A Friedman Thanksgiving

Thursday, November 28

I showed up at Loretta's house at around 11:00, bearing Watermelon and one more Turkey. She stored the Turkey for me until I get back to Florida, and I ate the Bowl of Watermelon.

We had 2:30 reservations at Seasons 52 at the Galleria Mall. Neither of us had eaten there before, and we both wanted to try it. I had a Thanksgiving party last year, so I was off the hook for any work in 2013.

I started with the Steak Soup.

Think Onion soup, but less Onions and with Chunks of Meat. And no Cheese. It was delicious. I didn't eat the Bread.

Loretta's Appetizer was a three-Mushroom Flatbread.

She said she liked it a lot. I tried one piece and wasn't all that excited, but that's not something that I would usually go for, so don't listen to me about that. It did have chunks of Garlic; so that was excellent.

For my Main Course, I ordered the Thanksgiving Special Plate.

Mashed Potatoes, Squash, Stuffing, String Beans, Cranberry Dressing and Sliced Turkey. I think that this would have been really good if I had it as soon as they put the plate together, but it felt like it sat there for a while. The Turkey held up and was good. It was all good enough to finish the plate, except the Cranberries - I don't like Cranberries.

Loretta had Scallops.

She said the dish was really good. She liked the Pasta it came with, too.

I think that Seasons 52 is a good place and I will try it again. The menu items were good, and I knew what I was getting into when I ordered a mass-produced plate. None of the servers wanted to be there, either. But that's what you get on holidays. I should go on a random Tuesday - it will probably be very good.

Every year, Joe Robert has his Thanksgiving after-party. He has people over to prep the weekend before, and then serves desserts. This year, he also had Tamales on the menu.

I had three of them. They were small. And good! The only thing that would have made them better would have been a Cowboys loss.

That's it. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!