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| - Had my annual pre-Christmas dinner w/friends here this year, and loved it!
First off, the place is really charming. Dim lighting, chic design, I can't believe it used to be a Chinese joint! Also, love that it's BYOB. This makes it easy to have a nicer meal without breaking the bank. Corkage fee is $5 per bottle.
The menu had lots of fun, innovative choices, with a continental influence. You could choose from the seasonal menus or nightly specials. The gal pals and I started with a deconstructed rainbow roll and mussels in a smokey tomato sauce. The rainbow roll was full of high-quality ingredients but not so good for sharing. I kind of wish the server would have mentioned this. All the ingredients were chopped up and served wrapped in cucumber, making it pretty impossible to eat with the chopsticks it was served with and almost impossible to share between three gals. We kind of had to mix up the ingredients and scoop with our forks. I'd get this again with a salad for myself, but not for a group.
The mussels, on the other hand, were awesome. The sauce was smokey, flavorful and thicker than your traditional mussel sauce. I'd definitely get it again. The mussels were plump and perfectly cooked.
For my meal, I got shrimp wrapped with brasaola served with pesto, a creamy sauce and homemade pasta. This dish was FANTASTIC. The sauce was creamy without being heavy; the pesto was full of flavor and the shrimp were perfectly cooked. The brasaola was salty and tasty. All the flavors combined for an innovative take on a pasta dish.
I thought it was super cute that the meal ended with teeny tiny macarons as well.
I'll definitely return here the next time I'm in the 'burgh!
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