! Reminds me of my very favorite meal out. good thing my birthday is soon!
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Enjoy your MUCH deserved weekend! Bet you don’t want to come babysit, do you?
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Your dinner looks absolutely lovely and yes, I am getting a bit hungry now after seeing all that goodness! I totally love the photo of you kissing that gecko and those kids poking through behind… and only one actually looking like ‘what the hell is she doing there?’
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Nom nom nom! I love chopped salad! Glad you enjoyed such a special meal. It’s so nice to be able to do that once in awhile!
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OMG after a long day at camp all i want is a delicious meal cooked NOT by me
That sounds so fun!
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Dinner looks perfect! You sooooo deserved a nice night out… Have a wonderful weekend!
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Darn, I was warned, and still I had to look. Wow, that’s some meal.
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Hunger inducing indeed!! Looks like a wonderful meal. And your right, 4 year olds are a blast!!
.-= Melissa´s last blog ..A Fun Day =-.
Your dinner looks amazing! I’ve never heard of a Wildfire restaurant! If I’m ever near one I’ll definitely check it out.
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If I have a real craving for steak, I always order it from a restaurant. I’m so not skilled in cooking a good medium rare steak, so I figure it’s better to splurge and know that I’m getting it made how I want it. And fillet mignon – classy! Love that martini as well.
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Wow, that steak looks amazing! I love Wildfire’s burgers – so flavorful!
Okay each of our teams one – today is the tie breaker!! Go Sox
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how cute are you in that last photo (she types dreaming of a filet).
LOVE IT.
hope you had a good weekend.. it was a great great family one around here.
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