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| - This reason for Cure getting a 5 star this time, is mainly because of how wonderfully the staff responded to an issue with the food that one of my dining companion's experienced. However food-wise, my rank would be closer to a 4-Star.
So, let me start of with the food I got first:
- Shrub drink prices have gone up from $3 when I visited in 2017 to $4 in 2018 (same size glass tho'!). They had a new one this time that I really liked, made of fig, bay leaf and cinnamon - it was refreshingly tarty and tasted similar to a kombucha drink.
- for my main I got the large Salumi ($55) and this was served with pickled veggies (the turmeric cauliflower was a specific stand-out), x2 kinds of mustard (there was a Violet mustard which was deliciously tangy and which I first read as VIOLENT mustard and I had a quiet chuckle as I imagined this amorphous mustard paste rising from the plate and giving me a knock-out punch, ha! But anyway, I digress) and two pieces of focaccia. The charcuterie consisted of 4 pieces of each meats. There was a lot of charcuterie and when I got served, the waitress pointed out each one but honestly it all got blurry as I worked my way thru the board. What was great however that each piece was fresh and tasted fantastic! The charcuterie with pistachio was my fave but everything was really distinctly flavorful. I do however wish the board came with some sort of a Pâté / terrine/ galantine/ roulade or maybe even a small slice of the pork rilletes - I wanted some unctuous after all that cured meat! Oh also there was one salumi that bore a distinct taste to jamón ibérico, which was a nice surprise. If you are curious what this is - this ham comes from a special breed of Spanish Hogs that's diet consists only of chestnuts and this gives the ham a very distinctive flavour but the one served here was a gentler flavor.
- One of my co-diners got the Vadouvan Cauliflower Soup for ($10) and she got the caramelized crab on the side for me, as she didn't want this seafood component. She's not a fan of Cauliflower but she ended up enjoying this dish and I polished off that crab - it was delish!
- another co-diner got "A Nice Little Salad" for $10 and this was a really good sized plate! The radishes looked especially lovely.
- My co-diner who got small Chestnut Ravioli for $13 raved about this dish! I was sitting next to her and could totally smell the earthiness of the chestnuts and hazelnuts in the brown butter!
- another winner for our table was the Laurel Hill Farm Trout for $28. It was a half fillet of the trout and I was told the burnt lemon really just elevated the taste of the fish. No one wanted to share and give me a bite, so I'm taking their word for it ;-)
- Choucroute for $34 was a bit of a disappointment for one of my co-diners. It was plated beautifully but the portion given for the pork, the boudin blanc and the boudin noir were really small. My co-diner was still hungry after he finished off the plate. Not a big bloke's meal...
- so I'm saving the problem child of our meal for last. One of my co-diners got the Heritage Farm Chicken ($29) and loved the labneh + harissa pastes. But the chicken which looked like it had been in a sous vide bath, was totally pink and felt spongy when she cut into it. We alerted the waiter and he said he would switch out the dish, but my co-diner felt really uncomfortable about even making another attempt with the chicken, and he change her food choice and she ordered the Chestnut Ravioli instead. The waiter totally didn't make a fuss about this request and instead everything was handled so perfectly and smoothly - his attitude really made a massive difference and my co-diner's dining experience ended up with a high note rather than with her remembering the uncooked chicken!
Lastly, we did get dessert - that Lava Molten cake.. so good! Rich and yet wonderfully light and the pistachio cream was so sweet and distinctly nutty. Great way to end the meal.
So overall verdict? I reckon the tasting menu is honestly the way to go. But I'll still come back and check them out again, when next in Pittsburgh.
Note - this would have been Yelp Review 71/2018, but I don't count reviews for places I have previously reviewed
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