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Every dish was fantastic.
Started off with a terrific waitress, Emily, who was bright and sunny without being to sacchariney. She offered up some great suggestions. And when we ordered the tuna suggested we add an extra portion since our group was five and likely would not have had an easy time breaking up the crostini.
Anyway, Eno Vino is small plates (couple dozen to share), plus soups, salads, and flatbreads. Deep and high quality wine list too.
The SEARED SESAME TUNA with wasabi and endive was to die for (and I rarely use that metaphor for food). Wonderfully deep red in color, the tuna was perfectly rare with a great outside sear atop the endive and herbed crostini. Loved the wasabi reduction. Great heat to go with the refreshing tuna.
Also enjoyed GOAT CHEESE PASTRIES red and golden beets, basil emulsion, smoked Hawaiian sea salt, aged balsamic, pancetta. Beats and basil emulsion proved a perfect pairing for the soft, warm pastry.
TRUFFLED FRIES aged cheddar cheese sauce, Thai ketchup and roasted garlic aioli. Truffle oil makes everything better. Best fries ever.
SWEET CHILE CALAMARI FRIES shallots, olive vinaigrette and Eno Vino's red sauce. Oh so yummy. Calamari was perfectly cooked. Real winner.
SEARED DAY BOAT SCALLOPS with savory french toast, truffle butter and black figs. Also one of the best dishes of the evening. The french toast soaked up all the truffle butter and the scallops were moist and firm, perfectly cooked.
DUCK CONFIT RISOTTO grilled seasonal mushroom, shaved parmigianno reggiano. Good. Weakest of a very strong lineup.
MAPLE LEAF FARM DUCK BREAST jalapeƱo polenta cake, blueberry and sage jam, crispy leeks. Fabulous. The jalapeno and the blackberry jam offered the perfect sweet and spicy combo. The duck was so tender and moist. YUMMMMM!
BRAISED PORK BELLY smoked gouda biscuit, tomato confit, sage mornay, fried egg. Very good. Love pork and sage together.
Also had MUSSELS IN CURRY. Very good, especially the curry sauce. Soaked up nicely with the side of bread.
I am not one to give out five stars with regularity but this was way too good to give it anything else. Throw in our 2009 Brouilly and it was just awesome.
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