Valentine's Day Recap

Bryan and I celebrated Valentine's Day on Saturday night. I had received an email about a special three course holiday menu at Cantina Laredo. We had eaten there a few times and the food was always quite good so we made a reservation! It was fun to get all dressed up and have a nice date night out. We arrived a little early so we could enjoy a few house margaritas at the bar before being seated. The house margaritas were super delicious!

Once we were seated, we ordered the 'Top Shelf Guacamole.' The waiter brought all the ingredients to our table and made it fresh right in front of us. This stuff is seriously good! (Hint, Hint: If you sign up for the email club, you'll receive a coupon for a free guacamole!)

After enjoying our appetizer, we selected our three courses from the Valentine's menu. There was an option for tequila drink pairings with each course that we ordered as well.

Our first course was a Cranberry Pecan Salad with a Pomegranate Margarita. The salad was good, but not particularly special. The margarita (and all the drink pairings for that matter) were not what we expected. They were a lot smaller than the normal margaritas and WAY too sweet. They were almost like a martini as they were not served 'on the rocks.'

For our main course, we both ordered the Fresh Sea Bass Oscar. I though the sea bass was very good. The jalapeno beurre blanc covered the fish filet and the majority of the plate and had a great flavor that I really liked. There was a crab cake on top of the seas bass, but we found it to be overcooked. I would have much preferred just lump crab meat on top.

This is the Sunset Margarita next to the House Margarita. You can see how much bigger the house one is. Also, this drink pairing conveniently came AFTER we finished our dinner course.

For our dessert drink we had a tequila, Bailey's and coffee cocktail.

I ordered the Dia Y Noche Flan which was a brownie topped in flan. It was ok, but would have been MUCH better if served warm.

Bryan had the Strawberry Bunelos which were fairly plain in his opinion.

Overall, we were disappointed in our dining experience. The service was sub par, the food was average and the drinks were, well you saw them. However, it was still a special day and we had fun just being with each other!

Will we dine there again? Probably. Every other time has been enjoyable, so hopefully this was just a one time occurrence. Too bad it was on a holiday.

We ended our night with a few beers and a cigar for Bryan at a cigar bar next to the restaurant. Needless to say, we spent most of Sunday recovering. :)