It's been a while since I penned a review (yall can blame my new job... I officially have no life nor access to goof off on yelp during work hours). So you know it's going to take alot to get my butt away my jail cell (hmm... desk) to the "goof off" computer during my precious lunch hour in order to author this review.
Sadly it's not good news. I went to Table 274 since my LivingSocial coupon was about to expire. I heard great things about this place. The menu looked good. So I was happy and looking forward to my 1st real weekday dinner in a long time.
One word sums up the entire evening: BLAND. Everything was just blah. I ordered the Squash & Shrimp Bisque. It's basically squash bisque. Overly sweet, definitely missing the savor part. And where was the shrimp!?
The saffron basil mussels were fresh. But then again, there's no taste to the sauce/juice. For the most part the mussels were cooked well, some were a little tiny (aka overcooked) but I know it's tricky.
My dinner-mate ordered the sweet potato gnocchi. It's a big portion for a small plate item. But you know what, I much rather have yummy than a big plate. Gnocchi were ok... again, bland, and sweet. The sweet potato are inherently sweet, then they put red peppers which also are a little sweet. The pulled pork were flavorless at this point. Very colorful plate that just didn't deliver.
I last minute ordered the pork belly & mushroom tortelloni just because I was just waiting for a miracle to happen. Pork belly and mushroom seem to be magical enough of a combo to pull off a last ditch hail mary attempt to be impressed. Wrong! For $10 there were 3 large tortelloni, which were stuffed mostly by cheese and pork... except it looked and tasted awfully like the pulled pork from the gnocchi. Pork belly should be fatty, tasty, and marble-like... did I say fatty and tasty?! I never expected this dish to be as plain as it was. I ended up enjoying the sprouts and goat cheese more than the tortelloni.
At the end I can only wonder... did I miss something?! Was I at the same place where everyone has raved about the food?! And should I have ordered the crispy oysters instead?! Life is just full of questions isn't it.