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| - Excellent meal. My wife and I went for our anniversary and we each got the 4 course tasting menu. Started with the fried pig ears, which we loved. This could easily be a greasy, heavy dish but the bright, acidic sauce and chilies made for a perfect balance. Then on to two raw fish dishes, the yellowtail (excellent, as others have already said) and the butterfish, which was, for me, even better. Followed by the farmer salad which was also good. The watermelon was a nice touch, but the out-of-season tomatoes were not so great. Greens were excellent though, very fresh.
For the starch course we shared the squid ink risotto and the semolina gnocchi. Again, as others have said, the semolina gnocchi are nothing like traditional potato gnocchi. They're larger, flatter, almost like fried polenta in texture. They're also the best thing we ate all night. An amazing treat. We told our server we wanted to lick the bowl, and she brought us grilled bread to sop up the wonderful sauce. We really appreciated that. My god, it was so delicious. The squid ink risotto we ate second, and I must say the gnocchi made the risotto seem pretty ordinary. In isolation, I think this would be a good risotto, but in comparison, it fell short.
For the main course we shared the pork belly. It was a tad on the tough side compared to most pork belly I've had, it really shredded when you tried to cut it. I prefer when it slices like butter. But it did taste good. The sweet and sour tomato relish they top it with is too sweet for my taste, but it was still enjoyable. The polenta was good.
For dessert we had the fig and goat cheese crostada to start, and it was really, really good. Perfect, I'd say. The pastry was delicious and the filling and gelato likewise. We had wanted the butterscotch budino, but they were out of it (fridge had died, ruining the ingredients) so we got the chocolate olive oil cake. I wasn't especially in the mood for chocolate cake, so I was preparing just to have a bite, but it was just too good. In the end we were too full to finish, but both desserts were terrific, about as good as those spectacular gnocchi.
The service was very good, though it did seem unfortunate that our fine server kept saying "mars-capone" every time she meant to say "mascarpone." I liked the wine she recommended, and she was attentive, and her recommendations were solid. The atmosphere in the restaurant is cool, maybe a little on the stark side, especially when it's mostly empty as it was this Tuesday night. The music was a bunch of my favorites (Shins, Spoon, Flaming Lips) played at a subtle enough volume not to interfere with conversation. One suggestion I'd make is that they serve the hot dishes on hot plates and bowls. But overall we loved our meal and we look forward to our next visit.
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