BLT Steak

I wasn't crazy about hitting up a restaurant on Ocean drive ( I think thats what you call it here in Miami) in south beach to have dinner. But I had heard great things of this steakhouse.  First off...I wore a pink vintage chanel shirt with black sequined  tiny shorts and a tightly fitted velvet blazer.  My hair was pin straight, and I had a wee bit of nars tarte (thats cheak stain to anyone who doesnt use it) Dior heavy black mascara and super high gloss clear lipgloss. I was very happy when we left our house. Which by the way is a four story townhouse (no elevator) and I put my heels on on the top floor  so that when my fiance would see me come down that last step......he would come over to me gazing, kissing me and mentioning that my legs looked very long but now my high heals were killing me.  Anyhoo...we valet, take a seat at a table outside which being on that strip you get many people walking by you.  For some reason though it didn't bother me.  That night had a bit of a chill in the air so we had a heat lamp at the table. The pate, bread and pickled vegetable tray came to the table which I thought was a nice touch.  We brought our own wine that night.
Why you might ask? Well being as it is that I studied wine and have pretty much tried about 60% of all bottles. I know that a restaurant marks it up 3 times the normal price it makes no sense sometimes to buy a wine for $70 or $90 when I know its $30.00 at total wines.  So we went with a Patricia Greene Pinot Noir. So silky, so earthy so delicious.
And listen up to any wine snob who thinks Cabernet goes best with steak. I'm a wine snob and I say a great Pinot can hold up just as well.
My fiance had the shrimp cocktail (something he rarely orders) because they had run out of the crab cake.  I found that to be a crazy thing because as a chef that would never happen in my kitchen. But he thouroughly enjoyed how big the shrimp were and that the cocktail sauce had a nice citrus accent to it. I ordered a bib lettuce salad that I was absolutely loving when all of a sudden our two perfectly cooked medium rare tenderloins. Not the best service for timing but I really liked our server and actually we saw her out at the bar/eatery we went to later. Too funny.  What is the biggest standout, blow your mind experience of this restaurant is their bernaice laced with tons of tarragon and a hint of champagne vinager. I asked for three refills and I could have gone for four. Each bite I took I douced it with this perfectly made sauce and breathed a sigh of sweet goodness. Another big surprise was how creamily delicious the creamed spinach was. They sent us out 3 desserts on the house which I thought was quite nice but I don't touch dessert so as my honey dug in I decided to have a glass of champagne.

Oh and by the way I'm watching my honey cook us dinner at the moment he is wearing a derby day t-shirt and my big beach floppy hat....too cute.