NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 14:24:28 CDT Xref: austin.food:2658 I'm glad to see that Jeffrey's is still doing it right. Used to be my favorite Austin restaurant. I bought David Garridos new cook book. Haven't used it yet, though. Thanks for the update. Victor M. wrote: > My friend and I had dinner at Jeffrey's saturday night. I had called the > day before to make a reservation, so there was no wait (at 8:30pm). > The service was very professional, water and wine glasses were kept > full and the waiter asked a couple of times if everything was ok, but > kept his distance (I personally dislike waiters that pretend to be your > best buddies) very professionally. The wine list is extensive and somehow > pricey. Got a Silverado Merlot, 95 I believe, for 38 bucks. Quite nice, > albeit a little young. > The restaurant now offers a Chef's Menu: three courses with two choices > each, for a very reasonable $37. Both of us had the crispy oysters with > habanero honey aioli and yucca chips (extraordinary appetizer, you gotta > try it), the beef tenderloin with a very nice wine sauce with capers, > mashed potatoes and veggies (the usual asparagus and carrot thing). > Very well presented and very well executed. For dessert I had the > Chocolate Intemperance (very, very, very good and impressively presented) > and my friend had an orange saffron creme brulee, quite good with an > interesting flavor, also very well presented. > Bottomline: excellent food, excellent service, pricey but well worth it. > In my opinion, Austin's best. > > -- > Victor M. Martinez, Jr. | The University of Texas at Austin > [email removed] | Department of Chemical Engineering > http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv | Austin, TX 78712 > If we knew what we were doing it would not be called research, would it?
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