Erin and I met up with some friends from her college down in the shoreline area of Downtown Long Beach at an American food style chain restaurant, The Yard House. Usually, I don't expect much from these places other than decent American-style food (better be considering the usually inflated cost), but I was actually pleasantly surprised with my meal. I had almost decided to order a crab cake hoagie sandwich until I discovered that's what Erin was getting. Given my strong strong belief to never order the same dish with someone with whom I'm likely to share my food, I opted for my second choice--the fish and chips. Good call (again) on my part. Though Erin's sandwich was decent (as expected) with a cripsy crab cake in between toasted french bread, tomatoes and avocados. It was definitely good, but not very crabby. My fish, on the other hand, was actually really really good. Might even be the best fish in a fish and chips dish I'd ever had. It was juicy and thick and actually tasted like fish rather than fried. The fries were above par as well, extra thin strips of potatoes with just the right dusting of salt. Paired with goblet of Spaten Optimator, the Yard House proved to be better than decent for your typical American-style food chain restaurant.
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