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| - My new year's resolution is to explore Lawrenceville more. I feel it's a less pretentious version of Shadyside (don't get me wrong, I live in Shadyside. I love Shadyside. I would defend Shadyside til the end. But sometimes it's nice to be able to dress down a little.) Anywho - a friend who lives in Lawrenceville suggested this place for a going-away little dinner for me, her and our friend that was going away. Apparently it's mexican/spanish fused with asian...and while that sounds weird, it totally works!
We got the guacamole appetizer. The guacamole was deconstructed, as in, the avocado puree was topped with a little spoonful each of cilantro, red onion, cheese, and Serrano chilies. Interesting. Fun. I like it. They gave us plantain chips (I dunno what fascinates me about plantains, but I like to get them every time I can) to dip, and it was delish.
We got peking duck quesadillas. I'm skeptical about quesadillas. I've never been a huge fan but these were AMAZING. Something about the Gouda cheese and the duck and whatever other magic things they put in that tortilla made it my favorite dish of all.
We got beef tongue tacos, I think, simply because 2 of us never had beef tongue before. The meat was tender, and made a perfect taco. You wouldn't even guess it was tongue meat!
And of course, we got some sushi. Our 3rd friend happened to be a bit preggers and was staying away from raw fish, so we got California rolls and eel/ avocado. The California rolls were pretty standard, but the eel and avocado were especially good. I know I haven't gotten around the sushi scene much, so take this with a grain of salt, but the best sushi I have had ever (Umi and Kiku are still on my to-do list).
While we were not there during happy hour, the chalkboard boasted of half price tapas from 5-7, as well as half off cocktails and half off drafts. I will definitely be hitting that up.
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