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🤢 2/5 - I was here around a month ago with one of my groups.
By 👻 @Glenn C., 02/25/2023 3:00 am
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The staff was friendly though I would say pretty casual for a Michelin restaurant which is pretty welcome. I found the food to be alright in general but not worth it for the price with one person in the group ordering some more from the a la carte menu afterwards. To drink from their interesting cocktail menu, I got the Betamax with bourbon, bitters, and cardamaro. The latter is an amaro made with red wine, cardoon, and blessed thistle and as per other reviews, this was the obvious choice and it was quite delicious and worth it for $16. Nice bitterness and sweetness. There was a bunch of other cocktails at the same price which other people enjoyed as well as beer from the local Interboro Spirits and Ale (in which I would recommend the Ambassador if you're a fan of Stouts also being the most worth it for $10.)They gave us two amuse bouche to start out with, a Potato with crème fraiche and beluga caviar and an Oyster with yuzu kosho mignonette. The potato was a small rich bite with some balance from the caviar. The oyster was briny and the yuzu added some good sourness and it worked to wet the appetite. We were also given the 阿嬤's Cucumber with Sichuan spice, sesame, mirin, rice wine vinegar, and "tzatziki" which I believe is on the appetizer menu. This was a unique take on the usual Szechuan appetizer especially with the yogurt sauce though the portion was pretty small. It was alright.The first dish that arrived was their signature, the Everything Brioche with cured trout, miso yolk, and trout roe. As per the term everything, the brioche had basically everything bagel seasoning which I'm using not that big a fan of (as I don't like caraway much) but in this case it worked well. The smoky trout paired well with the egg yolk though I would say the egg flavor reminded me more of an ajitsuke tamago which I also didn't mind as I love ramen eggs. This was one of the more successful dishes and of all the dishes were as well flavored and well balanced as this, I would likely forgive the high prices.The next course was the Maitake Mushrooms with Japanese mushrooms, rosemary, and tempura. The mushrooms which are one of my favorite varieties were prepared both fried and roasted and had a mushroom sauce. The tempura batter was delicate and the small roasted mushroom was tasty though I would have liked a bit more of both. The sauce had a good earthiness and richness and went well.We then received the two pasta dishes; the XLB Agnolotti with black truffle, pork, and ginger as well as the Cavatelli with scallop bonito, nori, parmigiano. The former was dusted with a large amount of truffle and they had an alright texture though I would say that the pork inside was a bit overpowered by the other ingredients as there was almost too much earthiness from all the truffle. The cavatelli was rich and was cooked alright (slightly gummy) and suffered from similar issues. The parmigiano overpowered any scallop or nori flavor and overall this was the first of a few less successful dishes.We then received our final Savory dish, the Lobster Three Ways with the three ways being salt & pepper, sticky rice, and miso beurre blanc. The miso beurre blanc was easily my favorite of three. The sweetness (I believe white/shiro miso) added an extra sweetness to the already tender and sweet lobster and honestly a full plate of this would have been better than the other preparations. The salt & pepper was alright in terms of flavor but the lobster was fried too much which ruined the texture of the delicate meat. The sticky rice was the weakest of the dishes. There was a bit of fried (why) lobster inside but it was hard to taste with all the sticky rice which lacked any other ingredients. It was bland and I think some Cantonese sausage/lap cheong would go a long way to elevate the flavor.For dessert, they had the 898 Squash instead of was listed on the menu. Consisting of cranberry sorbet, 5 spice ice cream, and marshmallow, this also didn't really work that well. The sorbet was nicely tart but the squash was essentially turned into half of a muffin and the ice cream lacked the listed spice. The marshmallow was nicely presented attached to the side of the plate but it didn't go well if anything outside of the squash.The meal started off strong with the first appetizer and the second appetizer but from then on, I would say the dishes lacked balance and flavor which hurts even more when the portion sizes are this small. Both of the pasta dishes were overwhelmed by one ingredient (and didn't exactly have good textures) while the lobster was only successful in one of the three ways and the squash dessert just didn't work. I would complain less but at these prices and with these portion sizes, it's hard not to. A person also had a burger after which was presented nicely but lacked good flavor as well. Mid 2 lowered down.
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