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| - Best meal of the trip, best meal of the year so far. The place was packed and we planned on waiting an hour or so before being seated so we took ourselves to the bar to have a drink... little did we know that the drinks were going to be amazing fun and we'd each have three and very quickly fill up that hour wait! The girls behind the bar whipped up and recommended drinks and every single one was amazing, between the two of use we had 5 different cocktails! The Nevada and Whipple were two of the best cocktails I've ever had in my entire life! They may look like small cocktails, but they pack a punch, seriously. Enjoy looking at the bar menu, many of the cocktails come from drink books from years past. Tom Collins, Gimlets, you name it! Very cool.
We were then seated at a lovely table by the window and greeted by our very sweet server! I wish I caught her name, she was very polite and informative. We started off with the chilled selfish platter. Extraordinary. Oysters, crab, lobster, some amazing sashimi with horseradish panna cotta. I was not a fan of the geoduck, but it was interesting to try! My ex-husband had the mixed grill and enjoyed every bit of it. I tried a piece of his calamari and it was outstanding. I had the big eye tuna and it was incredible. Perfectly rare, perfectly sauced. Perfect. We both ordered from the Wood-fire section of the menu and received the best vegetables we've ever had on a plate of food. So much fun, mini potatoes, tiny beet chips, orange peppers and more laid on vibrant romesco sauce. Our plates were visually stunning. We ended up choosing two sides, which I don't recommend, it's a lot of food, but we wanted to try the whipped potatoes and cauliflower and were not surprised to have been completely thrilled by them! My husband despises cauliflower, has a very very serious hatred for the lovely veg, so much in fact that he'd really rather I not cook it the house because the smell makes him gag... guess who loved the cauliflower? That's right, my husband!
The dessert menu looked beautiful but we couldn't fit another crumb in us! Which reminds me, the blue corn muffins and bread basket were to die for. The best EVER and I have consumed a lot of corn muffins in my life. Soft and moist and beautiful.
This place was perfection. You cannot possible go wrong at Michael Mina's American Fish.
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