Eateries sizzle with summer plates

We're midway through the summer and restaurants are still rolling out specials.

Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar has prix fixe steak dinners through Aug. 26. Every two weeks the restaurant will introduce a different steak and sangria pairing. The menu includes a salad, New York strip steak and dessert for $39.95 and a recommendation for a handcrafted sangria for an extra $7.95.

The special through July 29 features a baby spinach salad, steak with garlic herb butter and a side of blistered grape tomatoes drizzled with a balsamic glaze. Dessert is a pistachio-orange buttermilk shortcake with Grand Marnier-soaked strawberries and blueberries. The sangria pairing is a fruity mash up of Viñedos Terranoble sauvignon blanc, Solerno blood orange, Stoli peach vodka and fresh peaches, honeydew melon, oranges and lemons.

The promotion July 30 through Aug. 12 spotlights a butter lettuce and pear salad, steak with a sweet and spicy rub, a side of zucchini slaw and fresh peach cobbler for dessert. The sangria option has a South Seas flair with potent kicks from Sailor Jerry spiced rum and peach schnapps.

The selection Aug. 13-26 begins with a tomato and mozzarella salad, followed by steak topped with crispy gorgonzola and ending with lemon-poppy seed butter cookies with ice cream and warm apple-ginger sauce. The sangria takes on a sunset hue with a Red Diamond merlot base.

Fleming's has two Central Florida locations: 933 N. Orlando Ave. in Winter Park (407-699-9463) and 8030 Via Dellagio Way off Sand Lake Road in Orlando (407-352-5706).

At lunch, The Capital Grille has brought back the Wagyu premium cheeseburger with fried egg and crisp onions served on a buttery brioche bun and added a seared sea scallop option with sweet and sour tomatoes.

There is also a carrot ginger soup and tomato and watermelon salad with feta.

Guests can customize the lunches, choosing from 10 offerings that include soup or salad, a lunch entrée and a side for $18.

The Capital Grille (407-370-4392) is at 9101 International Drive in Orlando's Pointe Orlando.

Save the date: Eat Local Week 2012 is Nov. 9-17

Slow Food Orlando is spearheading the buzz for this fall's Eat Local Week, a celebration of farmers and food artisans.

During the week, select restaurants are offering prix fixe menus featuring ingredients sourced no more than 200 miles away. For more information and to get involved, contact Gabby Othon at gabbyothon@gmail.com.

Fish Out of Water truck gets nod from Cooking Light

The August issue of Cooking Light magazine has an article on five food trucks with healthier options. Orlando's Fish Out of Water was singled out for its classic eight-piece sushi rolls and avocado tower, a scoop of sushi rice with chunks of avocado, tuna, crab and swirls of eel and siracha sauces.

Follow Fish Out of Water on Facebook.

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