Portofino and Chops on the Freedom

[exarolf]

Just got off the Freedom. We did Chops one night and Portofino another...

 

Pretty much nothing negative can be said of either (as has been posted before).

 

Chops: The Caesar salad was great, the Lobster bisque - nice... The Crab Cake appetizer was also good (not Ruth's Chris good by any imagination). DW liked the shrimp cocktail - to me it's noise with all the other good stuff available...

 

DW got the 10oz fillet (we always split meals) - cooked Medium rare (red through, warm center). This was every bit what I would expect from any great Chop house. The Bearnaise was what you would expect to get in Paris...

 

I got the Scallops (as we were splitting, this seemed a good light alternative). Scallops were amazing! Cooked and dressed perfectly on a bed of twice whipped mashies - they melted in our mouths...

 

Sides: Mashed potatoes were very good, creamed spinach was OK, and the corn (???) was also OK - nothing to really write home about.

 

Deserts were nice, we got a sampling, and traded around... The croissant pudding stood out...

 

Portofino:

 

We got a Caesar, and house Gorgonzola salad, the bean soup, and I believe she got something (maybe soup du jour).

 

They also had a fillet (beef) - and it was cooked the same, and was every bit as good as Chops. I got a plate of skewered lobster,scallops and shrimp (one was enough - and again, we were splitting). Add Bearnaise, and we had a meal that was every bit as good (you could argue better due to variety) as Chops.

 

Our desert was a little sampler...

 

An argument could be made to eating every night in one of these spots (we had kids/grandparents - so that wouldn't fly).

[PhoenixCruiser]

Thanks for the review, now I'm really hungry!!!

 

We only have to wait some 400 odd days to enjoy Chops and Portofino again :D :p

 

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