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| - The fillet mignon was amazing! Ok, now on to the review.
This restaurant is kind of quirky, they have big Chinese-lantern-style light fixtures, alternating black then white chairs, and thick draperies on the walls. The music was mostly 80's pop and they projected an old black and white film onto the curtains on the wall. If you can get over the weird decor (or if that's your thing) then you're in luck because the food was awesome.
We started with the Florida shrimp cocktail, which, as our server warned us, was not your normal shrimp cocktail. It was served in a martini glass with layers of avocado, cocktail sauce, a corn salsa, and rock shrimp; it came with tortilla chips to use for scooping. I think it was an improvement on the traditional shrimp cocktail (although Red Drum Gastropub in Mt Pleasant, SC had a pretty good shrimp cocktail too, but that's another review).
The appetizer was good but finding it was kind of difficult, their menu could use some reorganization (and better descriptions). However, their wines were organized by price, which was kind of convenient (don't worry they also had a more traditionally structured reserve list).
The mahi mahi was good but be prepared for some spiciness, it had a powerful peppercorn punch. The lamb T-bones were really tasty. Cooked to the perfect temperature with a well balanced marmalade that had just the right amount of licorice flavor (tarragon, I guess). It paired perfectly with the lamb. My one criticism is for the absurd presentation. It came out on a long rectangular plate that was placed diagonally so it would fit in front of me. The plate had the two lone T-bones (about two or three inches across), stacked with the marmalade in the middle and on top. I thought it was kind of silly to present it that way knowing that it needed to be deconstructed to prevent a cutting disaster.
Anyway, like I said before, the fillet mignon was awesome. I've had meat of equal quality before but this dish had a generous portion of superb meat plus a killer balsamic and onion sauce. This is what you should order, no question about it.
Dessert was spot on as well (but again the menu could use some better descriptions). We ordered the raspberry creme brulee and the "peppermint patty." The creme brulee was a normal creme brulee with fresh berries stacked on top and then a white chocolate macadamia nut cookie stacked on top of that. The creme brulee was really good because (unlike so many places I've been recently) the custard was of a reasonable depth so it was nice a creamy and chilled. The peppermint patty was a dense round chocolate cake with a gentle peppermint flavor. It was a very well done, simple dessert.
Overall, I was impressed. The restaurant wasn't cheap but the portions were sizeable and all of the food was excellent.
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