It's a special occasion, so I'm thinkin' that Freddie's Frozen Custard is probably not a good choice.
After a little Googling on fine dining in San Antonio, I find this link:
http://www.mesoneuropeandining.com/
*click* and I'm suddenly reading a review by the S.A. Express News saying how great the place is. This review RAVES about how good the Caesar salad is and how AWESOME it is that they prepare it at tableside. I'm in.
Hey, what can I say? I like C-salad and I'm a sucker for anything prepared tableside
Let me warn you now, they only do the tableside prep of the Caesar salad IF AND ONLY IF two or more people at your table are having the Caesar salad.
Unfortunately, only one person at our table of two wanted the C-salad. My wife detests it. So I didn't get the salad at all. I mean, half the fun is the show, right?
So now I'm kinda bummed, but then I see this on the menu: French onion soup.
Ok, I've been walking this planet for 4+ decades and I likes me sum french onion soup. I've had it in just about every restaurant I've been in and I think I know a good French onion soup when I taste it. So I think to my self, "Self, let's see how good their soup is." Here's the pic:
There are no words in any language on this planet that can describe how wonderful this was on my tongue. I can say no more except that my wife and I had decided, even before the entree arrived, that we were coming back to Meson, if for nothing other than to have another bowl of the onion soup.
I ordered the trout and my wife ordered the pepper steak. Both were superb. However, being a jaded American with a jaded American palate, I prefer some kick (read: spiciness) in my food. I found the trout to be not as "kicky" as I'd like.
My wife reminded me, as she was grabbing the trout off my plate (SHE loved it; she prefers less kick), that this was "European" dining; less spice taste, more FOOD taste.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever," I said. "If you're gonna eat my trout, gimme your steak."
Turns out it was a good trade. The pepper steak had a FANTASTIC sauce on it, that included cracked pepper (how can you go wrong with cracked pepper on ANYTHING???).
So bottom line: my wife loved the trout (not spicy, but very tasty) and I loved the pepper steak.
We BOTH loved (and would worship with sacrifices of virgin goats if we could) the French onion soup.
The waiter we had was super-attentive and the owner came and visited with us a bit. It turns out that he does not advertise. He gets his business by word of mouth.
So consider this my word of mouth: go there, you won't be disappointed!
