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| - I struggle on how to rate this place. I want to give it a 4 stars based on how perfectly each and every dish of the chef tasting was prepared. However, the concept of nearly every dish I eat- crashed and burned in agonizing misery. I want to give you a 4 but to be fair it is a 3.
In sum, perfectly cooked food executed through strange concepts.
Consistency in cooking is hard to find. Therefore, awards are created based on the idea of serving consistently perfectly cooked meals. However, one cannot ignore a concept that should have never come into fruition.
Our waitress was very nice and knowledgeable. I have nothing but positive things to say about her services.
We ordered the 7-course chef's tasting- my husband Jared and myself. Jared isn't picky. One can pretty much feed him anything and he will eat it. He resisted the idea of ordering the chef's tasting because the dishes seemed off. Very telling. I examined the chef's tasting and agreed. I have been proven wrong by chef's before. At times, I have ordered the tasting menu at various places and have been blown away. We decided to be reckless and ordered the tasting for two.
First dish: salted meats and olives. I was in heaven. I love good salumi and loved the duck speck. Served with toasted baguettes and an amazing subtle and sweet mustard. Delicious.
The second course was a potato samosa. I liked that they fried it within an egg roll wrapper. But the filling was sparse and more so was the lack of punch found in the spices. Perhaps I am too biased. My husband and I make and eat out Indian food frequently. This is the least flavorful samosas either of us have ever eaten.
The third dish was a humongous beet salad. I enjoyed the trio variety of gigantic beats served upon a gargantuan mound of lettuce. I appreciate a nice serving size as well as anyone. But it seemed they served us a salad meant for 4 people not 2. I would have rather had more cured meat or cheeses than a x-large salad.
Nevertheless, the salad was delicious. The beets were amazing.
The fourth dish was the BBQ blueberry shrimp. It was this dish that caused great concern from both of us. We almost did not order the chef tasting because of this dish and now I wish I would have followed our instincts. The shrimp was moist, tender, delicious. Perfectly cooked. Thank GOD the BBQ blueberry sauce was not directly on the shrimp else we would not have eaten the dish. One slightly tastes the blueberry as it is drowning within a sea of chipotle. I love chipotle like the next person but this sauce was gross and overtaken by the chipotle.
The fifth dish was a pulled pork and pork loin concoction. Another great example of a concept gone bad. The pork loin was slightly overcooked and under-flavored. The "bed" of pulled pork was under the pork loin. It was basking in a lovely tasting gravy- however, the appearance was not appetizing. It gave the impression of pre-digested pulled pork as it was swimming in a dark gravy. Although it tasted good-love the presentation was a huge failure.
Next, we had the cheese plate. (shakes head). Now please understand I LOVE LOVE LOVE cheese. I cannot tell you how it pains me to critique this negatively. It was not that the blue cheese tasting plate wasn't amazing- IT WAS. But it felt silly. Why only blue cheese? Such a strong tasting cheese to serve alone especially after such a strong and overpowering BBQ sauce. Perhaps make it one blue cheese and something else? The sharpness of the cheeses wasn't too much for blue cheese lovers (as I am one). It was just too much even with the honey and candied nuts to follow an overpowering chipotle.
Lastly, we eat DIVINE desserts. Eye appealing, delicious, and flavorful. My only complaint- I wanted more! The portion was perfect. I love all of them- profiterole, peanut butter fudge, and petit fours.I think I might return but only for coffee and dessert.
Yay. I wanted to share three more things. They validate parking- which is great. Two, we sat at the gnat fly section. Apparently, even the manager was aware of this. The table we sat at is known for attracting fruit flies. Quite the distraction and another reason it only receives 3 stars. Lastly, the manager WAS seeking feedback. When he asked my husband said everything was okay and did not offer our honest criticisms. When I asked Jared why he did not- he said he just wanted out of there I would have spoken up but I wanted to leave too. I think I wrote a detailed enough honest critique that the manager would not have gained anything more from talking to us directly.
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