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| - Brought the boyfriend here for Valentine's Day dinner. First and foremost, I made reservations two weeks prior for 9PM and the hostess made confirmation calls the day of and was nice enough to let me change my reservation to 9:30 even though the restaurant closes at 10 (some places wouldn't make this exception, but the hostess was really kind and said that it was Valentine's Day so it was fine, I believe her name was Rocky).
We did the Valentine's Fixed Menu for $79 per person and wine pairing for $35 per person. We started with Kumiai oysters (1 for each us). It was served warm with some kind of topping over it that looked like a scrambled egg. I wasn't a big fan of it, but that's because I personally prefer my oysters cold and raw and nothing too crazy. This was served with a glass of bubbly.
For appetizers, my boyfriend ordered the pear and endive salad in bleu cheese. The alternate option was a tuna tartare, which they ran out of, and since I'm allergic to pears, they were able to substitute with a hamachi salad and that was super delicious. It was a pretty small serving, about 6 bite slices of fish to be exact, but every bite was really fresh. For this course of the meal, we had a white wine paired with it called Heaven's Horses aka "3 H's" according to our server. This complemented the course well.
For our main course, we both ordered surf and turf, which came with a small portion of potato au gratin. The lobster was good, can't really go wrong with lobster tail. The steak was okay. I like my steak cooked to medium, which it was, but the outside was over-cooked so it was a little chewy. We asked for steak sauce on the side to add a little more flavor to it. The potato au gratin was tasty; it had a hint of sweetness to it, but again, the portion was small. This course was paired with a cherry tart red wine, which also was a great complement.
For dessert, we ordered the German chocolate brownie and banana cream tres leches. The German chocolate was too sweet for my liking since it was also drizzled with chocolate syrup. As for the tres leches, it was perfectly made. It wasn't too soggy from the milk, also not too sweet, and the mascarpone made for a satisfying topping.
The atmosphere was romantic, perfect for the occasion, not too crowded or loud either.
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