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| - Last week some friends & I went to Salt of the Earth, which has been getting a lot of attention in the food world of Pittsburgh. The chef Kevin Sousa, had previously worked for The Big Burrito company, specifically Kaya as an executive chef. Then in September of 2010 finally opened his own restaurant. Shortly after the opening, it saw immediate success, even bringing him the title Chef of the year by Pittsburgh Magazine in 2011. So as you can imagine, I was excited to try this place.
Upon arrival the hostess was extremely helpful & nice, offering me 3 different places to sit & wait for my party. The decor is unique. It's 'fancy casual' The lighting is elegant with cafeteria style picnic tables. No menus, a huge chalk board lays along side the restaurant with the menu written by hand. The menu changes often & is always seasonal.
What to chose! The decision took a while. Check out the menu. We started with cocktails. I got a white whiskey which was local cider & whiskey. All the cocktails are $10. Strong & delicious. Then when it came to the entrees we decided to have a good 3-some. So I order the Haluski, my friends ordered the Mushrooms & Hanger Steak. Each plate needs its own paragraph.
Haluski started with a parsnip puree base, followed by a medley of root vegetables, tofu, egg noodles & fresh cabbage. Surrounding the dish was apple butter & topped with cranberries. It was like an elegant comfort food. It wasn't excessively buttery or gravy.....but it still represented the same feel. It really captured the fall season in a dish.
Hanger Steak. Big chunk of steak, root vegtable medeley, tangy horseradish, blue cheese and surrounding a beat puree. The combination of tangy & sweet was amazing. It was so balanced. You weren't even put off by the intensity of the horseradish since the beet puree was sweet. It was an excellent dish, I kind of wish I would have gotten this myself.
Mushrooms. It was really earthy tasting, kind of like a mushroom should. It was root vegetables & cranberry I believe. I can't remember what else. I just noticed the menu has already changed, which just makes me want to go back.
After that magnificent foodgasm, we weren't finished there. We ordered smore's for dessert. Oh my goodness. Three chunks of chocolate, marshmallow, elder-flower, & golden grahams It was beautiful.
So in conclusion, I highly recommend checking out this place if you are in the Pittsburgh Area. It's located in Garfield on Penn, but it's really close to Bloomfield/East Liberty. They do have a parking lot, which I of course noticed after I paralleled. So check it out & be amazed.
Check out the post of my blog: http://wp.me/p1XmJ0-3l
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