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| - After reading so many negative reviews in 2014, I was very concerned about if if I should still book my husband's birthday dinner here. I did, because this was his favorite restaurant in PGH so far. I am glad that I did! I have to say, 4 out of 5 dishes were great to me, and 5 out of 5 were great to my husband.
We shared a lobster stater, which is a warm appetizer with cavatelli and small fish. It's not light for a starter, but it's appetizing.
My husband had the pork for his main dish. This is the only dish that I wasn't a big fan of. The pork itself is in good combination and distribution of lean, fat meat and skin. It is deep fried to crispy. The flavor and texture was nice, but way too heavy for me. Even the nice tarty pomegranate and and light endive cannot save that. Well, my husband liked his dish tho :p
I had the duck dish which is composed of mainly duck breast, some cabbage and beets. The flavor is a bit minty, plus a bit chinese, and some honey. It's great :)
Dessert time! We are a big fan of desserts, but not heavy sweet buttery dessert. I can make more then 50-60 kind of cakes/desserts myself, and every city I go, I look for nice little french and japanese bakery for sure. Salt of the Earth always amazes me with their desserts :D It's sweet, but not just a pile of sugar and butter. I had the Chesse- camembert cheese, cooked apple, and carrot pure. The slight salty taste in the camembert wakes up the whole dish.
My husband had the Citrus, which was AMAZING!!! There were blood orange sorbet, orange peel, lime flavor, almond crisps, and very thin frozen white chocolate with crispy texture. The combination is brilliant!
I think I could come back just for a dessert and a cup of NA ; )
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