Date Night - Aristo's and Anjelah Johnson

Date night, last week was a group date with our closest friends, Sothear and Lourie.  We started off the night at Aristo's.  We started of with the Flight of Gyros which is a "must get" item and the Oxtapodi.  The Oxtapodi was just okay.  It was a little to charred for our taste,  The lamb shank is to die for.  The flavors are perfect. If you are looking for something lighter, get a salad and add an order of skewered meat.  The skewered shrimp was perfectly seasoned.

Flight of Gyros

Oxtapodi

Kokkinisto - Lamb Shank

Skewered Shrimp over Maroulosalata Salad

The food was delicious but the service needed some improvement.  We were trying to decide on a bottle of wine. Since we were at a Greek restaurant, we thought we should get Greek wine.  There was two bolded ones on the wine list and when we asked our waitress if she could describe them and what the differences are, she didn't know.  It was a little disappointing.  Then once the wine came out, she did not pour a taste.  We have had bad wines before and think that this is a necessary step.  Bad wines are not because we didn't like it. Bad wines are wines contaminated by the cork, wines that have become oxidized, wines that have been maderized. The wine was fine and actually very delicious.  Then we waited a very long time for food.  Usually, we don't mind this because we enjoy drinking our wine and enjoying conversations with each other.  But not once did she give us an update on when our food would be ready.  I don't even remember her even asking us how everything was.         

After dinner, we saw Anjelah Johnson at Kingsbury Hall.  She was very funny and we all enjoyed the show.