Blue Fin Bistro

Whenever I head over to the clubs across the bridge in Lafayette, I always pass by Blue Fin Bistro, a swanky looking restaurant with large windows looking out onto south 4th street. I can always see the neatly arranged tables with the well arranged cutlery and good looking waiters through them.

I was always curious what they served there.

One day, lucky me! My friend's parents came into town and wanted to treat us to a meal. At Blue Fin!! Oh Happy Day!!

The decor inside was classy without being overwhelming or intimidating. It was one of those places that had mulitple forks and spoons. I had no idea which utensil was for which dish, neither did the anyone else at the table. So we winged it (and asked for chopsticks).

We ordered calamari, scallops, sushi and steak. Everything was AWESOME!!! Easily the best meal I have ever had in Purdue. In addition to that, the service was impeccable and the waiter was extremely attentive.

The first dish was the calamri. It was good, lightly fried, crisp on the outside and soft on the inside with none of that bad, overcooked, rubbery stuff. It came with a few dipping sauce too. This was finished within minutes of landing on the table.

The next dish, scallops, came in a set of 8 per plate, nestled on a thick and firm slice of tomato floating in a sea of creamy sauce. The scallops were very well prepared considering that we were in the midwest and that the seafood tend to be of the frozen variety. The scallops did not have that fishy taste the scallops in the dinid halls have. The creamy sauce also complimented the soft scallop very well.

Then came the sushi. They were all EXCELLENT. The proportion of the rice and ingredients were perfect and the sushi was of a reasonable size. Way better than Maru and Ah Z. There was a perfect amount of sauce on the sushi and each different roll was like a whole different experience for the tongue. We ordered the Volcano Roll, Red Spider Roll, Dragon Roll, Diablo Roll, Las Vegas Roll and the Caterpillar Roll.

Last but not least, the steak. Oh... that was so good. The steak at Wiley Hall is not anywhere near that level. We had it at medium rare. It was cooked just right and when you eat it with the fat of the steak, gosh, words escape me.

The meal being excellent, also comes with an excellent price. The sushi costs a slight bit more than the average restaurant around Purdue University. It is an ideal place to bring your next date to.

p.s. They have a sushi buffet. US$25. =DD

which includes a pound of delicious snow crabs per customer