Crab Cakes or Petit Fillet?

That was the question which faced me tonight when I sat down for dinner. I ate lunch with a friend at Applebee’s (neighbor hood bar and grill, of course) and had a 9 oz. sirloin there, because it was about the most appetizing item on the post-Katrina menu, and after all, I had passed up Italian food to have a steak! But I forgot tonight was my big night—my first time, if you know what I mean.

That’s it girls, tonight was my first time… at Ruth’s Chris Steak House. The choice of entrées set before me included crab cakes and the petit fillet. I always enjoy crab cakes, but the steak!!! So that’s what I had—the petit fillet medium with blueberry cheesecake for desert. The steak just melted in my mouth.

The second best part of the evening was that I did not have to pay for it. It was part of a continuing education program advertised at work. Quite possibly the best corn-fed beef known to the planet and I got it for FREE!