Sunday, November 17, 2013

Work Dinner or Dinner with Work People

Work dinner at Mazzantinis in Galleria. Had "discussion" with Twist prior as to whether I had been there before. Ultimately I concluded no. I think he is still unconvinced. 
Pimms Italian. Sweet but tasty. Knocked that down in short order. The company GC was our host. Man is she a live wire! Polled table for things each cooks well and fav turkey day item.  Respect that line of questioning. She and I will get on famously I think. 

Cramer Light was with as was borrowed associate, 2 attys from office and their boss. Half the table had nuclear experience on top of your basic energy. So yeah. If you are thinking nerd fest, you would be correct. 
This is some sausage and Brussels sprouts app that someone else ordered and I basically helped myself to. Holy shit. The goodness cannot be described. Even the sprouts melted in your mouth. 
Some risotto. Very well done. My compliments chef person. Most people can't make good risotto. And by most people I mean 90% of restaurants and the general population. Yes. Of course I am in the 10%. 
Ok so this was was good but why we got it hilarious. I'll put this down as Italian amuse bouche. So the manager comes over when we are ready to order and More or less says  'you can't order now bc we are dumbshits that sat every table in this place within 10 min of each other and can't stack the kitchen'  so this lovely crostini was the peace offering I guess. I could have forgotten all about it if I'd been given say 3-5 of these rather than ONE. One just isn't fair. Ham and cheese both delictable. 

Entree was Hunters chicken which was like a fancy cacciatore. Super tasty. Good flavor.  Nice potatoes too. It was so good going down that I can prob overlook the stomach cramps and GI issues that arose the next morning. I assume the chicken was the culprit. It always is. I so rarely order it for that very reason. 
No one else had anything worth mentioning. Plus I forgot anyway. I saw some fish at the table though.  

Dessert was a honey panna cotta. Again, holy shit! The tastiness was a surprise. Very delicate and nicely done. 

Grabbed a cab back to The Woo. Cramer made sure one arrived for me before he left. What a nice boss, huh? 

Def recommend Mazzantinis and give it a 4   


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