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The room is GORGEOUS, with authentic Picassos hanging on the walls. The calming cream colors with blue and wood accents are beautifully balanced, allowing the dining room design to be art in it's own right, but at the same time not taking away from the masterpieces hanging on the wall and most importantly, the food!
We started our degustation menu with the maine lobster salad. It was beautiful in it's simplicity. I have no idea what the chefs did to this lobster, but when I put it in my mouth, I really felt like I was tasting lobster for the first time. The flavor was so...clean. I wish I had a better "foodie vocabulary" to describe it, but it was simply clean, fresh and delightful; unlike any other lobster I've ever tasted.
The Riesling was a nice pairing, the only reason why I'm not calling it great is because my perception of great wine pairings was quickly changed by our third course...more on that later.
Our second course was pan seared scallops with a potato mousseline and veal jus. I honestly wasn't expecting to be a huge fan of this course because the potato mousseline and veal jus sounded way too heavy for the sweet, light flesh of great scallops. After I took my first few bites, I was a convert. When I mentioned my apprehension and then enjoyment of this course to our server, he informed me that it was one of the chef's signatures dishes. Just try it and I think you'll understand why.
Next was the sautéed foie grass with a peach thyme pound cake, almonds and a riesling peach coulis. This dish itself was really good, but the pairing with the Royal Tokaji just blew my mind. I've always enjoyed great wine with great food, and have always understood that great food and wine can enhance each-other, but this was just another level. I can't explain it, it was almost a spiritual experience. The pairing made the foie course so much more amazing, and the foie made the Royal Tokaji almost etherial.
For our entrees I ordered the lamb, while my dining companion order the fillet mignon. Both were really good, although it was hard to appreciate the entrees since we were still "high" from our foie-tokaji course.
We both finished with the chocolate pecan "bon-bon;" mainly because I threatened my date that I wouldn't share my dessert. I'm usually a gentlemen, but this sounded so good I knew that if my date stole one bite of this dessert from me it would probably be the beginning of the end for us.
I'm glad I forced her to order her own because I think she enjoyed the dessert more then I did and it could have very well caused an ugly scence if we each didn't have our own.
If you've read this far then YES! YOU SHOULD EAT HERE! ;-)
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