I went to Bent last night for Summerlicious. Normally Asian fusion is not a restaurant descriptor that catches my attention, but a friend had heard good things.
The restaurant itself is gorgeous and the service was impeccable.
The food was great, and one of the better Summerlicious menus I have experienced. For starters my group shared the shrimp tacos and the chicken dumplings. The tacos were the clear winner here. And best of all, though I have to admit I didn't believe our server when she said we could share the starters, they were really generous portions (i.e. she was right!). We each got one of the mains. I really loved my salmon with the sweet citrusy flavours cut with ginger. The dessert trio was equally impressive and bursting with summer flavours, apart from the profiterole which was a bit of a letdown. The milk-chocolate sauce just didn't have enough oomph against the pastry and cream.
The only thing I have left to comment on are the cocktails. I am torn, because...they were delicious. I had the thyme-prosecco-gin mojito and it was one of the best cocktails I have ever had. And it was priced accordingly: $16. I had two of those, and so my bar tab was almost equal to my Summerlicious tab.