Absolutely phenomenal dinner tonight at the Blue Door- seriously one of the best meals of my life- Charlie Trotters chefs table territory. The Blue Door blows any Cleveland restaurant out of the water (yes-way better than Lola's) and the place was empty!
Dinner started with hearts of Palm salad- bleh, right? Wrong! These guys imported FRESH hearts of Palm from Hawaii and pickled, grilled, and puréed them with an amazing lemon vinegarette- WOW!!!
Delicious breads, Amazing Stilton and goat cheese with poached figs, a summer corn and tomato dish that was the essence of summer on a plate, wild boar cooked perfectly with truffles and puréed sunchokes- seriously flavorful stuff! Oh, and I raved so much during the meal they gave us an extra chocolate soufflé to shut me up! These people are heroes.
These flavors will transport you- their creativity will blow your mind. Visually you will be enthralled. You will feel like all of the meals you have eaten before this one were equivalent to gruel.
People- drop your dinner (or breakfast or lunch) plans and invade the Blue Door Cafe- you will not be disappointed!
Oh and ask the owner about his stove- fun story!