Crabby lunch

Today I checked another dish off my list. I ate at 131 Main in Ballantyne, where the food was great and the waiters were hot! Well, honestly, the waiter thing was kind of interesting. I saw maybe ONE female waiter and all the rest were men. Most of them were relatively tall, well-built men. I found this to be strange. Is this some sort of ploy to play on female lunchers on the weekend to get more tips or just a strange coincidence?


Now, onto the food. I had the deviled eggs as my appetizer. I have always enjoyed eggs but in the past few years, I have realized just how much.  I mean, I REALLY enjoy them, and deviled eggs are my favorite. These were no exception:

Yummy goodness! The only (small) complaint I would have is the cracked pepper on top was a little distracting. I am a pretty big fan of pepper, but even I had to pick a few pieces off (the horror!).


Onto the main course, the reason for my trip, the crab cake salad:

Sorry my pictures are fuzzy. I feel strange eating by myself and taking pictures, so I do it quickly. The salad was a spring mix tossed with a light vinaigrette. Cabbage, corn, cherry tomatoes (which I hastily removed), and DELICIOUS croutons were in the mix. The croutons were a little sweet, crunchy on the outside and soft inside. Ruby Tuesday croutons, eat your heart out. The crab cake was on top of a mustard sauce (yummy!) and was perfect. I consider myself a slight crab cake afficionado because I've had A LOT in my 29 years. The secret to the perfect crab cake is to not have a ton of breading. It's called a CRAB cake, not a cake. The mustard sauce was wonderful and eating bites of the salad along with the crab was perfect. It was a very nice lunch that filled me up but didn't leave me feeling super full (I even had enough room to go to TCBY afterwards, but I always have room for that!).


All in all, a delicious meal. The service was very good, albeit full of testosterone. This is definitely worthy of a top 100 dish rating.