On Sunday, my family plus Al and Meg went to Joe Fortes Restaurant to have an early Father’s Day celebration. I know my parents love seafood and would love to try the seafood tower.
We got there around 6:30 and got seated upstairs. I’ve never been to the second level before and was surprised to find that it is much brighter than the lower level since the skylights let in a lot of natural lighting. There were a lot of choices on the menu and it took us a while to decide on what to eat.
Everyone had seafood chowder except me. I had the Maryland Blue Crab cake which was really nice. The server told us that the food came a little late because there was a “situation” with my crab cake. I wondered what it was…maybe the crab tried to run away?! Joe Fortes have two different seafood chowders, New England - the creamy version, and Manhattan - the tomato soup. Both were equally yummy.
For main course, Al ordered a swordfish steak while Meg and Dave had the classic cioppino. It has, as stated on the menu, “prawns, scallops, alaskan king crab, clams, mussels,fresh fish, calamari”. It comes in a spicy tomato broth, much like a bouillabaisse. Personally I think the cioppino is your best bet if you can’t decide on what to order. All that seafood for $32. It’s a win-win situation. My parents and I shared the 3-tier seafood tower. It was huge. It had more seafood than we thought. Everything on the tower (I didn’t tried the oysters but dad and Dave said they were really fresh) were yummy. This is the first time I’ve ate “cold” seafood (they were served on ice). It’s a very refreshing experience. I did find that the lobster were just slightly over cooked. The three of us, with help from Meg, Al and Dave, couldn’t finish the tower and ended up having to take a box of seafood home.
Here are some pictures of the food and interior of the restaurant.
More pictures are in my Picasa Album.
We were pretty stuffed but there is always room for dessert! Al had a cafe caramel. Dave had the tiramisu while Meg got the creme brulee. Mom and dad shared a NY cheesecake. Again I’m the odd ball and ordered the daily sorbet - raspberry and pear. It turned out to be the best dessert among us! Everyone raved about the raspberry sorbet. It wasn’t too sour or sweet. Perfect to eat after a meal.
