Longhorn Steakhouse

Yesterday, I got the opportunity to dine for lunch at Longhorn Steakhouse near the Fairfield Commons Mall with Erin and Christopher.

Walking in to the restaurant in the early afternoon, we were immediately seated and not too long after had our drink orders taken. The wait for our drinks was very minimal.

We glanced over our menus and decided on an appetizer and a meal for Christopher. We ordered him the grilled cheese meal, and "Texas Tonions" as a starter. Our wait on those items was also a very short one.

The grilled cheese didn't look like it was anything extra spectacular, and the fries seemed fairly normal. The "Texas Tonions" on the other hand were great. For those who don't know, they're onion petals served with a zesty dipping sauce. Both the petals and the sauce were delicious. The sauce was almost comparable to Burger King's "Zesty" onion ring sauce, just with a better quality to it. The petals themselves tasted a little salty, but that didn't stop us from chowing down at all. The amount of petals was great as well. There were more than enough to last us until our meals arrived. We didn't finish them, not because of the quality, but so we could save room for what looked like a very delicious lunch when it arrived.

Upon receiving our starter and Christopher's meal, we ordered ours. She had a shrimp meal. Unfortunately I don't remember what the name of it was. The shrimp was great though. I only had one piece of it, so describing the taste will be difficult, so you'll just have to take my word for it that it was good.

I ordered "Flo's Filet" with a side of their macaroni and cheese. I love macaroni, so I just had to try it. I am glad I did. The macaroni was amazing. The noodles were not the traditional elbow macaroni noodles, but instead the spiral tubes. It was less like the boxed Kraft macaroni, and way more towards the homemade baked macaroni. The cheese on it was plentiful and very warm and stringy. There were even little pieces of ham throughout the dish, adding an additional deliciousness to it. I highly recommend this to any macaroni and cheese lovers who decide to eat at Longhorn.

As for "Flo's Filet"...

Outstanding. I normally get any kind of steak I eat cooked medium rare. I don't think I know anybody who is against eating a nice juicy pink center ;-). Dirty jokes aside, the steak itself was amazing. Being a filet, the portion was a bit small. The taste makes up for the size of it though. The seasoning on it was outstanding, and the cooking to order was done perfectly. The knife was able to cut through the filet with ease. Erin, who normally does not like eating meat that pink, loved it as well. This is another item on the menu that I would definitely recommend, unless you need more than a small filet and a bowl of macaroni to be filled up. Of course, I also ate a lot of onion petals and a couple pieces of the warm bread they bring you in the beginning.

If you don't mind paying a little extra for your meal, I would HIGHLY recommend Longhorn Steakhouse. For Erin, Christopher, and I to eat our lunch, we racked up a $60.00 bill. Of course, we also had a couple drinks on the bill. I think it was worth every penny.

P.S. I'm sorry, but for this meal I did not take any pictures. I was just too excited to think about it. I'll start taking extra pictures for everything else to make up for it ;-)