Midi's Restaurant

Before the Parental Units departed for warmer climes, the Husband and I decided it would be a nice bon voyage! to go out for an evening of Jazz at the ‘Toga and dinner afterwards. Inspiration struck and I remembered Midi’s was now open at the Fitger’s complex and most of the first month bugs should have been worked out.

http://www.midirestaurant.net/

We arrived in a very happy state at about 6:30p on a Saturday evening. The place was busy, but by no means packed. It had been remodeled during its transition, but the remodel seemed to have forgotten the carpet – it was frayed in several obvious spots (the pass through) and showed its age. But we were not here to critique the carpet as much as those frayed spots fascinated us.

Midi’s is owned by the same people who own the Winzer Stubbe in Hudson, WI, which I reviewed here. When I heard they were opening a restaurant up here, I was hoping for a German one, but alas, they decided to go with a Mediterranean theme and offer a German menu a couple nights a week. Saturday must have been one of those nights, lucky me!

While we were deciding, our appetites were whetted with a lovely selection of what looked and tasted like homemade rustic bread served with whipped butter and hummus. Nothing annoys me so much than to have those little metallic butter packages plunked down on the table only to find them still frozen. This butter was presented in a small ramkins at room temperature and perfect for spreading. The hummus was creamy, smooth and in no way garlicky.

The Mother had the rouladen, served with spatzel and red cabbage. I picked the Jagerschnitzel (breaded pork cutlet pounded thin) also served with spatzel and red cabbage. The two gentlemen chose prime rib. The two German dishes were very tasty (really, I would have been very happy with just a big plate of spatzel…). My pork cutlet was a tich on the dry side, but again, I was in a very happy state and didn’t mind. The spatzel was fantastic. They must do a quick pan sauté after it comes out of the water or maybe it’s fried to start with. What ever they do is delicious. Reports from the prime rib side of the table were complementary, though the Father would have preferred his cut a bit thicker.

We concluded dinner by sharing a crème brule (melted sugar was a bit thick and bitter, but the crème underneath delicious) and crepes served with ice cream and berry topping.

Prices ranged from $13.00 for my plate to $18.00 for the prime rib. $4.00 for the brule and $5.00 for the crepes.

The wait staff was prompt, polite and attentive throughout the entire meal.

For a lovely evening out with simple ambiance and good food, I would recommend Midi’s.