51fifteen

I just started working in the Galleria area, and overwhelmingly Sak's been recommended as the place to be.  The lunch crowd is decent and amazingly there is a tip to dining there.

Of course, you can go to their happy hour, they have a lovely tapas menu.  But this is also one of the few places that has the Associate menu.  You get to sit at the bar instead of table, but the condensed menu is $10 + gratuity.  It's a great deal because the food is still good, and I would say all of the items listed is something that you would eat.  All you have to do is to ask for the Associate menu when you walk in.

I was initiated with their pork chop.  It comes with mac and cheese and veggie.  The sauce is a mustard sauce that goes very well with the pork chop.

Then there's the seafood crepe.  It's not as good as the crepe from Melange's, but it's good for lunch.  The sauce is light and that's balsamic vinegar drizzled around the plate.  The spinach with the cream was a nice touch.  I love it enough to come back to it.

Here's the grilled tilapia with mashed potato and tortilla chips.  The mashed potato was awesome, so much so that I'm licking the plate.

I know that they do serve dessert but the entree is so huge that you can't fit it in.  But I've seen it, they have a huge tray of them, you should save room for it.

51Fifteen

In Sak's Fifth Avenue (Galleria)

5115 Westheimer

2nd floor of Saks

713-963-8067

http://www.51fifteen.com/