schumigirl
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- May 15, 2007
We chilled out a little in the room and I made sure both Tom`s and Kyle`s shirts weren't creased by giving them a good old iron. Then, Tom and I went up to the Club Lounge for an hour or so. He didn`t have any wine as he was driving tonight, but I had a glass of white tonight.
The Club lounge staff try and guess whether it`s going to be red or white.....I never drink Rose as it just tastes like sugared water to me, but they do get it right somedays.......I don`t think I have a personal favourite between red and white, but if I had to choose to drink one only for the rest of my life, I think red would just win by a smidge.
We love sitting in the lounge. It`s a time to sit and chill out, switch off from everything and either catch up on the internet and have a bit of peace and quiet.....or chat to folks we know......and again, our Australian friends were in and we managed to catch up before we went downstairs to get ready to go out for dinner. We always enjoyed chatting to them when they came in.
But we did head down in a little bit to get showered and changed, and then headed down to get the car. Well, I waited and chatted with the valet guys as Tom went down for the car.....well, I did have heels on!!!
We had decided to go back to Eddie V`s tonight. We had so enjoyed our first visit in September, we wanted to take Kyle to see what he thought about this place compared to The Palm.
It`s not far away being on Restaurant Row, but it does take us almost 25 minutes tonight with traffic which is a little longer than normal, but we always leave a little early. We are the type of people that would rather be 3 hours early than a minute late. And all three of us are like that....cannot abide lateness!!!
We hand the car over to the Valet man and the valet here is complementary, just the cost of a tip which isn`t bad as some places do charge for it. And we head inside.
We get seated and it is a lovely table where we can have a lovely view of all around us, and immediately study the drinks menu where we see they don`t do a non alcoholic daiquiri the way Kyle likes them, but they try to make one similar.......but Tom ends up with it as it has something sparkling in it........Tom liked it, so he enjoyed it while I chose a couple of glasses of wine. With Tom not drinking I wasn`t going to order a bottle just for me!
I did get 2 glasses of the sonoma cutrer I like so much.
We have a lovely water waiter, and very nice waitress looking after us, and there was another who brought the food who`s name I did forget to write down, so you really are looked after incredibly well here.
The bread was nice, but I did like the butter as it had a spiced salt on it which added something rather nice to the butter.......but we didn`t want to fill up on the bread, however nice it was.
We really like Eddie V`s.......it`s fairly large but still has a warm feel about it at the same time.
And we loved their wine storage room.
We more or less knew what we were going to have. Kyle is not one to have an appetiser, but Tom ordered the Lobster Bisque and I opted for the Shrimp Cocktail.....very predictable for me, but I love them......
Tom`s Bisque was on a par with The Palm which was praise indeed as he ranks The Palm`s lobster bisque as the best he`s ever tasted. Even Ocean Prime`s bisque disappointed him as it was too creamy. So, I was glad he liked it.......
My shrimp were huge......plump, tasty and so fresh!!! They gave you the usual cocktail sauce, atomic horseradish and another one which is more like the cocktail sauce we have back home for shrimp cocktails.....it`s like a mix of mayo and ketchup with a hint of cayenne pepper.....and my favourite sauce to have with shrimp. It was beautiful.
They do ask if you`re in a rush, and we said no we had nowhere to go in a hurry, so we guessed there`d be a long gap between courses......it was just about right to be honest for us.
We had all opted for steaks......I had thought about the Chilean Sea Bass, but at the last minute decided against it.....the steak here last time had been sublime and we had looked forward to the same again.....
Tom, had the filet last time, but he prefers a cut with a bit more of a meaty texture.....his words.......so opted for the 18oz NY Strip, served medium rare.......and it was a very large steak.......
Kyle an I both ordered the 12oz filet and our usual cooking preference of his medium and mine medium rare.......both plates look identical, so won`t post two. But they were cooked perfectly.
And we shared the Au Gratin potatoes, we all love that style.....and there is plenty for three of us to share.
The meals were lovely. Steaks were gorgeous and the whole atmosphere is lovely.
But......Kyle wasn`t as keen on the place as we were. I don`t think he could pin point one single thing, but it just isn`t for him. His steak though cooked perfectly, had too much of a crust for his liking and overall he much prefers The Palm.......so, the next time we visit with him we`ll stick to the Palm and may have him try Ocean Prime and see what he thinks of it there.
One of the managers Rachel came over to check how everything was and mentioned she remembered us visiting in September and we were visiting from RP...lovely lady.
Although we weren`t having dessert, she asked if she could send over one their sample dessert plates.....we said of course....we had seen it and it wasn`t too large and quite impressive as they douse the dessert in alcohol and light it at the table......
Tom had a little of the banana dessert and Kyle and I had a little of the ice creams on the plate.......but we were all saving room for later!
We got the check and headed out to get the car to go back home......I was sorry Kyle hadn`t been completely wowed with Eddie V`s, but we can`t all like everywhere I guess...…we would visit in May on our own I think.
Our drive home was quicker than getting there, so Tom dropped me off at RP valet while they went and parked the car, we headed upstairs where I changed my shoes into something a little comfier before we walked over to Sapphire.
It is always lovely walking into Strong Water and seeing everyone we know so well...except we missed Fernando tonight as he was off, but there were so many others we know well, so it`s very welcoming.
We took a table tonight as we wanted to have dessert here as well as a drink.
Kyle got his non alcoholic daiquiri.....and he loved it!!!!
And Tom and I shared a bottle of white wine...….it`s quite funny we saw a woman who looked a little like my mum, who is a complete teetotal and just doesn't like alcohol.....whenever we open wine when we go visit her up there, she appears in her little way, with her very polite Scottish accent saying.... would you not prefer a cup of tea.....lol......I always remind her the Ten Commandments don't mention anything about sobriety......
I may have mentioned it a million times, how much we love it in here and how much we think of the folks that always make us feel so welcome, and it is just everything.......staff are phenomenal and food and drinks are so good!!!
After we had settled with our drinks, we ordered our desserts.....Kyle of course went for the Spiced Chocolate Cake, which isn`t spiced at all....but he loves this dessert!!!
Tom and I wanted to share our favourite dessert here, the Tres Leches cake........oh my......how light but rich is this dessert!!!!
And the portion we get is huge! There is no way we will ever finish this even between us!
We thoroughly enjoyed this tonight. Staff all came over to say hello at different times so our evening passed so nicely and we just loved our time in here...…one of the managers we hadn`t seen this trip yet, came over to say a big hello and it was so nice to see him.
Not long before we were leaving I saw a face that made me sigh.......
Some of you may remember, a good few trips ago, a woman approached me in Sapphire, introduced herself and told me yes, she used to read the trip reports, but wanted me to know, in a nice way of course......that she came to visit Universal and the hotel more often than we did......weird or what...who says things like that......
The woman lived an hour away......if I lived an hour away or even a couple of hours on a plane, I`d be there every month too! But, here she was again sitting in the bar.
I had to go to the bathroom, which is when I spotted her.......and she actually waved to me.....found out later she had told one of the staff we were friendly!!!! This was getting better.....
Well, not any friend of mine, so I carried on my merry way to the bathroom. I have no time for people like that...…weird competitive behaviour like that I don`t understand. And to think she was telling staff we were friends??? What`s that all about!!
I got back to Kyle and Tom and we paid the check and said all of our goodbye`s to everyone, which takes a while, and asked Mike to give Fernando our best wishes and we`ll see him in May......then headed back home to RP.
And it is Christmas Tree central on the way back along the ballroom and convention areas.......
Yep, he sneaked a little photobomb in here too......
We walked fairly slow as this was the last time this trip I think we would be over this way.......and of course grabbed some tree pictures.....this area is always very quiet, you see the odd person wandering between the resorts, but not too many.
We went straight upstairs and got comfy, then watched some tv for a while......
This was another day we had just had the best time...…again we`d enjoyed some park time, some beautiful weather and some lovely food tonight.....and having the three of us here was the best of all of it.
We were heading into the last couple of days of our Holiday trip now, and we were a little sad about that, but we`d had a blast so far and would enjoy the next couple of days of course.
The Club lounge staff try and guess whether it`s going to be red or white.....I never drink Rose as it just tastes like sugared water to me, but they do get it right somedays.......I don`t think I have a personal favourite between red and white, but if I had to choose to drink one only for the rest of my life, I think red would just win by a smidge.
We love sitting in the lounge. It`s a time to sit and chill out, switch off from everything and either catch up on the internet and have a bit of peace and quiet.....or chat to folks we know......and again, our Australian friends were in and we managed to catch up before we went downstairs to get ready to go out for dinner. We always enjoyed chatting to them when they came in.
But we did head down in a little bit to get showered and changed, and then headed down to get the car. Well, I waited and chatted with the valet guys as Tom went down for the car.....well, I did have heels on!!!
We had decided to go back to Eddie V`s tonight. We had so enjoyed our first visit in September, we wanted to take Kyle to see what he thought about this place compared to The Palm.
It`s not far away being on Restaurant Row, but it does take us almost 25 minutes tonight with traffic which is a little longer than normal, but we always leave a little early. We are the type of people that would rather be 3 hours early than a minute late. And all three of us are like that....cannot abide lateness!!!
We hand the car over to the Valet man and the valet here is complementary, just the cost of a tip which isn`t bad as some places do charge for it. And we head inside.
We get seated and it is a lovely table where we can have a lovely view of all around us, and immediately study the drinks menu where we see they don`t do a non alcoholic daiquiri the way Kyle likes them, but they try to make one similar.......but Tom ends up with it as it has something sparkling in it........Tom liked it, so he enjoyed it while I chose a couple of glasses of wine. With Tom not drinking I wasn`t going to order a bottle just for me!
I did get 2 glasses of the sonoma cutrer I like so much.
We have a lovely water waiter, and very nice waitress looking after us, and there was another who brought the food who`s name I did forget to write down, so you really are looked after incredibly well here.
The bread was nice, but I did like the butter as it had a spiced salt on it which added something rather nice to the butter.......but we didn`t want to fill up on the bread, however nice it was.
We really like Eddie V`s.......it`s fairly large but still has a warm feel about it at the same time.
And we loved their wine storage room.
We more or less knew what we were going to have. Kyle is not one to have an appetiser, but Tom ordered the Lobster Bisque and I opted for the Shrimp Cocktail.....very predictable for me, but I love them......
Tom`s Bisque was on a par with The Palm which was praise indeed as he ranks The Palm`s lobster bisque as the best he`s ever tasted. Even Ocean Prime`s bisque disappointed him as it was too creamy. So, I was glad he liked it.......
My shrimp were huge......plump, tasty and so fresh!!! They gave you the usual cocktail sauce, atomic horseradish and another one which is more like the cocktail sauce we have back home for shrimp cocktails.....it`s like a mix of mayo and ketchup with a hint of cayenne pepper.....and my favourite sauce to have with shrimp. It was beautiful.
They do ask if you`re in a rush, and we said no we had nowhere to go in a hurry, so we guessed there`d be a long gap between courses......it was just about right to be honest for us.
We had all opted for steaks......I had thought about the Chilean Sea Bass, but at the last minute decided against it.....the steak here last time had been sublime and we had looked forward to the same again.....
Tom, had the filet last time, but he prefers a cut with a bit more of a meaty texture.....his words.......so opted for the 18oz NY Strip, served medium rare.......and it was a very large steak.......
Kyle an I both ordered the 12oz filet and our usual cooking preference of his medium and mine medium rare.......both plates look identical, so won`t post two. But they were cooked perfectly.
And we shared the Au Gratin potatoes, we all love that style.....and there is plenty for three of us to share.
The meals were lovely. Steaks were gorgeous and the whole atmosphere is lovely.
But......Kyle wasn`t as keen on the place as we were. I don`t think he could pin point one single thing, but it just isn`t for him. His steak though cooked perfectly, had too much of a crust for his liking and overall he much prefers The Palm.......so, the next time we visit with him we`ll stick to the Palm and may have him try Ocean Prime and see what he thinks of it there.
One of the managers Rachel came over to check how everything was and mentioned she remembered us visiting in September and we were visiting from RP...lovely lady.
Although we weren`t having dessert, she asked if she could send over one their sample dessert plates.....we said of course....we had seen it and it wasn`t too large and quite impressive as they douse the dessert in alcohol and light it at the table......
Tom had a little of the banana dessert and Kyle and I had a little of the ice creams on the plate.......but we were all saving room for later!
We got the check and headed out to get the car to go back home......I was sorry Kyle hadn`t been completely wowed with Eddie V`s, but we can`t all like everywhere I guess...…we would visit in May on our own I think.
Our drive home was quicker than getting there, so Tom dropped me off at RP valet while they went and parked the car, we headed upstairs where I changed my shoes into something a little comfier before we walked over to Sapphire.
It is always lovely walking into Strong Water and seeing everyone we know so well...except we missed Fernando tonight as he was off, but there were so many others we know well, so it`s very welcoming.
We took a table tonight as we wanted to have dessert here as well as a drink.
Kyle got his non alcoholic daiquiri.....and he loved it!!!!
And Tom and I shared a bottle of white wine...….it`s quite funny we saw a woman who looked a little like my mum, who is a complete teetotal and just doesn't like alcohol.....whenever we open wine when we go visit her up there, she appears in her little way, with her very polite Scottish accent saying.... would you not prefer a cup of tea.....lol......I always remind her the Ten Commandments don't mention anything about sobriety......
I may have mentioned it a million times, how much we love it in here and how much we think of the folks that always make us feel so welcome, and it is just everything.......staff are phenomenal and food and drinks are so good!!!
After we had settled with our drinks, we ordered our desserts.....Kyle of course went for the Spiced Chocolate Cake, which isn`t spiced at all....but he loves this dessert!!!
Tom and I wanted to share our favourite dessert here, the Tres Leches cake........oh my......how light but rich is this dessert!!!!
And the portion we get is huge! There is no way we will ever finish this even between us!
We thoroughly enjoyed this tonight. Staff all came over to say hello at different times so our evening passed so nicely and we just loved our time in here...…one of the managers we hadn`t seen this trip yet, came over to say a big hello and it was so nice to see him.
Not long before we were leaving I saw a face that made me sigh.......
Some of you may remember, a good few trips ago, a woman approached me in Sapphire, introduced herself and told me yes, she used to read the trip reports, but wanted me to know, in a nice way of course......that she came to visit Universal and the hotel more often than we did......weird or what...who says things like that......
The woman lived an hour away......if I lived an hour away or even a couple of hours on a plane, I`d be there every month too! But, here she was again sitting in the bar.
I had to go to the bathroom, which is when I spotted her.......and she actually waved to me.....found out later she had told one of the staff we were friendly!!!! This was getting better.....
Well, not any friend of mine, so I carried on my merry way to the bathroom. I have no time for people like that...…weird competitive behaviour like that I don`t understand. And to think she was telling staff we were friends??? What`s that all about!!
I got back to Kyle and Tom and we paid the check and said all of our goodbye`s to everyone, which takes a while, and asked Mike to give Fernando our best wishes and we`ll see him in May......then headed back home to RP.
And it is Christmas Tree central on the way back along the ballroom and convention areas.......
Yep, he sneaked a little photobomb in here too......
We walked fairly slow as this was the last time this trip I think we would be over this way.......and of course grabbed some tree pictures.....this area is always very quiet, you see the odd person wandering between the resorts, but not too many.
We went straight upstairs and got comfy, then watched some tv for a while......
This was another day we had just had the best time...…again we`d enjoyed some park time, some beautiful weather and some lovely food tonight.....and having the three of us here was the best of all of it.
We were heading into the last couple of days of our Holiday trip now, and we were a little sad about that, but we`d had a blast so far and would enjoy the next couple of days of course.