We decided to visit Lee during Winterlicious and it was the perfect excuse to celebrate my birthday. We were so excited to try this restaurant after watching Chef Lee on Food Network. Our expectations were very high.
As you would expect, service was amazing and very attentive: the host welcomed us with smiles, took our coats and showed us our table. Our waiter was always present and available but not intrusive. Each dish was well presented and explained to us. It was very nice to get a "reminder" of what we were eating. Despite Winterlicious, they favor (and encourage) customers to share food, so they brought us our plates one at the time. It was perfect to share and completely enjoy it before tasting the new one.
Food
In one word: FANTASTIC! Everything was perfect, tasty and with bold innovative flavors. We started with the Singapore Style Slaw (it was not included in the Winterlicious menu) and the sashimi of tuna. The slaw was an explosion of 19 different ingredients perfectly combined and brought together by a sesame background flavor (it also includes edible flowers which I love). The tuna was superb and fresh, the outside crust (just spices) gave an extra texture component.
We ordered Cheese Burger Spring Roll and Shrimp & Tofu Cakes as appetizers. the first was a asian-burger fusion, the meat inside the roll was cheesy and with an amazing combination of spices. the Tofu cake was full of flavor, without reading the menu I would have never guessed it was Tofu.
As main course we had the Bangkok Curry Beef with Vermicelli rice noodle cake and
Jerk Spicy Pork Ribs. the ribs were good but it was my least favorite dish of the night (though the ginger-pomegranate sauce was delicious). The beef was so tender that melted in our mouth and the vermicelli cake was totally unexpectedly good.
The dessert was a trio (we didn't have to choose), the best was the fresh peach & apricot sorbet. I believe it was infused with lavender.
Can't wait to come back. it is pricey but totally worth it.