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| - As great as my experience was a year ago, my disappointment this visit was on the other end of the scale.
I ordered the 6 course tasting menu. Last visit, each course came out with an explanation of the ingredients and execution (after all, the differentiator here is supposed to be the ingredients, right?), but tonight,each dish was brought out and not explained (just- here's the beet salad, here's the duck, etc) and I had to ask what was in each dish to try to appreciate it more. Once the runner even said, "I don't know, you'll have to ask the server".
And, the food this time was just not that great either. The salad was so overdressed I could not taste the ingredients. Both pickled dishes (seabeans and the collard kimchee) were so vinegary it made me cough. The duck breast was chewy and the "onion pie" served with my friend's fish dish was mushy. I also had ordered a bourbon neat, and it was very harsh and raw to swallow - I had to just give it back. This visit made me sad, as I have told so many people what an awesome experience I had the first time.
I hope it was a one off, but I won't come back.
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