Description: When you are on vacation, you need to splurge on a good meal at least once while you are at your destination. My friend Larissa turned 40 on May 29 and earlier that week, I promised that I would treat her to dinner at the restaurant of her choice. Larissa also likes going to the
Glacier Brewhouse on 5th Avenue in downtown Anchorage for dinner. lunch and their homemade beers and ales that are made on the grounds of the restaurant. So dinner at the Glacier Brewhouse it was, and Larissa made reservations while we were shopping around the Anchorage Mall and the weekend 4th Avenue Outdoor Marketplace. I was happy with Larissa's decision to dine at the Glacier Brewhouse because earlier in my stay, we had come here for lunch, and I enjoyed a delicious bowl of their seafood chowder while Larissa had their gumbo. This place was worth another visit before I went home to Florida on Monday night.
Good thing Larissa made reservations earlier that Saturday on Memorial Day Weekend because when Larissa and I arrived for our early 5 p.m. dinner, it was already starting to get busy, but due to having a reservation, Larissa and I were seated immediately at a window seat facing 5th Avenue and near the big fireplace in the middle of the restaurant. The fireplace is quite the conversation piece and gives the Brewhouse a cozy ambiance.
After getting our menus, it took Larissa and I a while to figure out what we wanted to eat. Everything looked really good, and I wanted seafood but wasn't sure whether to get salmon or halibut. Finally, we decided what we wanted to eat, and our waiter came by and took our order before we could change our minds. Larissa got the Babyback BBQ Ribs while I went with the Grilled Salmon Platter. Larissa pre-ordered her favorite World Famous Bread Pudding and we chatted while waiting for our food while enjoying the complimentary fresh homemade breat with olive oil drizzled on top.
Our food showed up a while later, and it was well-worth the wait. Larissa's ribs were smothered in jerk rub and BBQ sauce and came with french fries and a veggie. My salmon dinner was grilled on alder wood giving it a smoky flavor that I enjoyed very much. The salmon was drizzled with a nice sweet sauce and came with garlic mashed potatoes, wilted spinach, and a veggie. It was a nutritious and delicious meal that left me not wanting desert, but when Larissa got her bread pudding, the smells of it drove me nuts. Larissa let me share some of her pudding, and OH BOY! It was sooooo good. The pudding was a nice hot vanilla custard concotion and came with a warm cinnamon sauce called Yukon Jack Sauce, apples, currants, and carmelized pecans. I need to find a bread pudding recipe this winter and make it at home it was that good!
This meal cost a little more than our other meals around Alaska, but the almost $80 with tip was well-worth it, and I was glad to have treated Larissa to a nice meal on her birthday, and I didn't embarass her by having them come to the table with a birthday cake and sing "Happy Birthday!" The Glacier Brewhouse is well-worth a visit for lunch or dinner whenever you are in Anchorage.
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