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| - Came here on a Tuesday after happy hour drinks from Rosewater to try out their Winterlicious menu with my friend who is the biggest foodie I know. I really hope she becomes a Yelper and starts writing reviews soon as she has a palate like Rachel Zane from the tv show Suits. She also knows her way around the kitchen quite well.
As you walk in through the doors, the restaurant is very dark and is dimly lit. We were immediately greeted and seated. Good thing I made reservations as I noticed a long list of reservations made by others as my name was checked off the list. Near the end of the meal, the restaurant was almost at capacity as I believe it seats about 50 at a time if I'm not mistaken.
I ordered the chicken liver & foie gras parfait, 72 hour short rib, and chocolate delice. My friend ordered the roasted cauliflower soup, albacore tuna and lemon custard. $35 for 3 courses.
chicken liver & foie gras parfait - pickles, marrow butter crostini. This was the highlight of the meal. The texture and taste of the pate went well with the crisp crostini. The pickles were kind of odd to me but didn't bother me.
roasted cauliflower soup - hazelnut, caper, preserved lemon, brown butter. The soup was very creamy, seasoned well, and not too salty.
72 hour short rib - parmesan semolina, cipolline onion, bacon, mushroom, horseradish. The meat was very tender and moist. The sauce and sides were a tad salty to me, but went well with the short rib. The meat portion is quite small as it was only about a 3-4 ounce serving, about the size of a deck of cards.
albacore tuna - coconut broth, bok choy, tofu, anise ash, basil. No doubt this is an Asian inspired dish. The tuna was cooked to an excellent rare. Although it says coconut broth, it tasted like some Tom Yum soup was added to the mix as the bok choy and tofu tasted a little sour.
chocolate delice - peanut, salted caramel, olive oil, Maldon. This was very rich as it tasted like dark chocolate truffle.
lemon custard - candied macadamia, shortbread. Biting into the candied macadamia confused me at first as it taste like tiny balls of meringue. I enjoyed it since I really like meringue. The lemon custard was sour, but that's to be expected.
Service was great! I really liked it when our waiter served our dishes and announced the name of the dish with a brief description of the ingredients.
Took 1 star off as:
-meat portion in the Entrée's were small and could have been a little bigger (I find that portions are smaller in restaurants downtown compared to restaurants uptown. Might be the higher rent cost associated with being located downtown)
-pickles in the chicken liver & foie gras parfait dish was really odd to me
-lemon custard was too sour for my liking
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