Barcelona Steakhouse & Bar Two

My grandma took me out for dinner tonight. I was having a craving for a big ol' steak, so we were going to go to The Keg. However, the line up was more like a waiting room filled with people pushing their way to the front and I didn't feel like waiting, so we went to the Barcelona instead.

I've had notoriously bad food here; usually over or undercooked and always overpriced. In that regard I was pretty much a fool to order steak and lobster, which I would certainly be unsatisfied with. The lobster was wholly disappointing, but the steak was cooked quite well. That is, cooked to my liking, not to a tough piece of leather. The brandy peppercorn sauce was absent of any brandy flavor, but was still quite suiting.

I'm not sure about that sprig of thyme since thyme doesn't particularly bode well with asparagus or cabbage in my opinion, nor make a very decorative garnish. Rosemary would have been more appropriate. In case anyone from the Barcelona is reading this, please change your garnish. Thank you. Also, your cabbage was really dry, which is quite the feat considering.

It was especially hard to say goodbye to grandma this time. She's a tough, stubborn woman but I swear she got a bit misty with me. I think maybe when we moved originally she thought we'd just move back. I think maybe she realized that we're actually moved now, not on a vacation. I just really wish she weren't so stubborn and would actually come visit us here. She's old, but she's the healthiest old person I know. There's no reason for her not to come see our beautiful city! After dinner I went and played a couple hands of poker, making enough money to pay for my cab ride to the airport tomorrow morning.