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| - Trendy place with a spectacular view and wonderful staff, but food was trying too hard to be overly complex.
Food: 2.6, Atmosphere: 4.5, Service: 4.5
Highlights:
- Location: beautiful space overlooking the mountains with gorgeous sunsets.
- Atmosphere: super trendified and modern with a fireplace towards the middle of the entry. Bar looked like a great party spot inside as well as the huge patio outside. Place settings featured a bit of east meets west with my favorite item on the table being what I called the ying and yang salt and pepper plate.
- Staff: everyone from the valet to the bus boys were wonderful. Our waitress Hillary was nice and went out of her way to be accommodating to our requests. The water guy was totally on top if it too always refilling my glass which is no small feat since I drink a lot of water. The valet was cute when upon entry he told us what a wonderful night we were in store for and afterwards when discovered we were going back to watch the end of the NFL playoff game he rushed to get our car.
- Bread and dip: enjoyed the eggplant hummus with ginger and sesame along with the soft rolls spiced a bit on top
- Chocolate rolled cake: my other fave bite if the night. Dense yet soft chocolate cake with a bit of crunch and style with the little circular nubbins scattered on top. Paired with caramel gelato which was jammed packed with that caramel flavor.
- Pork belly fried rice: nice touch in fat, texture, and added flavor to an already tasty rice
- Check cookies: soft, chewy, and warm mini chocolate chip ones to close out the meal
Midlights:
- Lower booths: love the location right by the window overlooking the view, but they were uncomfortable. The material wasn't giving so it was too stiff and width-wise it was too slim for normal sized people so we were a but crushed together when trying to eat.
Lowlights:
- Seared foie: I almost never can resist ordering it when I see it on the menu, but this was not a very appetizing rendition. Biggest issue here was it way too slimy inside instead of a sear that maintained a structure throughout. The custardy mousse it was sitting on was way too huge--almost a bowl full. The addition I thought was cool individually but not sure fit in to the dish were the peppercorns and carmel rice.
- Scallops: overcooked to just at the brink of being rubbery. There was too much going on on the plate. Although visually I was impressed by the snap peas being sliced open like birds of paradise flowers, the cheese crisp was overly oily and not crisp at all and seemed out of place in the Asian infused dish.
Not sure if we just didn't order the best items and on food alone I wouldn't return, however the view and service were delightful so I might consider it...
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