Surf and Turf (You're doing it wrong)

It was the last day for my boss over at the company I work for the other day and, because it’s an unspoken tradition at workplaces the world over and, really, it’s the right thing to do, our team took her out for lunch. It was, of course, a means for us to collectively say goodbye as well as provide us a chance to hang out just one last time and, hey, there was food involved. So, yippee yippee.

We went to a lovely restaurant called Finz Seafood & Grill. There, I had the steak tips. (Well, specifically, I had the Marinated Sirloin Tips.)

Not until one of our number pointed it out did it occur to me how silly it was to be at a nice seafood restaurant (that’s at the water, even) and order myself a beef dish. In my defense, though, both of my adjacent boothmates also ordered some variety of those steak tips and not actually fish. So, I wasn’t exactly alone. Still felt silly, though.

Later that night, I went out to see a movie with a friend and when the film let out we wound up having dinner in town at a local Longhorn Steakhouse.

There, out of some retarded sense of balance or some such, I felt compelled to have seafood. (Specifically, the Wild West Shrimp starter.) And, you know, not actually beef. At a steakhouse.

I, um.. Yah. I kind of fail at going out to eat.

..both dishes were tasty despite my failings, though, and would recommend you try both out:

Finz Seafood & Grill
76 Wharf Street, Pickering Wharf, Salem, Massachusetts (978) 744-8485

Longhorn Steakhouse
401 Park Dr, Boston, Massachusetts (617) 247-9199?