This is Ladies’ Night, oh what a night!

I have the pleasure of working with the wife of head chef, Chris Willis, of Posh.  And, lucky for me, she invited me and another one of our co-workers to a ladies’ night event at the restaurant.
Posh menu cover

Posh is a hip spot downtown with an obviously loyal set of diners that won the restaurant a Diners’ Choice award from OpenTable.com.  Their monthly ladies’ night event, called Girlfriends Night Out  is delicious, fun and exciting.  While geared toward women, the event attracts quite a few men, as well, because of the many mini-events-within-the-event they host.  The upper level of the restaurant has a bar and two additional spaces where they host speed dating and simple spa services from a local mobile spa company. Downstairs near the restaurant’s main bar, there is a small area where brave souls take the stage to belt out karaoke tunes – a la American Idol – while being taped for posting on Posh’s YouTube site.

Posh is one of our favorite places to dine, so I may sound a bit biased when I say that the food is terrific.  Chef Chris has a great sense of what types of flavors Posh diners are drawn to as showcased by the interesting mix of dishes on his menu.  He draws from many different areas in his cuisine, from the Asian-inspired Crab Rangoon to the Southern favorite, Shrimp & Grits.

On this particular ladies’ night, the girls and I, of course, had to start with some happy-hour cocktails along with an appetizer of Sweet and Spicy Shrimp.  The shrimp was tossed in a quite spicy, yet delicately sweet sauce paired with a fresh cabbage slaw.  For drinks, I had a Bailey’s on ice, chef’s wife had a sweet and tangy pomegranate margarita and our co-worker had a brut champagne.  We also shared a fun little trio of martinis in a red, white and blue theme.
Trio of Martinis

We also had a cone of their deliciously scented truffle french fries to share.  For entrees, I had Chicken & Waffles, chef created a special spicy pasta dish with sausage, mushrooms, and lobster for his wife and our co-worker had the Seared Jamaican Jerk Rockfish.

My dish was executed in a terrific way with lightly crispy-yet-tender crust on the chicken, perfectly spiced, served on top of a soft and fluffy sweet waffle served with sticky maple syrup and melted butter on the side.  Doing my duty and trying to eat my dish the “right way” I asked my co-worker, who had lived in Atlanta for a while, if I should pour the syrup over the whole thing.  She looked a me and said “Of course!”  So, I drizzled the syrup over both the chicken and the waffles, even though I wasn’t 100% sure I’d like it this way.  After all, I’m more of a “dipper.”  I cut through the chicken and waffle below it, creating the perfect, syrupy forkful and it was love at first bite.  I tried my dinner companions’ entrees as well and let me just say I will probably end up ordering the jerk rockfish the next time I come to Posh. :)

After eating, drinking and listening to some of the karaoke, the ladies and I decided to take advantage of the Girlfriends Night Out spa services and went up to get hand massages.  When we came back down to our table, we watched more karaoke over some coffee/cappuccinos and a shared banana split.  We finally ended our night with some limoncello, said goodbye to chef Chris.

Hopefully we’ll be heading back to Posh next month with a bigger crew of co-workers as we got back to the office the next day and regaled the girls who missed it with our fun stories.

July 19, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Local