Valentine's Day is one of my favorite holidays and I like being surprised, so Troy made dinner reservations at an undisclosed location. He got all dressed up and even wore a tie, which told me that this place had to be pretty fancy. We got on the 70 bus and started to go south through downtown. I figured we were going to either Seastar, Ruth's Chris, or The Pink Door. As we continued to stay on the bus, it eliminated the chance of any of those places. Finally we got off the bus and started walking. We turned the last corner and then I saw the awning for the restaurant. He was taking me to "The Met", that's The Metropolitan Grill to those of you not very familiar with Seattle. It's probably the most famous place in the city to eat steak. I had completely forgotten about it and was really impressed that Troy finally managed to surprise me, for probably only the second time ever (the first being when he proposed.)

The Met is a pretty nice place. The most expensive bottle of wine you can get there would cost you $2,995. All the waiters had suits on, but the other people eating there weren't as dressed up as we thought they'd be, so it felt more relaxed. We had our coats checked so we wouldn't have to stuff them next to us in the small booth. To start out with, I ordered iced tea and a baby spinach salad. Both of us thought the salad was excellent. It was a big pile of baby spinach leaves topped with jack cheese, crispy bacon bits, mushrooms, almonds, and honey mustard vinaigrette dressing. I figured at a place like The Met that a $7 salad would be fairly small, but it was actually quite a bit of food by itself, so Troy and I basically shared it. The bread was average, but I thought the rye was really good.

It took a while for them to make our steaks, but we didn't mind waiting. I ordered an 8oz filet mignon cooked medium-well with a baked potato and Troy got a 14oz top sirloin cooked medium with a baked potato. Unfortunately we think they switched how we wanted them cooked because my came out with solid red throughout most of the steak and Troy's was almost well done, especially on the outer edges. So, I had to have mine cooked a little longer. Both our steaks still tasted really good though and were very tender.

To make up for my steak being cooked wrong, the waiter brought us free crème brûlée (which normally costs $8). We were so stuffed after our steaks, but I was determined to eat most of the free dessert. I've discovered recently that I really like crème brûlée, so I was happy to have a chance to eat some. We almost finished it and man, were we really really stuffed. I felt pretty uncomfortable on the way home and was so glad to be able to lie down for a while after that awesome meal. Definitely one of the best Valentine's meals I've ever had! I'd love to go back someday, but probably won't for a while.