Well, Monday was the last full day at the 71st ADA Scientific Sessions and it was the same routine. Symposia from 8:00am to 10:00am then a breakout from 10:00am until 2:00pm. The past 2 days I spent my time looking at the poster sessions where recent unpublished studies are highlighted and more time at the various drug company displays. Of course, after 2 days of this you do exhaust most of your breakout options. Which means seeking out lunch options.
This day, I settled on a little neighborhood deli - it was actually named one of San Diego's best sandwich places a couple of years ago - The Cheese Shop. I ordered one of their specialty sandwiches, the Roast Pork Loin with the works including avocado. It was great - albeit messy - sandwich with thin tender slices of pork and loads of accoutrements including cole slaw (on the side, not in the sandwich).
Like the preceding two days, right after the last symposia ended at 6:30pm I headed across the train tracks for dinner. This evening it was at Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar. Why? Mainly because they advertise 100 wines by the glass. One Hundred! Kinda like the Yardhouse for wines! And they also won several Wine Spectator awards for their wine list. Of course, once I arrived and surveyed the wine list, only a dozen or so were of real interest. So I sampled a 2008 Mark West Pinot Noir (happy hour price at $6) with the complementary freshly cooked potato chips (nice touch)!
I then proceeded with the one item I ALWAYS have at a steakhouse. If the cooked steaks are good then the raw steaks should be even better! So the Tenderloin Carpaccio with Caper Creole Mustard Sauce (happy hour price at $6) it was! This was the best rendition of carpaccio during this trip. It was served with cheese crusted slices of toast and served with a mini green salad including fried basil which made the dish! I thoroughly enjoyed it with a glass of 2006 Vall Llach Embruix ($14).
I also sampled the Roasted Mushroom Ravioli with portobello and shiitake in a porcini butter sauce (happy hour price at $6). This was also very good with rich mushroom flavor and the butter sauce wasn't heavy at all.
Then I sampled the piece de resistance, the Lobster Tempura (no happy hour pricing, $20.50). This dish was the BOMB! Two whole lobster tails split lengthwise in a light tempura batter served with 2 dipping sauces, a soy sesame and a red jalapeno sauce. It included several asparagus and red peppers also tempura batter fried. This was enjoyed with a glass of Ferrari Carano Tre Terre Chardonnay ($12.50).
I ended the meal with a liquid dessert, a Pomtini (happy hour price at $6)
All in all a very good meal even if the 100 wine list didn't live up to full expectations, the food more than filled the bill.
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