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| - Just ate here for the first time last night for my birthday dinner and it was PHENOMINAL!! I don't think I've ever had a meal with so many different flavors in every single course, all of which were perfectly balanced and blended together. And my wife isn't usually one to try a lot of unique dishes like the ones featured at FnB, so she was a bit hesitant to even go here, but she absolutely loved everything - and that's saying a lot!
We started off with the world-famous braised leeks, which were perfectly cooked (hard to do with leeks), and the combination of flavors with the egg and the mustard panko smothered in mozzarella (which they make themselves) was amazing.
Then for the main course I got the pasta and my wife got the halibut, and we split a side order of the rutabaga (sadly, they were out of the spicy broccoli). The pasta - WOW!! It has so much going on with the bacon, chanterelles, tarragon and a wonderful creme fraiche-based sauce, that I couldn't decide what I liked best about it. And the halibut w/cauliflower and chermoula was out of this world, and my wife liked it so much that all I got was a few small bites.
And then we finished off the meal with two desserts. The first was a few scoops of roasted banana ice cream sandwiched between two pizzeles with rum raisins and chocolate fudge. It was very good except for the fact that the ice cream was slightly bitter, which makes me think they either used bananas which weren't ripe enough or they didn't roast them long enough. But then again, I'm comparing it to my own roasted banana ice cream that I make which is out of this world, so I'm a tough critic when it comes to that. :) HINT: use 6-8 well-ripened bananas (showing just a few brown spots) chopped up and tossed with a mix of 3/4C brown sugar and 2T rum & 2T butter, roasted @ 325F for 25 mins, for every 2qt of ice cream.
The second dessert was a black walnut & pear cake with a side of creme fraiche whipped cream. I don't think I've ever had black walnuts before, and the flavor is SO good and SO different than regular walnuts, and the subtle sweetness of the pears was a nice contrast. I highly recommend it.
All in all it was one of the best dining experience that I have ever had, and I have eaten at lot of very nice restaurants including Le Jules Verne (at the top of the Eiffel Tower) and French Laundry (in Napa). And the prices were very reasonable for being such a quaint restaurant with such eclectic cuisine. If this restaurant were located in a place like NYC, Napa, Paris or even a high-end shopping plaza in Scottsdale, you would easily pay $200-$300+ for this type of meal, but here in this small side-street gem of a restaurant our total bill came out to a mere $98 (not including drinks, tax or tip). I can't wait to come back again and try some new things since the menu is constantly changing according to the season. I also hope to stop by for one of their "Late Night Love" events to try some of their unique one-off meals.
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