Restaurants - Part II

So I tried the chicken finger place and it's good! It's called Raising Canes. The fingers were very chicken-y (not flat and mostly bread like some places) and yummy-moist. The place has their own dipping sauce that is very tastey, too. It can almost be compared to the sauce you dip the Bloomin' Onion in at The Outback. The fries were even good (but what wouldn't be in that sauce). They were the small crinkly-cut kind. Yummy! Also, they had the best "Texas" tea ever! I could only drink half my cup because I was swimming from a sugar high! Overall, it was good and will definitely go back. Jamie, are we still friends if I eat at a place like that?

There are 9 of us in my group at work, so last night we went out for a work dinner. I've never gone to a work dinner before, so I was excited; it turned out to be a lot of fun. It's weird how people are different outside of the actual office...anyway, this is supposed to be about food...we went to a place called the Rainbow Lodge. (Those of you from Shawnee can imagine my concern about eating at a place with "Rainbow" in the name, but all was well.) It's a seafood and game restaurant. I wanted so badly to get some great fish (they had a red snapper special), but had to give in to trying game, so I had the venison:

Baby Spinach Salad -
warm pancetta and balsamic vinaigrette, toasted pine nuts and feta

Grilled Venison Tenderloin -
sliced on smoked gouda orzo with swiss chard and pasilla pepper infused demi

Croissant Bread Pudding -
cinnamon toasted croissants, boubron sauce, vanilla bean ice cream

It was wonderful...beats cow any day! Beforehand we all shared an appetizer of quail breast, crab cakes, shrimp, and wild boar sausage. All was good. I also got to have gouda for the first time. All ate well and all tasted well...and all should've because the ticket was $800! Jamie, I know we can be friends after eating here!