Retake Jake’s

Since my Last Visit to Jake’s was unexpectedly edible and the where to go for dinner conversation came up among friends, I decided to suggest going back there. This time I was there for proper dinner time and got to view the actual dinner menu. It has changed a lot since the last time I was able to order off of it and even though I was incredibly tempted to get the jambalaya, A Food Year rules prevented me from doing so.

As an appetizer, we shared some bruschetta and Crab Cakes. The bruschetta itself was good, but the bread was soggy. In a not so delightful contrast, the crab cakes were dry, but came with a delicious sweet chili sauce that sort of made up for it. There were 3 of us eating and we received portions for 3, which made me wonder if we would've received more for the same price had there been 4 of us dining.

Since I could not order the Jambalaya, I ordered the lemongrass curry halibut instead. I was not supposed to get a choice of side dishes apparently, but the waitress offered me the option by mistake, so I took full advantage of it. I ordered the seasonal vegetables and lobster brie mashed potatoes, because lobster brie mashed potatoes sounded very good. There were no visible pieces of lobster or brie, presumably because the brie had been melted into the potatoes and maybe because they used lobster broth instead of lobster meat, but the flavor was definitely there. I was stuffed by the time I finished the vegetables, but ate the halibut anyway. The sauce was good, but serving it with fish seemed a little odd to me. It's not the first time I've had fish with curry and thought this, but it appears to be quite commonplace, so maybe it's just a personal preference.