A grimbergen. We all agreed that this beer was super tasty. It’s belgian, and I believe this was a blonde, but as we can all see, it’s quite brown. And yummy.

They provide carafes of water so you can hydrate yourself. A enjoyed a hoegaarden while I took advantage of a passion fruit soju mixed drink. Fruity and strong. Yeeha!

The frites! Extremely thick cut, which surprised me. Hot and crispy. With the large, you get your choice of two dips. Amongst us, we picked thai chili ketchup, white truffle artichoke ketchup, parmesan peppercorn ranch, and spicy yogurt peanut. Here’s the low down… thai chili – ok and spicy, artichoke – amazing, ranch – eh, it’s ranch, and the peanut – thick and peanutty. I think we all agreed that theh artichoke was the best of the bunch. These freis were great. And not greasy either. I was picking the crumbs…

A got the mussels, the thai kind. She loved it. And the leftover broth was enjoyed by all. She even got extra bread to sop it all up.

The rest of us got sandwiches. The sisley – roasted pear, cheddar, gorgonzola, chipotle remoulade, and avocado on focaccia.

The rest of us got sandwiches. The basquiat – grilled chicken, pesto mayo, caramelized onions, swiss, avocado on focaccia.

The velasquez – prosciutto, mozzarella, roasted pineapple, roasted pepper mayo on focaccia. All sandwiches were served with a spring mix salad. Good food with good friends. Not exactly cheap, but worth it! I probably drank too much… ha! Ok, not here, but definitely at Gestalt where we spent the rest of the night…

There was no point in trying to select specific flights of deviled eggs, so we just tried them all. This is what was offered in each flight:

Black Truffle

Sriracha with pickled daikon, carrot and coriander

Horseradish Egg with steak and roquefort

Curried with roasted cauliflower and mint

Lobster with dill crème fraiche

Deep-Fried Scotch with country sausage

Pistou with ratatouille

Wasabi with uni and crispy nori

Braised bacon and cheddar

Chevre with spring asparagus

>Smoked chile with corn-red onion salsa

Saffron with salt cod and roasted garlic

Some close ups of the wasabi with uni and the ratatouille.

More closeups of the cod and the salsa.

I actually enjoyed them all. The filling of most were a bit on the salty side. Much saltier than I am used to for deviled eggs. For the truffle one, it was a bit too much truffle. It’s better to just keep most of the truffle out and crumble just a teeny bit on top of the egg. There’s also truffle in the egg mixture as well. I don’t like stinky cheese, but the steak one wasn’t overly overloaded with the roquefort. The salsa one was excellent, so was the ratatouille. The fried country sausage one was surprisingly good. At $9 for all 12 and $3 beers, this was fun, tasty, and cheap.

I had an extremely early flight on friday morning, so I spent thursday night in Tulsa proper. Tulsa, the “big city”. After doing a little roamin on yelp, I decided to go to FB Oscar’s Gastropub which is located near downtown Tulsa. I have no idea about the neighborhoods in Tulsa, but where Oscar’s was seemed to have a number of restaurants and clubs/bars and such. And there were beautiful old craftsman style houses everywhere. It seemed to be a pretty cool neighborhood, and it was near the river. The place is nicely decorated and pretty big on the inside. There are two huge skylights with these funky balloon shaped thingies hanging down. There’s a big bar with tons of beers and outdoor dining in the front. I asked the bartender if I could only pick one thing, what should I pick, and he recommended the kobe beef meatloaf. I had been eating beef non-stop for days, and I really wanted to go meat-free, but I decided to get it anyway. When I was reading some reviews about this place, other people had raved about it, so I had to go with it. This dish is regularly served with drunken mushrooms and braised spinach. I told him that the two things I really don’t like are mushrooms and spinach, so could he just give me something else as a side. He said he would make me happy. Oh boy, did he!

The meatloaf came topped on a heap of goat cheese mashed potatoes. There was some sort of onion compote type thing on top of the meatloaf, which tasted like it was braised in red wine vinegar. And surrounding the entire plate was a melange of stir fried veggies in an awesome asian-inspired sauce. It’s like he was reading my mind! Everything on this plate was delicious – the meatloaf, the potatoes, the veggies. Everything had tons of flavor. I loved everything about it. And it was tons of food too. This was one of the best entrees I’ve had in a long time. The whole experience was impressive – the food, the service, the ambiance. Oscar’s has the total package!