Tuesday, August 15, 2006
BONEFISH GRILL
We originally set out to find dim sum. We had seen a place in Brooklyn Park, and some friends of ours had eaten there and said it was good, so this would have been our first time. Alas, sometime in the last sic months it must have closed. Too eclectic for the neighborhood? Maybe just poor management, who knows? My heart wasn’t broken, really. My wife really likes it, but I’ve found most dim sum lacking in enough variety to be truly enjoyable. Still, it would be nice if more places in the area offered it than the Chinatown Café.
Continuing our drive down Ritchie Highway, we stopped at the Bonefish Grill at the Glen Burnie Mall. The sun was setting, and we debated on asking for a seat outside, although as much as they strived for nice ambience I think our view of the parking lot wouldn’t have been much worth it. It seemed like a nice place with a unique atmosphere, but I had no idea it was a chain restaurant until they placed the pager in my hand. Oh, well. After a short wait (outside on a bench, although the lively bar area looked tempting) we were paged to our table inside the main dining room.
This restaurant tried to live up to its name, and had several varieties of grilled fish highlighted on the menu. I eyed the Chilean Sea Bass, having enjoyed a fantastic one at Jesse Wong’s last February, but I heard the species is getting overfished, so I opted for the Mahi Mahi with an Oriental sauce. My wife ordered the Trout with a lemon butter sauce. I ordered a white wine with my meal, and I felt kind of bad since the name of the vintage was obviously designed to make someone order it for all the wrong reasons, but who can resist a Menage-a-Trois?
While the sauces were great, I found the fish to be mediocre. It wasn’t un-tender, just not very soft and tasty I guess. The wine was crisp and smooth and paired excellently, though. Our very friendly and knowledgeable waitress did steer us to their Bang Bang Shrimp appetizer, which was fantastic.
So it was a nice meal at a nice place in an area that has been experiencing some needed refurbishment, and doing well by everything we could see.
We originally set out to find dim sum. We had seen a place in Brooklyn Park, and some friends of ours had eaten there and said it was good, so this would have been our first time. Alas, sometime in the last sic months it must have closed. Too eclectic for the neighborhood? Maybe just poor management, who knows? My heart wasn’t broken, really. My wife really likes it, but I’ve found most dim sum lacking in enough variety to be truly enjoyable. Still, it would be nice if more places in the area offered it than the Chinatown Café.
Continuing our drive down Ritchie Highway, we stopped at the Bonefish Grill at the Glen Burnie Mall. The sun was setting, and we debated on asking for a seat outside, although as much as they strived for nice ambience I think our view of the parking lot wouldn’t have been much worth it. It seemed like a nice place with a unique atmosphere, but I had no idea it was a chain restaurant until they placed the pager in my hand. Oh, well. After a short wait (outside on a bench, although the lively bar area looked tempting) we were paged to our table inside the main dining room.
This restaurant tried to live up to its name, and had several varieties of grilled fish highlighted on the menu. I eyed the Chilean Sea Bass, having enjoyed a fantastic one at Jesse Wong’s last February, but I heard the species is getting overfished, so I opted for the Mahi Mahi with an Oriental sauce. My wife ordered the Trout with a lemon butter sauce. I ordered a white wine with my meal, and I felt kind of bad since the name of the vintage was obviously designed to make someone order it for all the wrong reasons, but who can resist a Menage-a-Trois?
While the sauces were great, I found the fish to be mediocre. It wasn’t un-tender, just not very soft and tasty I guess. The wine was crisp and smooth and paired excellently, though. Our very friendly and knowledgeable waitress did steer us to their Bang Bang Shrimp appetizer, which was fantastic.
So it was a nice meal at a nice place in an area that has been experiencing some needed refurbishment, and doing well by everything we could see.
# posted by Renfield @ 10:47 AM 
