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| - Maybe I hyped this place up too much from all the wonderful reviews i have read from you fellow yelpers. Don't get me wrong, the food was still pretty great, but i have definitely been to restaurants with better food and at a more affordable price.
I went with my cousin and a friend and we began with a bottle of wine, which the sommelier suggested. I believe it was a JJ Prum Riesling. The riesling was probably the best I have had (good thing too since it cost us $100). I also ordered a cable car because apparently that is one of their signature cocktails. The cable car definitely tasted better than I expected.
We ordered the appetizer sampler, which came with beef skewers (the best tasting item of the trio, very tender and flavorful), duck confit egg rolls (ehh weren't that great, not much taste) and the crab truffles (again, not very memorable). I of course had to order the lobster pot pie since everyone raves about it. At $95, I expected it to be AMAZING. Unfortunately, I don't think it met my expectations. The lobster was well cooked and tender, and the top crust of the pot pie was buttery-flaky goodness, but it just didn't WOW me. I didn't feel like I just ate something worth my money. I actually felt that the pot pie was a little too rich. My cousin and friend ordered the sonoma fried chicken, which was okay (I didn't have that much of it, but the truffle mac n cheese was good).
For dessert we ordered a souffle, which was really good. It came with peppermint ice-cream, and the ice cream was probably one of the worst ice-creams I have ever had. It didn't taste like peppermint at all, and my friend compared it to "a skunk". We informed our server and he brought us out three scoops of the maple flavor we said we would like to try instead. The maple ice cream was much better.
The server was also made aware that it was my birthday, so he brought out three ginger mojito amuse bouches.
All in all, a pretty good meal, but I'm not sure if I would spend another $200 there for a meal that didn't blow my mind
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