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| - Julian Serrano is as good as it ever should get...and then some.
It's in Aria - which I will review under separate cover. Wow...is all I have to say.
Atmosphere - It's very open and attractive. The only drawback are these weird black trees without leaves. Maybe I'm missing the artistic creation of them, but I felt like they were out of place. There were mounds of fresh veggies on the backsplash - which was really refreshing to see. Some time was really spent on the floors here. Tiny tiles in a variety of colors...yellows, oranges, pinks, purples, pearly white. And it had a pattern to it that was really intricate. Bonus points for design.
I am a big fan of smaller tables and more intimate seating when going on a date. Here, the tables are a bit larger, but they have to be because it is tapas style and you have tons of plates coming out, and then wine glasses...you get the drift.
Purple napkins. Stellar.
Our sommelier came over and we mistakenly thought him as the waiter. Oops. He wasn't phased though so based off what we ordered he suggested a wine. A half bottle in case we didn't like it. What we didn't know, and d-bag sommelier didn't tell us, is the wine was 990 for a half bottle!! I'm sorry, but if you expect your patrons to have 990 for a half bottle of wine without running it by them, I find it offensive. Whether or not we could afford it, is really none of his biz, he should have been more polite to just give us the low down on that. Fortunately for him the half bottle was amazing (it should be for almost a grand!). Point of the story, for all those who cannot afford a grand on wine - BE SURE TO CHECK PRICE POINT when sommelier suggests a wine. A professional one should let you know (discretely if you don't want to offend your date) and I just found that a little obnoxious. I didn't know until the bill came, and neither did my beau...which was a bit shocking.
Anyway...have the bacon wrapped dates. Salty, sweet, savory goodness. Chewy without too much chewy. I almost died.
I even tried the lobster with pinneapple. Pretty good, and I'm not a seafood fan AT ALL. This was something someone would like if they don't really appreciate seafood.
We also had the beet salad with what I though was lychee. I said "this tastes like Hawaii in my mouth" and the waitress came over and explained it was pineapple gelatin. Kudos for my palate being expanded.
Stuffed peppers and gosh I don't even know what to tell you because everything was soooo delightful. It was romantic because we were both feeding each other, and so filling at the same time. We had about 6 plates and everything was perfectly paced, our wine was superb (we had two half bottles, the second was of something different). Fortunately the waiter showed my date the price for the second bottle.
The pan manchego...it's like that saying "once you go manchego, you never go back". Crazy good.
We had churros for dessert that comes with some chocolate sauce for dipping. The chocolate sauce had a hint of some kind of hot pepper (which was a little bit too much for me) but it was good in small quantity. This is the best churro I have had in my life. I was soooo full but kept eating it. We also ordered the creme brule (because I love creme brule)...I wasn't so much a fan. It was too eggy and not enough sugary. The consistency was off for me. Plus it was HUGE! I like smaller versions of creme brule since it is sooo heavy. Still, pretty fantastic. I just wasn't a fan of the consistency.
It truly was an amazing experience. Every time we put something in our mouths we just giggled and had our eyes roll back in our head how fantastic it truly was. It blew my mind. It blew Joe's mind and his wallet...I don't think he minded too much because it was TRULY that good.
I had to amend and give it four stars because of our sommelier. If he didn't just ASSUME we (I am putting the Royal we in that sentence) could afford a $1,000 bottle of wine, I would be giving this place more stars.
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