What's the Big Deal About Caviar?

Jeremy's employer, as a bonus, paid for he and I to have dinner at La Caille Restaurant. Jeremy had been there once for a high school dance, but I had never and actually told Jeremy last year that I wanted to do that for our 6th Anniversary, which is coming up in a couple weeks! So I was quite excited.

It was fun and definitely worth doing once, and of course it was wonderful that we didn't have to pay the bill (which was over $200 by the way!), but I don't think I'd ever go back. The food wasn't that delicious for that price. The atmosphere was wonderful, though, and now one of our dreams is to turn our patio into a nice covered atrium one day like they have there.

Anyway, I ordered the lobster bisque appetizer because I love lobster, but mostly because it came with caviar and I have never tried caviar. I cannot believe people spend huge amounts of money on that! It hardly has a distinct taste besides tasting salty, and it's really crunchy and gets stuck in your teeth. Tell me if you disagree with me...Jeremy's appetizer was crab cakes, and they were really delicous.

For dinner I had the filet mignon and Jeremy had salmon-both really good. Jeremy loves creme brulee, so he had that for dessert and did love it. I ordered the "Trio of La Caille Desserts" because I was indecisive. It is "a miniture sampling of our favorite desserts: Creme Brulee, Chocolate Chantilly Cake, & Baked Alaska". When the waitress brought me my dessert, she apologized that the chef was still making the Baked Alaska, and gave me some chocolate dipped strawberries instead until he was done. I ate most of what I could still fit in my stomach, but I was so full that I knew if they brought the Baked Alaska there was no way I could even have a bite of it. I asked for it to go, but it still wasn't ready yet and they were so apologetic and said my dessert was complimentary on them, but to tell the truth, I had no idea what Baked Alaska was, and I didn't know what I was missing, so I said not to worry about it. Well, in case you don't know either, I just googled it, and it's a cake and ice cream dessert topped with meringue. YUM. I should have waited--my food would have digested in the meantime, right? That's what the picture is, at the top, by the way.