**WINTER 2016 RESTAURANT WEEK REVIEW**
My boyfriend and I wanted to try out Hudson Restaurant Week. We decided on Fire & Oak because it was close by and we didn't want to travel too far. $40 during RW will get you an appetizer, entree and dessert.
Here is what we ordered:
Appetizers - I had the tuna tartar tacos. These were three (very) mini hard taco shells filled with a good amount of tuna, with avocado, tomatoes, and green onion - drizzled with some kind of mayo. I wasn't a fan of the mayo but other than that, it was pretty good. The tuna tasted fresh so no complaints there. He had lobster bisque. Not even sure if I there was any lobster in there because all I tasted was loads of butter.
Mains - I went with the shrimp & jumbo lump crabmeat pasta (linguini, gulf shrimp, crabmeat, bacon, hazelnuts, lobster cream sauce). This was really good but pretty oily, so you'll start feeling full pretty quickly. I actually didn't realize how oily it was was until I had the leftovers for lunch the next day and there was a pool of it on the bottom. Other than that, the pasta was al dente, and there was a lot of crabmeat in there. My boyfriend said the sauce tasted like his lobster bisque, so it made us wonder if what he ate earlier was really soup or not...He ordered the full rack of ribs, which comes with cole slaw and french fries. He didn't want anything fried so he asked to substitute it for mashed potatoes. Our waiter told us they don't normally do subs for RW, but he was able to do it anyway - so that was nice. The ribs were alright, but the cole slaw was great. It was refreshing. But then again, I have a weird thing for cole slaw.
Desserts - there were only two desserts to choose from - tiramisu, and warm molten chocolate cake with vanilla bean ice cream, so we ordered one of each. The tiramisu wasn't anything great but it wasn't bad. It tasted like tiramisu you would get at a supermarket. But the chocolate cake was amazing. It came out hot and fudgey and of course, the vanilla ice cream paired perfectly with it. It's a little too decadent for just one person so if you do decide to order this, I would recommend sharing with someone (even though you might not want to!)
As for drinks, we had a bottle of the Salmon Creek chardonnay. Bottles are pretty reasonably priced - you can get a bottle for about $30. I would come back to Fire & Oak and try some of their other dishes. Plus, they have $1 oyster happy hour, I believe M-F 5-7. Another plus is that they have boozy brunch on the weekends, so I'll deffo be back to try that!
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