So, for my 40th bday the baby daddy had me choose and I chose Alan Wongs. I was set on having their ginger Onaga (since I have been trying to get back on the healthy track) but upon seeing the menu the lobster lasagna and the braised short ribs were calling my name. I could not decide.
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| I have all of my personalized menus saved. :) |
So, I took a page outta the baby daddy's book and ordered the 5 course tasting menu. In the 10 plus years I have been eating at Alan Wong's I have never done this. 1) it's too expensive, 2) it's too expensive, 3) it's too much food, 4) did I mention it's expensive?!!! LOL. I always cringe when I take the hubby out because he orders it and I always fear I will have to wash dishes so I end up ordering the cheapest thing on the menu. Once we went to Hoku's and he ordered their seafood tower as his appetizer (meaning that was 80 bucks right there and not even his meal!!!) so I ended up ordering an appetizer as my meal...anyway, back to my meal. I didn't order it just to break the baby daddy's bank. I ordered it because it was my 40th bday and I was going to indulge. I worked hard the last two years to get my body ready for 40 and it was time to celebrate!!!
While waiting I even indulged in a girly drink. It was a lychee pina colada and oooh so tasty. My first alcoholic beverage since December and when I saw that they offered the same drink alcohol free and 8 dollars cheaper I kicked myself for not reading the drink menu (it was on an Ipad) more thoroughly!
The five course tasting menu had all of my favorites and I was so excited to eat!!
Here's course 1! It's an appetizer. Two different cold soups. The one in the shot glass was spicy. The one in the martini glass was a cold tomato soup topped with fried Parmesan cheese (I am not a cheese person but it was good) and a kalua port sandwich. Yumz.
And here's baby daddy's appetizer. This is one of the best dishes here. Love love love!
Hubby's dinner. Lobster 2 ways. The Lobster Lasagna and his go-to, Butter-poached lobster. :)
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| Close up, soo pretty huh? |
Dish #4, their braised short ribs. Melt in your mouth, fall off the bone (there was no bone) with some spicy sauce. I love love love this dish!!!! Thought the little veggies it was paired with was a little random though. Not a typical AW plating in my opinion. The eggplant was tasty though. :) Next time we come back I am going to order this dish as my meal.
By the way. These dishes are tiny but it is a lot of food. I was eating half of each and giving th rest to hubby. He was full from the yummy dinner rolls that come with a super tast aioli sauce that we love.
On to course #5, my absolute all time favorite dessert, "the coconut." It's a chocolate nutty shell filled with haupia ice cream (to die for, I could eat a quart of this stuff) and topped with fresh fruit. This is the mini version. The big daddy version is de-lish!!!
My coconut and also pictured is my free bday dessert compliments of the chef. Hubby ate it, I have no clue what it was because I was consumed by the coconut!!!
Here's a close up of the dessert...we were perplexed that it said Happy Anniversary...to Aurene. Not to the both of us, lol. So I am thinking it was the 19th anniversary of my 21st birthday!
All nights at Alan Wongs ends with them giving you your personalized menu as a keepsake. :)
Dinner was yummy and I was so glad I decided on the tasting menu. It's gonna be a bitch to lose the 5 pounds I've gained in May but it's okay. Some times you just gotta live a little then work a little harder. I am committed. :)
And just like that...I am a middle aged, 40 year old, soccer mommy who drives a van. :)
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