Dinner AND a show

Anna and I went to Rooster's for pan-fried corn on Saturday and it was delicious! We had a great dinner and got fantastic seats. Rooster's serves "family style" so everything is a la carte and they have big tables for multiple parties to sit. We ended up sitting right at the kitchen and that made the meal even better. Both Anna and I are fans of food (of course) and shows like Top Chef, so seeing chefs in action was great!

where the magic happens

Anna asked the waitress about the dishes and we found that it's best to share. I guess what we learned in grade school was right.












Both of us started with salads. She got the arugula (with goat cheese and almonds) and I got the caesar. Sometimes I would get bites that tasted "gritty" and I couldn't figure out if it was pepper or something else...but all in all, a good start to the meal.

Et tu, Brute?

Arugula

We proceeded onto the main course. We split the pan-friend corn, quarter natural chicken, and macaroni and cheese. The chicken is roasted over a spit, and we got to see both our sides being made in the kitchen.

I agreed with Anna that the chicken was not super special, but it was VERY tender. They did have a BBQ chicken option and that might have had more flavor. The pan-fried corn was DELICIOUS. It was salty but not too salty. Some of the kernels would be a little crunchy, and they were all nice and buttery....mmmmm. The mac and cheese was some of the most interesting mac and cheese I've ever had. I don't know what sort of cheese they used, but it was like BAM, here's some cheese! Most mac and cheese is really creamy and tends to be made with some sort of cheddar. This had a very cheesy cheese flavor. I am by no means a cheese expert, so I can't even guess. Sometimes I don't like strong cheeses, but somehow it worked with this dish. Here's another look at the top 100 dish (pan-friend corn, although the voters maybe should have tried the mac and cheese!):

 Now onto dessert:


Eat your heart out, coconut lovers

 I had the coconut cake with chantilly cream and creme anglaise. This was not for the wishy washy coconut fan.  Coconut lovers, rejoice and eat here often! There was coconut in every bite...I mean, EVERY bite.

Anna had the brownie with a banana chocolate chip gelato inside. It was definitely good, but the brownie was pretty thin and a little too chewy.

Yummy!

All in all, a fabulous dining experience that I would definitely recommend. I think sitting right at the kitchen would be the only way to go.


What's up next? Well, you'll just have to wait and see.