September 22, 2007
slanted door
after determined effort through open table and a 4 week wait, cheryl and i went to slanted door for dinner last night.
our drinks (both quite fantastic):
- cheryl: daiquiri no. 3 barbancourt white rum, lime, maraschino liqueur, and fresh grapefruit juice - recipe from la floridita, havana; served up
- leslee: aņejo margarita el tesoro aņejo tequila, cointreau, lime; served up
we began with:
- alaskan black cod roll with roasted peanuts and rau ram leaf (incredible!)
- baby mediterranean octopus with shishito peppers and lime-cilantro sauce (wow!)
for main dishes we had:
- brick oven roasted whole fish with spicy gingered fish sauce (actually we intended to have the caramelized fish (cobia) claypot with shallots, ginger and thai chilies but i either mis-spoke or the waiter mis-heard -- it was excellent anyway!)
- allstar organics heirloom beans with fresh baby corn and torpedo onions
- jasmine rice
and for dessert:
- cheryl: a semifreddo of some kind over lemon pound cake, i can't remember the name but here's a picure:
- leslee: warm fig and goat cheese tart with vanilla bean ice cream:
it was a very expensive but worthwhile dinner and we would go back again.
Posted by lesleeroberts at September 22, 2007 07:25 AM