My family doesn't do Christmas dinner at home (no, I have never had turkey dinner before), so my mom made a reservation for us at Maxim's this year. You can always rely on Asian restaurants on Christmas Day (though Maxim's is not an Asian restaurant in the sense that they don't serve Asian cuisines). They had a five-course Christmas menu with your choice of entree, so my dinner consisted of:
Mushroom bruschetta with white truffle oil, tiger shrimp with tomato salsa, Alaskan crab cake with balsamic glaze on a bed of seaweed salad
Bacon-wrapped boneless quail stuffed with shitake mushrooms on a mushroom-stuffed ravioli
Lobster bisque au Cognac
Filet mignon in a merlot reduction with sauteed snow peas, roasted tomato, garlic mashed potatoes, and mushroom medley
Cake buffet (featuring mini versions of their famous desserts): mango cheesecake, hazelnut mocha cake, strawberry almond meringue, and mango almond meringue
All of that, plus coffee, for $39. Seriously, you can't get a better deal than that. Especially on Christmas Day. You'd think for such a low price that they would be stingy on the quantity and the quality, but there really wasn't a single course that I didn't enjoy. The soup was creamy and flavourful, and you could actually taste the lobster with a hint of cognac. My filet mignon was perfectly cooked, super tender and juicy. And their cake buffet! Totally epic. Oh, man, what a great dinner.
Now, I'm off to the casino with Edward and my brother. Hope everyone had a great Christmas!
Merry Christmas Denise! Sounds like you had a great time. I had Pizza Hut. :X
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