Pamplemousse Grille

Dark. Earthy. Soft small pieces were hidden in the darkness. Spread on a ribeye steak the additional flavors made for one of the best steaks I’ve had. I became addicted to ribeye steaks with wild mushroom sauce on a trip to Portland a decade ago. Portland was a bit far to go for steak so began my search for steak with mushroom sauce locally. That search led me to Pamplemousse Grille.

Fresh baked muffins.

French baguette had a crunchy crust and delicious flavor. Among the best I’ve ever had. I found out Bread & Cie provides it.

Grapefruit sorbet was icy and had strong grapefruit flavor. Was just like eating grapefruit.

French fries were the crunchiest I’ve ever had. Really good potato flavor. Onion strings were crunchy and had strong onion flavor. I love how when the onions are cut thin this way you don’t have to worry about globs of unfried batter.

14oz prime ribeye with wild mushroom sauce cooked to medium. Beef was extremely tender and had a delicious beef flavor.

17oz dry aged prime rib eye bone in with wild mushroom sauce cooked to medium. Beef was extremely tender and had amazing beef flavor. This is the best steak I’ve ever had. I love my steak with the bone in and the aging process gave this steak flavors the regular prime rib eye didn’t.

Mushroom sauce had a delicious savory mushroom flavor and had bits of mushroom in it. Seemed there were different kinds of high quality mushrooms.

Pan roasted halibut was tender and flaky with a bit of juice. I could tell it was a high quality fish and it didn’t have any fishy flavor. Just that delicious mild halibut flavor. Best I’ve had in town.

Vanilla creme brulee had a hard sugary crust and vanilla creme. My fav dessert. Apple creme brulee had a hard sugary crust and a mixture of creme and apples. Kind of like a creme brulee with apple pie filling on the bottom. Nice mixture of flavors.

Pig shaped sugar cookie had a buttery flavor accented by a mild sugar flavor from the sugar crystals on top. Very tasty. Reminds me Mother’s use to have really good orange flavored sugar cookies back when I was a kid.