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| - After a fun day gambling, we decided to try Seablue for dinner -- we keep walking by & looking at the menu, and we have eaten at Michael Mina's Nobhill and had great expectations.
We were eating dinner a bit late, but were seated right away. Hostess was nice and gave us an overview of the menu and the "winter tasting" prix fixe menu.
Our waitress was friendly and attentive and answered our menu questions, and the bus staff was great at keeping water filled, plates cleared, wine poured, etc.
I ended up going with the Winter Tasting menu (four courses) and hubby went with an appetizer and entree. The winter tasting menu included a "meze plate", with four mini-appetizers; a "pick your own salad"; seafood "paella" with three meat skewers (like satay skewers); and a berry dessert.
The "meze plate" included a hummus spread, roasted red pepper dip, herbed yougurt dip, and almonds; all with toasted pita chips, or the bread served (baguette). Wonderfully fresh flavors & fun to eat and share. The salad was fine -- many choices of greens, proteins, cheeses, dressings, etc. My paella was delicious -- not a true paella (not crunchy, etc), more of pilaf rice, fluffy with capers & spices. Lots of wonderful mussels, shrimp, tiny octopi, fish, clams, Oh My! in a great sauce/broth. It wasn't soupy at all, but there was a nice amount of sauce in the bottom of the bowl.
Hubby had the raw plate trio (with a slice of yellow fin, ceviche and tuna kibbeh) that was absolutely spot-on, with all three of the portions. We would order it again any time! He had the artic char for his entree. Delicious -- on a bed of aspargus with a lemon buerre blanc sauce.
Enjoyed a nice unoaked Chardonnay, and dinner was a hit.
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