{"id":1088,"date":"2016-09-10T21:24:27","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T21:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.venividiedi.net\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2016-09-10T21:24:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-10T21:24:27","slug":"steak-steak-and-more-steak-at-eddie-vs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.venividiedi.net\/?p=1088","title":{"rendered":"Steak, Steak and More Steak at Eddie V’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

D’s IT team recently got certified for ISO 20071. Please don’t ask me what that means. I have absolutely no idea. All I know is that it is very prestigious, very few companies have achieved this, he stayed for work on more than one occasion, and when they got certified, he seemed very happy. Hence, a celebratory dinner was in order for those in cahoots with him on such an achievement.<\/p>\n

In Texas, steak dinners are as celebratory as it could get. Eddie V’s<\/a> is a well-established steakhouse. Good choice—food will almost always be as good as expected. It will just be a matter of deciding which are the best foods to order.<\/p>\n

To be decisive in places like this is a challenge. Menus are extensive and almost everything sounds appealing. I read somewhere that the roads in life are paved with flat squirrels who couldn’t make a decision. The team didn’t make it this far by being flat squirrels so everyone came up with a variety of choices which all led to a very sumptuous and filling dinner.<\/p>\n

\"Started<\/a>
Started with a red dragon mojito<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Followed<\/a>
Followed by an orange mojito. This is the better one among the two. D had his usual Manhattan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The appetizers in this joint are top-notch.<\/p>\n

\"MAINE<\/a>
MAINE LOBSTER TACOS
House Made Fresh Tortillas with Grilled Sweet Corn Pico<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"BATTERFRIED<\/a>
BATTERFRIED OYSTERS
Light Curry, Cilantro and Pickled Asian Cucumber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"POT<\/a>
POT STICKERS
Filled with Spicy Shrimp and Pork in a Light Soy Broth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These were excellent choices. We all shared these and if I had to choose, the oysters would be my winner.<\/p>\n

Time for entrees. This is where the option paralysis begin to sink in. The ladies all opted for the special that night which was the red snapper.<\/p>\n

\"AMERICAN<\/a>
AMERICAN RED SNAPPER
Roasted with Curried Coconut, Skull Island Prawn, Daikon Radish Salad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In my preview blog post, we had dinner at Vallone’s (another awesome steakhouse), and I made the mistake of ordering fish. And while the dish deserved being on the specials, I was \u00a0regretful because the steaks were clearly the better choice. I was not making that mistake again so here’s what I had:<\/p>\n

\"16<\/a>
16 OZ USDA PRIME NEW YORK STRIP AU POIVRE with\u00a0Cracked Black Peppercorn Cognac Sauce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was not able to finish this. I’m bringing the rest home. This will make an awesome \u00a0sandwich on Sunday—perfect when I’m watching football. I’m hoping that it makes up for the misery of watching a Brady-less Patriots play against the Cardinals…<\/p>\n

D and Steve both had filet mignon. Like I said before, I will no longer make fun of D ordering the same exact thing every time we eat out. I am just pointing this out as-a-matter-of-factly. If you could see me now, I swear, I am not smirking.<\/p>\n

\"12<\/a>
12 oz Center Cut Filet Mignon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"This<\/a>
This Trevor’s 22 ounce bone-in rib eye. I was considering this too. But I knew that I wouldn’t even be able to get to half of this.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Wayne's<\/a>
Wayne’s order is the bomb. This is the Tomahawk steak. The Tomahawk Steak is an on-the bone Rib Steak, cut from the Fore-rib with the entire rib bone left. This is all 36 ounce of steak heaven.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And because there was Mac and Cheese on the menu, I naturally had to have one.<\/p>\n

\"Truffled<\/a>
Truffled Mac n Cheese!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When Trevor said that the fried rice here is the best, I must admit, I took that lightly. I can say with certainty that when it comes to fried rice, I have pretty much tasted and made it all. But this crab fried rice blew me away. This is definitely better than mine. Clearly, it is time for me to up my crab fried rice game to another level.<\/p>\n

\"CRAB<\/a>
CRAB FRIED RICE
with Mushrooms and Scallion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After the Tomahawk Steak made its dramatic entrance, no other dish could come in to match the wow-factor, but this bananas foster came close.<\/p>\n

\"Flambeed<\/a>
Flambeed Bananas Foster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Here's<\/a>
Here’s the team that made all this possible!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Congratulations guys!!! It was great to meet y’all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

D’s IT team recently got certified for ISO 20071. Please don’t ask me what that means. I have absolutely no idea. All I know is that it is very prestigious, very few companies have achieved this, he stayed for work on more than one occasion, and when they got certified, he seemed very happy. Hence, … Continue reading Steak, Steak and More Steak at Eddie V’s<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-h-town-houston","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p71dzN-hy","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1299,"url":"https:\/\/www.venividiedi.net\/?p=1299","url_meta":{"origin":1088,"position":0},"title":"Tomahawk Steaks","author":"certifiedfoodie","date":"January 1, 2017","format":"gallery","excerpt":"What in God's name is a Tomahawk steak? 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