Del Frisco's

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Ate at this very popular steakhouse before unfortunately heading to the Radio City Christmas Spectacular (which i didnt find to be too spectacular). We started the meal with the cocktail shrimp appetizer. The dish comes with three shrimp per person, each with a different sauce (one traditional cocktail, one remoulade, and one i dont remember). It wasn't particularly notable, and wasnt even on par with the shrimp at the other major steakhouses in size or texture.

The steak at Del Frisco's is one of my favorite in New York. I had the 12oz filet and as usual, the meat was of a great quality. Getting the cut medium rare produced a perfectly red center but crispy exterior. The part i enjoy here is that there is a slighty peppery flavoring to the entire steak which precludes the need for any sauce. To accompany the steak we had a Frogs Leap 2003 Cabernet. The wine was a solid complement but nothing too powerful to commit to memory (chosen more for nostalgic purposes as i went to this vineyard back in March).

For dessert we had the Jack Daniel's Bread Pudding. This dessert was definitely out of character from normal desserts as it was more appropriate as a central focus of a meal rather than the conclusion. The pudding was an extremely thick, yet somehow creamy concoction standing in the midst of what appeared to be a plateful of a buttery-sweet sauce. The dessert was fantastic, but I would recommend it more if you were maybe just having some wine and dessert rather than to conclude a meal. Even splitting it posed a problem in trying to finish it, and I definitely can normally eat myself to death. With the dessert we had their only Muscat..not sure the vintage, but a great complement.

This place is always a great steakhouse to go if you'll be with girls as the ambience is nothing of the stereotypical old-boys club. It's afterwork midtown at its finest (whatever that means).