Certainly the most expensive and most delicate meal I have ever had. I'm a self-proclaimed "food whore" and will eat just about anything so always filled my belly with less expensive foods that are high in quality.
However, I chose to go over the top (at least in my books) with a dinner reservation at Michael Mina last week and had the most delightful meal in my gastronomic career.
My fiance and I wanted to celebrate perhaps our last nice really nice meal before we get married in 3 wks and chose this restaurant after the wonderful reviews on Yelp. I called the same day and was able to get a 7:30 reservation on Thursday evening.
Service was amazing. The Brazilian server (Marco) knew my name before I even sat down. He knew were were celebrating and offered me a complimentry glass of champagne which I declined - because I needed to stay sober for our 10:30 show, "O".
However, we still proceeded to order two tastings. Aside from the A La Carte menu - there are two tasting menus.
1. Classis Michale Mina dishes $115
2. Seasonal dishes $115
Premium wine pairing $65 on top.
We order exactly that and love almost every dish.
I won't bother with all the details with the meal since it appears that everyone else has done so, but the hamachi from the seasonal offering was incredible. Just a big party in my mouth! So many flavors and textures coming together.
Also not to miss - the lobster pot pie..OMG, I love truffles and this was so aromatic. The American Kobe with seared Foie Gras, I can taste the marbled meat in my mouth..just MELTS.
Not extremely impressed with the cod or the salmon but they were still very yummy.
Ambiance was louder than I expected. But contemporaray warm amber colors. Smells incredible. Final bill about $550 inclusive of taxes and tips. (we ordered coffee also..now that I do the calculations...shit. I wonder how much our coffee cost??? )