BEST of 2019 Restaurant: Baldamar
Baldamar - Rosedale Center - Roseville, MN
BEST OF 2019! Baldamar was our favorite restaurant of 2019, hands down! Recently opened in the new addition of Rosedale Mall, but completely separated with it's own building, parking and entrance. I would call this a steak house, where every steak is aged 40 days and 40 nights, and WOW you can tell! We were impressed the whole way: apps, starters, steaks, even dessert for my birthday (I'm a Capricorn).
We started off with the Bread of Life appetizer, where I fell in love with an Argentinian sauce that usually accompanies grilled meat, but here was featured as a bread dip. Who knew parsley could be so flavorful?! This also included two different butters. We were in love with this establishment at the starter!
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| Bread Is Life starter |
Next, we chose two sides, the Spicy Lobster Mac & Cheese and the Brussels Sprouts. The Brussels stole the show! Their edges were nice and crispy, and they had a great Asian vinaigrette with peppers. YUM! The mac & cheese wasn't bad at all and mostly included claw lobster meat with bacon on top.
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| the sides |
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| Brussels Sprouts |
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| Spicy Lobster Mac & Cheese |
The main course, of course, we both ordered the Prime Rib Eye. No surprise there! My Dad got me hooked on these steaks long ago. Well, this was the best steak I think I have ever had!! And, being from the Midwest, this is a strongly worded statement. You literally (since Ben actually DID) could cut these steaks with a butter knife. NO LIE! They were that tender, juicy and flavorful. I started in on this bad boy before I realized to take a picture:) I really can't say enough about the steak to do justice.
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| Prime Rib Eye |
Now to the drinks: I personally really like the idea of listing not only cocktails, wines and beer, but also the spirits their bar carries. There is nothing like ordering your favorite kind of spirit to only find out they don't even have it, just leads to disappointment. Needless to say their bar is stocked full. We ordered from the Cocktail menu.
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| Perfect Pair |
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| Old Fashioned |
It's no birthday with out cake and champagne! Both which were on the house due to the fact they were just plain busy. This never happens any more where the server just plain went out of her way!! I appreciate excellent service and will be a returning patron because of this. Bravo! We shared a slice of 50 Shades of Chocolate and a rose champagne for the birthday girl (me). I'll admit, not a huge chocolate fan BUT this 15 LAYER cake was pretty darn good. It's also served with vanilla ice cream. The BF said he only counted 12... I said just eat it;)
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| 50 Shades of Chocolate |
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| champs + dessert |
We will be celebrating many more occasions here and we can't wait to try more items on the menu, even the burgers just sound amazing! Baldamar, you won us over times 10!
Happy 2020!
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Hey Carey! Thank you so much for this recommendation! Based on it, my mom and I went to Baldamar for lunch and it was outstanding! The place has such a cool, swanky feel, the food was fantastic and service was perfect!! We started with the Triple Dip French Fries and then shared the Brick Pressed Bell & Evans Chicken with a sub of Brussels Sprouts for the side. Cannot say enough how good all of it was! I am actually craving it right now. Sounds like they are changing up the menu in February, but I hope not too much because it all looked so delicious. Thanks again for helping me find my new favorite restaurant! :) Maryn
ReplyDeleteSo glad you liked it!! We can't wait to try the "lunch" options, especially the burgers. I too hope nothing changes too much...we like it how it is so far!
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