There are things in life that are complex. And things that are simple. In sensual enjoyment of our world, the combination of these is most rewarding.
Thus Sweetbreads and Smoked Mushrooms on Toast. Tipped off earlier in the week, I tried this once. Enthralled, but suspicious of the moment, I tried it again. Happy to report it is real.
Imagine ( or just come and have ) a foundation of home made bread toasted ( based on the taste) over a wood fire. Lounging carelessly but elegantly over this a layer of sweetbreads, cooked to that perfect point of flavor and coherent texture without toughness. Their mates, smoked mushrooms ( who knew? ) tying the slightly wood char taste of the toast to the earthy flavor of mushroom to the subtle caress of the sweetbreads on the tongue.
And then the surprise that takes this great platform and elevates it - drunken blueberries that add their own earth flavor with a purple tint and a touch of sweetness buried in the forest taste and peeking out.
All of this in a perfect after work portion... And of course wrapped in this place's customary context of great and personable service.
A glass of red and life is, in the moment, perfect.