Seafood Cove

Saturday. November 29, 2014

Henry decided he had some free time so an invite to dinner was issued . Apparently the Seafood Palace had a big event tonight so there were no larger tables available so Henry opted for the Seafood Cove. Had never been there before.  When I arrived at 6:00 the place was packed. . It is a Vietnamese restaurant with Chinese influence. Had to wait for our table to become available

We all brought red wines, mine by mistake - pulled the wrong bottle - looked at the year and spaced out everything else. I am so exhausted from decorating for Christmas. Don't think all the decorating will get done this weekend. But the tree is up and that is the biggest item to get out of the way. Took two days.

I wanted to bring a 2009 Clos Pepe Sparkling Rose. Pulled a 2009 Clos Pepe out - did not pay any attention to the bottle just the 2009. Turned out to be a VS Pinot. Now how can anyone mistake the cork situation. You can' t if you are paying attention and clearly I was not.

So since we had 4 big red wines we had meat dishes - no seafood tonight. Henry says we will come back and have the lobster. They have tanks in the restaurant with fresh seafood.They fill a bucket and bring it to the table so you can pick out your own,

We started out with a Pork Ribs, Peking Style. This is definitely a finger food. Excellent flavor. Then off to Beef, French Style, very tender small pieces of beef with fresh tomatoes, leafy something and loads of onions which Terry and CJ liked. I passed. 

A plate of Kung Pao Chicken was next. Very good flavors and not overly spicy. Last dish was a Beef with Chinese broccoli and fat noodles. Again excellent flavors.

The size of the dishes were larger than the Seafood Palace so that is why we only had 4 dishes and took leftovers home. These dishes would serve 6 to 8  people easily.

For dessert we were served a Seaweed with Tapioca and Green Bean soup along with Fortune Cookies.

Nice restaurant but does not have the ambiance of the Seafood Palace. Very busy and noisy. Rapid turnover of the tables. Place was packed from 6 to 9 but after that it cleared out considerably. Seems to be a very popular spot with the locals.A lot of older white men, probably served in the war and got a taste for the food.

Along with my 2009 Clos Pepe VS Pinot Noir, there was a 2006 Melville, Carries Vineyard, Pinot Noir, a 2011 Dearly Lane, Napa, Cabernet Sauvignon and a 2000 McKeon-Phillips Ardison, A.D., Cabernet Sauvignon.