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| - One of my favorite restaurants in Phoenix just so happened to have a great Groupon deal, so other than wanting to go, I could now go and save some $s too. After a long week of work, more specifically a 13 hour day, I had high expectations.
It wasn't a terrible dinner but to me, loving my cocktail more than both entrees is a bit of a letdown. Maybe its my fault for wanting to try things on the menu I wouldn't normally try? Regardless, a meal that would have cost us $125 without the groupon, is a meal that I expect to be wowed by.
Crab and avocado foam salad- it was like a fancy seafood salad. Something about the texture just wasn't doing it for me. It reminded me of something you would buy at the deli counter at Fry's. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't worth $15 either.
The wild striped bass was actually delicious- on top of yummy, cheesy rissotto. The bass was crisped on the edges but great flavor. I do think it was a tad over cooked but completely bearable. But the sides... Normally I'm a big fan of broccolini but this broccolini was terrible. Bitter to the point of being inedible. And there were 4 sad strips of skinny green beans that did absolutely nothing for the dish.
The house-made linguine... The pasta alone with some butter would have been a better dish than the sherry vinegar sauce it came in. I get the idea of the dish, some people like sour noodles, and might get off from the pretentiousness of it. I guess it just wasn't for me.
The star of the evening:
noca Royale $14
Schramsberg "Blanc de Blancs" Seasonal Fruit, St. Germain Liqueur
The best cocktail I have ever had. I'm always a fan of bevy's with St. Germain Elderflower Liquer- it always adds such a great flavor to drinks. But this drink... Oh man. The seasonal fruit was fresh white peach puree. I would go back to Noca and just throw back a couple of these and munch on the cotton candy and chocolate chip short bread they give you, for free, at the end.
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