Two Birthdays, Two Great Restaurants
Two of my friends recently celebrated their birthdays, Jane on Feb. 16th and Ed on Feb. 20th. For Jane’s suprise dinner we visited **Sapporo’s Japanese Steakhouse** in Monterey on the municipal warf. This is one of those Japanese steakhouses that not only serves great food, but entertains you as it is prepared before your eyes on the grill! The also had sushi orders and I tried a “pineapple boat” desert which was impressive and tasted great.
For Ed’s dinner, he definitely wanted some steak so we went decided to check out AJ Spurs in Marina after Monterey Joe’s was unable to confirm my reservations (they were in fact closed). I had seen advertisements for Monterey Joe’s but never heard any reviews, then I had never of AJ Spurs but people started saying how great it was. Apparently the lesson here is: if the don’t advertise, perhaps they don’t need to and just let their food and word of mouth speak for itself! I ordered the top sirloin with grilled calamari for $24,99, and then found out what all is included in the meal: a house soup and bbq beans, cesar salad, galric bread, and a root beer or liquor for desert! Definitely a great dinner at a great value. I would highly recommend both of these restaurants.