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| - Our recent visit, on Valentine's Day, was our second to this wonderful restaurant.
We ordered the Valentine's Day Menu for Two and the meal was delicious from start to finish. Service was slightly flawed - Kokomo's uses a two server/one busser system which usually results in impeccable service. Unfortunately I think our second server, an older gentleman whose name we didn't catch, was new. He brought our first course, chilled crab claws, oysters and prawns, before the amuse and when we asked him about it he argued with us that the sorbet comes after the appetizer. He then brought the sorbet, a micro scoop of lime floating in a cordial glass of ginger ale, which was in fact meant to come just prior to the main course, while we were still eating the first course. Our busser saved the day by bringing the amuse after he cleared the appetizer dishes. It was well worth the struggle as the truffled cauliflower cream topped with caviar was sublime. Really, I'm not exaggerating. Sublime. Our primary server, Sam, then brought out our main course, a large, perfectly cooked New York Strip served with green peppercorn sauce, grilled asparagus and a potato waffle (think potato pancake cooked in a belgian waffle maker). The older waiter presented my plate backwards and Sam swooped in behind him to correct the error. They stepped away from the table and moments later the older gent came back to ask if everything was okay service-wise. I thought that was kind of sweet. After I finished what I could of my perfect meal and donated the remainder to my willing husband the dessert was served. I don't recall who brought it but it would have been nice to have someone explain what exactly was on the tasting plate. Regardless, most of the 5 selections were delicious (the exception being the overly sweet red velvet cake pops - yuck). The layered strawberry thingy (we don't know what it was??!!!) was the shining star, though.
This place has delivered a wonderful, five star experience for us both times we've been there. The price matches the quality of the food, service and atmosphere and we can't wait to go back!!!
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