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| - As for Pan-Asian fare overall coming from San Diego, now living in St Louis and on this occasion, Madison, WI, Tory Miller lands a win in my book with my now 2nd of 4 of his restaurants in Madison as part of the Deja Food group this and his other 3 venues are part of (Estrellon, Graze, L'Etoile) I have been to Estrellon and loved it so had high bar set for this visit with my aunt and uncle who also made their debut with me here.
Noon on a frigid Saturday afternoon, 3 of like 10 people in the place max. We sat in the kitchen bar area all to ourselves. Got to see the magic happen right in front of us.
My sampled items were amazing. Japachea was great! Sweet potato noodle debut and I like! Not super sweet or overly salty, just right. Marinated tender steak, stir fried peppers and onions.
Pork steam buns were melt in your mouth pockets of deliciousness. Soft, flavorful and packed with tender seasoned pork meat.
Laab spring roll was a nice spin on a basic shrimp or veggie spring roll packed with minded lamb meat and the usual fixings. This roll is big! The sauce is great as well!
My aunt got the red curry and my uncle got the veggie pho bowl, both seemed to enjoy it thoroughly. Portions are big as we all came home with leftovers!
Wish like heck I could have caught chef Miller in the mix of things. Want to meet this guy as he pioneers a whole new movement of food and culinary revamping in Madtown!
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