capital grille

At work, one of my clients is the Capital Grille, which is a really nice steak house. So, since they are one of my accounts, I get to eat there a lot (for free). It's gotten to the point where I am kind of sick of their lunch menu. Ususally we start off with their calamari, which is served with hot peppers. It's so good I even eat the tentacle parts. I get a steak salad or a cheeseburger with creamed spinach. And then Jasmine Tea for dessert and sometimes with the berries with cream or creme brulee. The first time I ever ate there I had this one tenderloin salad, which was the special, and was served spicy, it was my favorite. Since then, they have stopped making that salad! Everytime I go for lunch I hope for it, but I think I am out of luck. It's gotten to the point that I go there so much, that the waiters know who I am and know what I like to order. haha.

The dinner menu is so good. I've gone there just a couple of times for dinner, but man, those steaks at dinner time are mean! And they have these crab cakes to die for. I've also had the oysters, which is the first time I've ever had raw oysters, and that says a lot! Plus dinner is usually served with several very nice bottles of wine and cocktails.

Today I had something different. Of course we started out with calamari. Then I began to order the steak salad but I had the waitress, whom I am buddies with (only because I knew her before she worked there), change my order to the chicken sandwich. It was good, it was just grilled chicken on a hamburger bun, roasted red pepper, spinach and some sort of mayonaise based sauce. Of course I had a side of creamed spinach. Yum. And for dessert today, I got White Chocolate Mousse with berries on top, SO GOOD! Of course, I had jasmine tea.

On a side note - I did not have coffee this morning and ended up with a headache for most of the afternoon. Here is my theory on coffee - anything you can be addicted to, can't be good for you. I am torn whether or not to scale back (not give up) my coffee intake. I have also been eating smaller meals and more often, I feel like i'm constantly eating but I know I eat less than I usually do which is good.

--RD