I am stuffed. 😕
Tonight, Thermador treated our group to a fabulous dinner at Mastros City Hall Steakhouse to welcome us to Scottsdale and kick-off the “Now You’re (Steam) Cooking Blogger Adventure.”
I chatted with some really great bloggers this evening. Check out this crew:
- Dine & Dish
- goodLife {eats}
- DesignMom Blog
- Two Peas & Their Pod
- Momfluential Media
- White on Rice Couple
- My Favorite Everything
- Cheeky Kitchen
- Food for My Family
- This Week for Dinner
- Picky Palate
- Savor the Thyme
- Endless Simmer
- Classy Mommy
- Eat Live Run
- I Ate a Pie
- She Knows
The menu was pre-set, but we had a choice of salad, entree, and dessert.
To start, everyone enjoyed a piece of Jumbo Shrimp with “atomic” horseradish. Thankfully, we were warned that the horseradish was super hot, so no damage was done! 😉 The horseradish was on par with wasabi, so, of course, I loved it!
For the salad course, I chose the Chopped Salad, which was an assortment of chopped veggies served with a light dressing, shredded Parmesan, and feta cheese.
For my entree, I ordered the Ahi Tuna, which ended up being the biggest portion ever! It was pretty much an entire tuna!! I ate quite a bit, but it still looked like I barely made a dent. I felt terrible wasting so much of it. 😕
Dessert was excellent: Chocolate Layer Cake!! 😀
By the end of the meal, I was pretty full, but I still managed to eat all of the frosting off of the cake, which is why I feel so stuffed right now. The cake definitely put me over the edge!
I’m on East coast time, so it’s WAY past my bedtime. We have an early start tomorrow morning, so I am heading straight to bed. This time zone thing totally messes me up!
Good night, folks! 😀
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oh my – that IS a huge portion of tuna!!!
Wow, that really is a ridiculously huge portion of tuna – it DOES look like a whole tuna! Maybe it’s meant to be shared?! Your dinner looks delicious, and with so many awesome bloggers! 🙂 I hope you’re having fun!
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I know nouvelle cuisine is too 80s for words… but it feels the tiniest bit unethical to serve portions that only a few NFL linebackers could eat. A happy medium, maybe? Or maybe I’m just jealous since I miss tuna now that I’m allergic to fish. 😉
Mmmm… that chocolate cake looks monsterous! I wouldn’t mind a slice! At least you’ll have the advantage of waking up extra early in Arizona while you’re on East coast time!
Delicious eats! Go get some rest:)
That is some crowd and some meal!! Get some rest, I have a feeling you have a long day ahead of you. 🙂
OH MY YUM!!!
I think I could live on that salad and the cake for the rest of my life… sigh.
Crikey that was a lot of tuna! The cake looks to die for though 😛
I’m glad you had fun 🙂
say hi to the white on rice couple! we became friends b/c their blog was confused for my movie of the same title so much!
That cake looks nothing short of amazing. Yum. 😀 I’m a frosting-picker, too. Even if I’m stuffed to the gills, I still have room for frosting.
That is some wine collection!!
Too bad they didn’t serve 1/3 of that huge tuna portion and then add some nice veggies on the side !
Looks like a tuna portion to split amongst a few people 😉
Wow that is a lot of tuna, but that cake looks amazing.
Ohhhhhh goodness there’s no turning down a cake like that!
how much fun!
Hahaha, that definitely looks like a whole fish.
You might be stuffed but all of that looks mighty tasty. 🙂
Even though it’s only 7:45 in the morning, I could totally eat that cake right now!
Holy crap, that cake looks SO good. I’m seriously salivating right now – chocolate cake is my true love in life 😀
What a great time! I hate being on another time schedule when it comes to food! I think that chocolate cake could help though!
Hey Tina. Don’t know if you ever read the foodie website Serious Eats, but I was pretty amused to see this tweet this morning:
@seriouseats Want a lazy summer idea? One less dish to wash, portability, peanut butter, and oatmeal. Need I say more? http://su.pr/2Vg6Om
Lo and behold, it is OIAJ. Just wanted to share!
Maybe I should be drooling over that chocolate cake, but that chopped salad is making me wish I had a different lunch for this afternoon. Looks great!
Looks like such a fun time! Getting together with all of those other bloggers would be so much fun!
That cake looks incredible! Well, who am I kidding, it ALL looked incredible! 🙂
That is an excessive amount of tuna, I could have used some of that the other day when I was sad to learn that none of my grocery store had tuna in stock lol.
Looks like an upscale restaurant, but that tuna is definitely 3-4x the size it should be for one person! Dang. Seems like the food was good though 🙂
That is my favorite place! We actually go to Mastro’s Ocean Club for special occasions (their seafood concept)and always get Ahi, sashimi style, sugar snap peas, and crabmeat truffle gnocchi for sides. And always plan on taking half that tuna home for lunch on top of salad next day.
Enjoy rest of your trip, and if you guy get out to explore, hit Kierland for some fun shopping and eats.
That is a lot of Ahi Tuna! What a fun event with great bloggers! I want your job 🙂
i think it’s really neat that you get to meet new people with the same passion for blogging and food! I have a feeling the rest of this trip is going to be HIGH CLASS all the way!
oh my goodness! what a gorgeous meal! i would do just about anything right now to get my hands on that chocolate layer cake!
Wow – the salad looked good already, but man…that tuna! And the cake! I see a trip to the seafood section in my near future…
It was great meeting you today and getting to chat some (and eat) with you! What a great meal. I’m still stuffed this morning 🙂
Wish I would have been there to eat the other 1/2 of your entree… the tuna looks fantastic! And so does the hotel… how fun!
Ahi tuna + chocolate cake = bliss. Jealous!
that plate of tuna looks like it could feed a small country. that steakhouse really needs to work on portion control!!
Blech, Horseradish! 😛
But oooh, ahi tuna. Love! At least you got in some good Omega-3s. 😉
I had the pleasure of visiting Mastros in Scottsdale 8 yrs. ago on a girls trip…..we had so much fun….great atmosphere there 🙂 That was a ton of tuna!
Wow- that dinner looks awesome. Sounds like you’re having a blast!! Can’t wait to read more about it!!
I’m having an amazing grass giveaway on my blog: http://roseyrebecca.com/2010/07/07/amazing-grass-giveaway/ if you’re interested!!
I always feel like I don’t get enough ahi tuna when I order it…..guess I need to be going there! Wow! Crazy! 🙂
Looks fabulous! Hope you are having a great time! Can’t wait to check out some of those other blogs, thanks for posting their links!
For some reason, that salad stands out the most! Feta and parmesan? Yes please!
Yum…nothing beats chocolate layer cake, well except maybe chocolate layer cake with ice cream. Have a great time!
Chocolate and Chocolate just make me feel like it is too much. But it looks so pretty in the picture. Glad you had fun.
Holy moly! That is a huge serving of tuna!!! Fantastic! Thanks for all the blogger links. I love discovering new blogs. 🙂
Talk about a heavy hitting crew. Are you sure this wasn’t a blogger mob party? 🙂
And I’m sure your adventures are worth missing a few hours of sleep. Have fun!
It looks as though you are being wined and dined! That ahi looks amazing (though huge).
Geez, that is a ton of food! I would feel stuffed too. How fun to get to chat with everyone though.
Holy cow, I’ve never seen a restaurant serve that much tuna before!
That salad looks amazing! You always have the nicest looking food!
Looking FUN!