Ohhhhhhh boy. I am in Florida. Yes. Florida. As great as I hear the seafood is, I'm pretty sure nothing is going to beat the food in the Tri-State Area. Boy am I going to miss the food......
But more importantly, I am absolutely going to miss the people! I moved down to Jacksonville,FL so quickly that I barely had the chance to hang out with some close friends. Good thing a few are coming to visit soon!
Nina Bina is coming for a Melina weekend tonight and it made me reminisce about our last meal together- lunch at the Frog and The Peach.
Nina and I decided to skip the lunch at our last ITLDP training one day and head to the Frog and The Peach for a real meal. Anything but Christopher's.
The Frog and The Peach is a nice French restaurant that had a reasonably priced lunch menu- I've been dying to try it for the longest time! I got the winter vegetable soup to start and the seared day boat scallops as an entree.
Winter Vegetable Soup
Seared Day Boat Scallops
To be honest, I was expecting it to be better. I mean, it was my last meal in New Jersey! The soup was OK. For those of you who know me, I am a huge soup fan. This one was a little too much pumpkin and squash and not enough... savory and salt, if you know what I mean. The texture was extremely thick and grainy and it was very hot for a long time- we could barely drink it! I didn't end up finishing it, which is a travesty in my book.
The scallops were also.. OK. Although it was perfectly seared, the miso vinaigrette with the sesame peanut noodles were a little underwhelming. The hot seared scallops with the extremely cold/refrigerated noodles takes you by surprise. I'm not sure if they meant to do it this way, or they just were in a rush (to be fair, we told them we had to be done with the entire meal in 45 minutes). The miso vinaigrette was good- although a bit too salty, but the cold noodles and slaw could have been better.
We ended the meal with a pretty delicious dessert- a coffee creme brulee. Although it was small, to me it was the perfect portion for a light lunch. I've had many creme brulees before but the intense espresso flavor infused with the sweet cream of the dessert was the perfect ending- and a good pick me up after a long morning of training!
I would say that I had higher expectations for this place. It could be that I just didn't get the right stuff, but I was hoping for more savory fatty goodness (that the french is so famous for) than a light, asian inspired lunch! The greatest thing was our very attentive and understanding server- very good service!
In the end, the meal was perfect because I was with the perfect person.
So excited for Nina to visit- time for Disney tomorrow!
Food: B
Service: A-
Ambiance: A
Price: $$$
