Can you put a price on fabulous food?

This past weekend, I had the luxury of dining at Hermanos Restaurant and Wine Bar.

ON THE MENU: Pipa Camarose, which is peel and eat prawns.

Dressed in a cocktail dress, with my nails freshly painted I found this item to be the most difficult and messiest item I have ever eaten. The prawns were soaked in juices and the shells weren't pre-cut making the job of getting to your food a real challenge. In most cases with seafood, such as crab legs, I enjoy the feat. Aside from the flavor which was a lovely sweet and spicy garlic, we received probably about 10 prawns inclusive of shells, feet, tentacles.

At first glance, it looks like the plate had been garnished with sprig upon sprig of rosemary or another herb, but it wasn't. It was part of the shrimp. At a price of $17, I was disgusted by seafood for the first time in my life. For those regular who enjoy this dish regularly, they may disagree.

ON THE MENU: Marinated Chicken Tenders with Mango Salsa 

This was enjoyable. There was an essence of lime marinade on the chicken, and the fresh mango salsa complemented the citrus flavor. We received four chicken skewers, equivalent to one breast, for $13.

  

The most impressive aspect to my visit to Hermanos, was defiantly the service. The restaurant was full upon entering at which point, we were immediately approached by the manager to see if we were happy to wait for a moment. Once seated, the hostess brought us menus right away after wiping our table. Our server was timely to order us cocktails, and quality checked throughout our meal. At one point, the manager even asked us how we were enjoying our visit.

The beverage enjoyed was their house organic merlot which was lovely 

Hermanos set the bar for service but the price vs. quality of food was questionable. I will definitely return to explore their large selection of wines.