Road rip 04-14-09

04-14-09
Some of you have not gone to sign into the blog site, so do it now. Copy ( http://iamhavingagreatday.blogspot.com ) and do it now. We are still experiencing weather for other people, this is not the great weather that we want when traveling, Oh Well, roll with the punches, still cold 50s and 40s and damp and wet. Checked into the Clarksdale Juke Joint Festival for this weekend, found out the Chamber of Commerce has over 400 RV sites so we'll be headed there on Friday. Went to lunch at The Cupboard. It's a family eatin' kind of place, like Ben's Restaurant in Brandon. Diner roll AND corn rolls arrive immediatly after we order. I got the meat and 3 sides $8.95 Dixie the 4 veg platter 5.95. The specials today were Meatloaf, mac and cheese, lima beans, and carrot souffle for me. Dixie got lima beans(we forgot to get something different), fried green tomatoes, field peas with snaps, and rice and gravy. Everything and I mean everything was perfect. Nothing left on our plates except some lima beans. Two unsweetened ice teas washed it down. The carrot souflle was our dessert it was so sweet and creamy, the mac and cheese was exactly like my Mom used to make less the baked breadcrumb topping. I have got to say something about the service. We were in a section that had a plaque about waitress of the year, Elsie? I think that was the name. She never missed a beat, rolls, dinner, drinks and refills there was not a second we waited, she had everything under control. Everyday there is a different special so you could eat here everyday. $21 for everything, plus tip. When we checked out, I have found that if they have York Peppermint Patties, you know you are full, but you know you got to get one, they're great, we did. We decided to go to The Sun Studio for the tours however a tour bus was there and we did not want to wait for 50 people ahead of us, we'll go tomorrow. Went to Wallyworld bought some shit that cost over $200 have no idea what it was. OK, Pay attention this is the best Restaurant we have been to so far. It is called FLIGHT. This is a collaboration of two guys Tom Powers and Russ Graham, the restaurant only opened yesterday. Their idea is unique and probably the next new idea in dining-drinking and desserting. Flights features flights of wines( we have all heard of flights of wines where you sample 3 different wines for one price), flights of salads, flights of soups, flights of meats, flights of desserts, flights of after dinner drinks, flights of scotch. This is like an idea that has been waiting to happen. These guys have truly let you 'have it your way'. OK here's what went down. Owner Russ seats us, tells us the concept, we like. David our waiter takes our order of a "call me a cab" (Cabernet wine) and an appetizer of baked brie with a topping of light honey and almonds, with strawberries and crostini. Sooner than we expect the Flight of Cabs consisting of Root:1,Educated Guess, and Fritz arrive. They come in a custom made serving wood tray with 2 oz of each in a small wine glass with a card explaining each of the wines. We debate, we drink, we eat the appetizer and then finally decide on ordering a full bottle of the Fritz with our meal. We then ordered the flight of salads. The best was Feta and watermellon salad with fresh mint, red onion, and extra virgin olive oil, this salad alone could make you think about turning vegitarian. The next salad was Orange and avacado salad, consisting of spring lettuce and citrus grain mustard vinaigrette topped with toasted almonds. Last but not least, was baby spinach salad with bacon, red onion, with vinaigrette. That's right we didn't have to choose one we got them all. We knew this was a ton of food so we passed on the soups tonight, even though they all sounded terrific. For our entrees Dixie selected the Beef flight. Filet of Beef, fondant potatoes, shitake mushrooms,and bordelaise. 2 die for, our fave. Deuce was flat iron of beef with mushroom risotto and red cabernet sauce. Oh yeah, then to complete the trio, a ribeye, with 'house made' worcestershire sauce. You know there have been people that have sold their soul for less than this, but we got it all without going to Hell, thank god we didn't have satan as a server or he would have chalked up two more souls. I ordered the flight of Feathered. 'Ashley Farms' Chicken Breast with fingerling potatoes in a mouth watering madeira sauce. Of course there was the Pistachio dusted quail breast. Of course it was yummy. The holy ghost of this trio was the Duck breast with sweet potato and confit hash with pomegranate reduction sauce. This did NOT suck a duck. I'm not kidding you, we had 6 different type meats. Then came the desserts flights. We didn't have room for, but we managed to eat, a grand marnier creme brulee, a milk chocolate parfait, and a killer chocolate caramel pecan cheesecake. A white chocolate martini for Dixie and a Grand Marnier for me finishes off this repast.This is the trinity of the devil, as Flip Wilson said 'the devil made me do it'. This place, this idea, this restaurant is going to be BIG. If you have money, invest in this place. If you have a credit card go eat there, they take them all. We will be back. Thanks for having us Tom and Russ and GOOD LUCK with your new venture. We decided not to check out the two other bars that we had for tonight and went back home to recover from the meal of a century. $250 including tip. All you foodies, write this place down and pass it on to your friends. When in Memphis take a flight to FLIGHT. See Ya Brian.