>Someone wrote: > >Well, we went to a wedding in atlanta (family) and it was a ball!! >Traveling was not, we had dinner reservations at 8:45 pm, should >have been plently of time to get from airport to the hotel, but >we had to wait 1 1/2 hours for the rental car :-(. > >We got to the hotel at 8:45!!! Called the restaurant: >PANO's and PAUL's and they said, just come anytime. We got >there at 10:00. Had to relax and have a glass of wine in >the room (there were 6 of us travelling, but only 4 of us >went to dinner). Well, the food was spectacular. > >The appetizers we had were sweetbreads, salmon pate and mom >had a ceaser salad. They were wonderful and beautifully presented >with lovely garnishes. Entrees were as follows: > > Seafood on a bed of noodles with oriental overtones > (scallops, shrimp, lobster, crab) > Mediallions of venison with morels over couscous > Veal sirloin with tarragon brown sauce > Sea bass (and I can't remember the sauce!!!) > >It was elegant and so well done!! Not one of us could find >fault. So as stuffed as we were we had dessert: > > fresh raspberries in an almond cookie cup > 3 different icecreams in almond cookie cup > chocolate, coffee and vanilla (really creamy) > creme brulee > chocolate melt (melted in your mouth cake) > >We were there until 12:30, the last party to leave, and >we were able to thank the chefs who had come out to have >a glass of wine at the bar. It was so good. I'm still >drooling. (As we left I was looking for the fork lift >because I wasn't sure how I was going to get back into >the car :-) ). > >So If you are in atlanta: > > Pano's and Paul's > 1232 W. Paces Ferry Road, N.W. > Atlanta, GA 30327 > Phone: 261-3662 > >They aren't cheap. Their signature dish, as they called it >is a lobster tail in some sort of tempura (we didn't go for >that or the softshell crabs since we're from Maryland), but >It did look good. At any rate it was $32. So It's not >cheap. But it was sooooo good!! > >Mary f.> I lived in Atlanta for 3 years and I love Pano & Paul's. The only thing I've ever eaten there (as far as main course is concerned) is their batter fried lobster tail. They are fabulous. You're right, not cheap, but well worth it. Thanks for the memories... Olga, asking "Did you hear *those* lobsters screaming??"
Atlanta, GA