Airlie Seafood Company - Dinner 4/18/08

The wife and I joined two other couples for dinner at Airlie Seafood Company on a beautiful Friday evening.  We arrived by boat and sat on the deck quickly ordering drinks and appetizers.  The wife had a margarita (on special!) which she was very happy with.  ASC serves Front Street Brewery selections on draft which was a nice touch.  The table shared orders of Bleu Chips and Seared Tuna.  The Bleu Chips were interesting, I somehow liked and disliked them at the same time.  I felt like the flavors were mismatched, sweet potato, gorgonzola cheese, bacon and scallions.  I had no problem finishing the plate but didn't fall in love with them.  I feel like the toppings would have worked better with regular potato chips.  As for the seared tuna, I felt it was a tad overcooked, but still had a nice flavor and worked well with the sauce.

We then ordered dinner, island shrimp for the wife and mango grilled tuna, ordered rare, for me.  My tuna seemed to have gotten comfortable on the grill as there wasn't even a touch of pink by the time it made it to my plate.  This was a disappointment, but I wasn't in the mood to send it back.  The mango sauce was good, as were the julienne vegetables.  The sticky rice lacked any noticeable flavor and was easily ignored.

The island shrimp were pretty good.  Possibly over breaded, but were well cooked, and we both really liked the orange marmalade that they were tossed with.  The wife opted for a house salad in place of the sauteed spinach and was pleased with it.  The house dressing was a white balsamic.  She liked the dressing a lot, I thought it was a bit overpowering.  The roasted red peppers were a nice touch.

Over all it seemed to be a pretty average meal.  The location was great, and the food was by no means bad, but wasn't very memorable either.  

Stuffed,

-W