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Summerlicious as a whole gets mixed reviews from me - I've had fabulous experiences and I've had some mediocre ones. Unfortunately, Rosewater falls into the latter category.
I came here for a weekday Summerlicious lunch in a party of 4. The restaurant is decorated elegantly, and the downstairs dining area is beautiful with high backed chairs and ample natural lighting. The upstairs dining area is dark and cozy, more suited towards intimate dinners rather than a friendly lunch. While we weren't pleased with how dark it was since it made it hard to take pictures, turns out it didn't matter since the food wasn't presented that nicely anyways.
Appetizer: 2 pan seared scallops + 1 piece seared pork belly. Mustard based sauce and a pea puree. App came out room temperature, barely warm. Scallops and pork belly tasted good with the sauce and puree, but were arranged in an unfortunately phallic manner (2 round scallops + an oblong piece of meat...use your imagination folks). I've seen pictures of this dish before and there seems to be a glaring inconsistency in terms of plating.
Entree: Duck breast confit (they ran out of duck leg) with green beans and polenta. Duck breast was fine, went well with the fruity sauce. Polenta was not warm and creamy like expected. Each plate of duck was garnished with 2 raspberries and a carnation - my carnation was a sad, small pink bud that I almost mistook for a random piece of pink fish. The raspberries seemed very out of place on the plate, almost like they just threw them on last minute, haphazardly.
Dessert: White chocolate panna cotta - this was the winner. I liked how it was a firmer consistency than some other panna cottas I've had in the past. Flavour was spot on.
Service: Very friendly, but offered us freshly ground black pepper when we were half way through our apps and entrees. Weird timing.
Overall, I'm glad I paid $23 for lunch and not $38 for dinner. I would have been pretty displeased otherwise.
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