MJ, close friend of ours who attended our wedding, is moving out to California for work. It’s a great opportunity but I can’t help feeling sad that he’s leaving. Another “real life” friend turning into mostly just an “online friend” – arg :) He said we can come out and stay with him in San Francisco anytime we want though, woo! And he still has family out here so I’m sure he’ll visit from time to time.
To celebrate his new job and say goodbye we met up with him and Bob at our house on Wednesday evening and headed out to dinner at Cab Fryes. It’s an upscale place that Michael and I had never been too but came highly recommended by some friends. It’s a straight shot 14 miles up Route 29.
It really is a nice place, right up there with some of our favorite places to eat in Skippack. And it was a pretty quiet evening, the restaurant seemed to stagger their guests and not pile them all in one room when possible. They also didn’t rush us with our meal, there was an appropriate amount of time between appetizers, salads, entrees and dessert. How refreshing. The food was wonderful. We started out the meal with Mushroom Caps baked with Crabmeat and Basil Butter, Thai Dumplings in a ginger scallion Broth and a cheese platter (this platter was perhaps the only disappointment with an average smoked gouda and some other good, but bland cheese).
The salads were pretty standard house and caesar, but even they were good. Nice and fresh. And when MJ declined the anchovies on his salad the waitress brought his to me – hah! Anchovies are yummy on salad.
Dinner was wonderful. I ordered a special of red snapper and mussels..mmm. Next time I’m going to go with what Bob ordered, the Scottish Lobster – sauted with curry, pineapple, peaches, and whiskey~lobster cream, it looked so good. Michael went with the Lobster Scampi, petite Tails sautéed with Garlic and Buter which I snagged a piece of and it was good, a place in PA that doesn’t ruin lobster? Amazing! MJ went with a mushroom-crusted scallop special that I almost chose, that looked good too.
Dessert! They had some pretty impressive sounding desserts, but none like what I ordered. It was a nice thick chocolate torte with gold dust on top of it. Yowza! I ordered the last one in house, poor Bob had to order something else and then I didn’t even offer to share when I got it. I should have, I’m a bad person, I was just mesmerized by the deliciousness!
Their alcohol selection was not bad, they had some local things on it. MJ and I ordered a couple bottles of Chimay Blue, Michael went with a white wine and Bob had a stout on tap. I think we were all happy.
It was a good night, we were at the restaurant for over 2 hours and then went back to the house to hang out for a while.