Category: Drinks

My very dear friend turned 30 this year. She went to Puerto Rico on a couple’s trip, I love that.  We got to celebrate upon her return.  She is a lover of meat and choose Ricardo’s for her celebratory dinner.  I was on time, she was her standard late.  I ordered a strawberry Patron margarita, while I waited.  In my haste to order I forgot to get salt on my rim, it was great without it.  She ordered a pink colada, the waitress warned her it would be weak and wasn’t the best drink.  She was absolutely right, it was mediocre.  The garlic bread was grilled with butter, it was crisp and warm, great combination. We skipped appetizers,  we both have been here before. She ordered the Ricardo’s special platter, skirt steak, pork chop, plantains, mashed potatoes and rice and beans.  Although she enjoyed it, it was a lot of food. She shared her plantain and rice and beans with me and still had a plate to go home.  I ordered the chicken piccata.  It was served with mashed potatoes and grilled veggies.  The veggies were great, the mash was okay, it was a little cold.  The chicken was amazing, no complaints. It’s a birthday dinner,  so there had to be dessert. She ordered cheesecake with fresh strawberries and I ordered the crepe. Her’s came with a firecracker like candle,  it was a nice touch.  My crepe was more like a burrito filled with an espresso filling,  fresh strawberries and vanilla ice cream on the side.  I was disappointed in my dessert.  I am a foodie and was looking forward to the light airy crispness of a crepe.  All in all I enjoyed my meal.  This was my second time here, I would definitely go again.  Next time, I will skip dessert and have a salad instead.

I absolutely love birthdays, with them come dinner and usually cake but always some sort of dessert.  My sister and my niece are a day apart. This year my niece turned five and my son had a Boy Scout event the same weekend. My sister decided to go away,  I couldn’t go Mommy duties over sister duties. No worries my sister had a restaurant picked out and reservations made for dinner. The four of us, my mom, two sister’s and I were all on time, amazing.  We ordered three drinks, the Hong Kong,  No Mames and Dr. Funk. I loved the names of all thier drinks, they have an extensive drink menu.  I may have mentioned I am a tequila girl, two of those drinks were tequila based and the other was rum based.  The drinks were awesome!  We ordered a few appetizers. Kale salad,  it had these crispy homemade potato chips that they called croutons.  I was an immediate fan of the salad.   Steamed dumplings,  they were steamed dumplings.  The shrimp was served in the pan it was cooked in with a fantastic bread served in the side.  Mushroom croquettes, I don’t like mushrooms if I see them. These were pretty good. The dipping sauce probably won me over.  Mains!! I got African chicken with slaw.  It was so good.  The sauce was really tasty and not over powering.  The slaw was the perfect cool compliment. Birthday girl had lobster,  there was none left.  My mother had Hakka noodles with vegetables.   She enjoyed it, it had to have a kick to it.  She isn’t satisfied unless there’s some heat.  My sister had Hake, he fish was light and flaky. I thought it could use a little heat, it had a nice flavor.  We had long beans, bok choy and black rice.  The black rice was divine, it surprised me. The veggies were seasoned well.  Desserts!! We had two Diablo chocolate desserts and malasadas, like a beignet.  The Diablo Thai chili chocolate with this super thin brittle on it.  Not sure words can describe how delicious it was. The birthday girl got a Tropical storm dessert,  rum soaked fruit with a ginger whipped cream.  Ginger is one of her favourites.  This meal was great.  This place has a lounge downstairs,  so the party could continue. I would love to go back, more drinks and definitely dessert.