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| - Having been to Barrington's and throughly enjoyed it, my wife and I decided to visit its sister restaurant.
We got there at 6ish on a Monday. There were plenty of open tables at this time, so we were seated right away. Our server was friendly. She explained that we could order anything we wanted in any order. She also said that if we knew everything we wanted to try, but didn't want to flag her down whenever we were ready for our next course, she could take down our requests at the beginning and spread out the orders for us. This was impressive, because servers at tapas restaraunts like this have to be busy constantly. She was willing to monitor our progress with each course and time when to have the next dish fired off. She was definitely a pro.
We started with the charcuterie dish. Mortadella, speck, soprasetta, and a chicken liver/foie gras mousse topped with sweet, minced, pickled shallots. This came with grilled toast points. Quite tasty. My wife, who isn't a big fan of pate, even liked the mousse. Some of the speck was too fatty, but it was a good dish overall.
Next, we had the Garganelli. The sausage was house-made (it had better be). The pasta and sauce reminded me of the Gnocchi I had at Barrington's, which is one of their signature plates. This was a solid dish.
Then, we had the Seafood Tortellini, which was actually ravioli. Not sure what that was about. This was the most disappointing dish for me. The lobster foam, pasta, and chanterelles actually worked really well together. It may have been the best-tasting dish for me, but I couldn't find any lobster or crab to save my life. If I'm paying $16 for a small dish with 4 ravioli that are "filled" with lobster and crab, I have to be able to find some lobster and crab. I wasn't expecting a lot, but there was practically none. Not cool.
We were pretty much full by the time our Vietnamese-stuffed Quail came. Our server told us that, although it didn't say it on the menu, the quail was actually filled with shrimp and pork. If she hadn't told me that, I wouldn't have noticed. (I did managed to discover a tinge of ham when I reheated my leftovers). The quail was fried, halved, and served on lettuce. It came with marinated cucumbers, which were pretending to be pickles. It sort of looked like a deconstructed chick-fil-a sandwich. My wife thought it tasted like a chicken finger. It was served with a tangy chili-lime dipping sauce rather than honey mustard.
I washed all this down with a pint of NoDa's Hop Drop 'N Roll, which is an excellent local beer. Good call on their part in having this in stock.
All in all, it was a good experience. We checked this off on our list of places to try and discovered a new love for lobster foam. If we do end up going again, I'll try the pommes frites and steamed bun. Those seem to be home-runs according to everyone else. I'll also be skeptical of any dish they have that claims to be stuffed with seafood.
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