I'm at work, so I can't get my pix on here for club level... but I'll move forward with the rankings/final reviews. These are collaborations from the two of us:
Breakfast:
If I could take the Cape May Food, and implant it into the Tusker House setting and festivities... we would have the PERFECT breakfast. I'm not as adventurous as all of the Tusker House food was, but I did love it. Dave's favorite was the Kona Steak for breakfast, and I admit Kona coffee is a weakness of mine.
We'll call breakfast a 3 way tie. We are repeating Kona for Breakfast in November.
Lunch:
We had: Liberty Tree Tavern, Big River Grille, Mama Melrose, Nine Dragons, Sci Fi, Yak n Yeti, Raglan Road, 50s Prime Time
Winning Appies were:
Liberty Tree Tavern - Tavern Fried Cheese (Winner)
Big River Grille - Beef/Chicken Nachos
Nine Dragons - Egg Rolls
Raglan Road - Scallop Forest - Wings
Winning Entrees:
Big River Grille- Steak and Shrimp Combo
Mama Melrose - Chicken Parm (Winner)
Yak n Yeti - BBQ Ribs
Nine Dragons - Fried Rice
Winning Desserts:
Liberty Tree Tavern - Ooey Gooey Toffee Cake (Winner)
Mama Melrose - Tiramisu Sundae
Mama Melrose - Chocolate Gelato (Sorry I'm plain)
Big River Grille - Chocolate Cake
Overall... We loved Liberty Tree, Big River, Mama Melrose and Nine Dragons. They are going in our rotation... YAY! We will also return to Yak n Yeti and Raglan at some point
In November, we are returning to Liberty Tree Tavern for lunch... but allowing the other slots for new experiences
Dinner
We had: LeCellier, Akershus, Narcoossee's, Yachtsman, Captain's Grille, Chefs de France, and Jiko.
Winning Appies:
Le Cellier - Cheddar Cheese Soup (David's Best Soup Ever Winner, lol)
Yachtsman - Chicken Noodle Soup
Captain's Grille - Crab Cake (Deena's Best Crab Cake Ever Winner, lol)
Chefs de France - Onion Soup
Winning Entrees:
Yachtsman - Filet
Yachtsman - Porterhouse
Captain's Grille - Pork Chop
Captain's Grille - Crab Legs
------We can't pick a winner here. They were 2 of the best meals we've ever had.
Winning Desserts:
Yachtsman - Yachtsman Sundae (Winner)
Le Cellier - Whiskey Cake
It's inevitable that Yachtsman and Captain's Grille are our FAVES!! We will be making an appearance at both in November. Although we had a rough experience at LeCellier, we are hoping to give it a second chance for lunch sometime. We probably wont make it back to Akershus unless we have a little girl. We have no desire to go back to Jiko or Narcoossee's. We will also go back to Chefs de France sometime. Maybe for lunch to see Remy
I did the figures at one point to see what we saved and it was over $700. That is crazy for 2 people!! Of course there was a lot of trying things we wouldn't have ordered otherwise, and plates left empty--but it's all about the experience. We had fun and thats all that matters! We found a few hidden gems that we took a chance on (Captain's Grille, Big River Grille, Nine Dragons), and we found that some didn't live up to the hype for us (Narcoossee's / Jiko). The DxDDP is way to go for us, and despite people saying Club Level is too much with it... we loved it. I like walking a few feet in the morning before I'm ready to get some tea, or grabbing a quick Sprite before my afternoon nap.... and I also enjoyed the fact I wasn't getting dinged $6 a beer everytime he wanted one, lol.
Well that's about it!! There's our trip. I plan on adding the CL pix soon, and starting our Pre-Trip for November. Of course there will be pix involved. It will be madness... 6 nights, 7 days, DxDDP, Club Level, Food & Wine Festival, Festival of the Masters,
MVMCP. I can't wait. Thanks for joining in!!