complimentary pepper tapenade, and olives

The tapenade tasted like it was made from chipotle peppers with its slightly spicy and smoky flavor. It came with bread that was in itself was nothing special, but it was useful for sopping up sauces off the small plates.


dungeness crab with sweet pea pancakes

Absolutely delicious! However, my mother and I were most excited about this dish containeing "dou miu" or pea shoot leaves. Dou Miu is probably my Mom's favorite vegetables, especially the big ones. Now if only they weren't so expensive. =/

pork rilletes with pickled onions

Decent, but prefer the version at Violet more.

roasted dates, parmesan, and bacon

Yum! So good! I would definitely order this if I ever came back. It seems so simple, but the sweetness of the date, the slight saltiness from the parmesan, and the meatiness of the bacon all combines into something that tastes even better than each ingredient individually.

clams with garlic and amontillado sherry


Tasty, the complementary bread was especially useful for this dish.

gnocchi with lobster, pancetta, and lobster butter

Decent, but nothing special about this one.

grilled skirt steak with roquefort butter

The steak was tender and flavorful, but the roquefort was slightly overwhelming. But, my family does not eat strong cheeses so that plays a major factor.

pork belly, purslane,  tomatillos, and corn salsa

Good if you don't mind excessive amounts of fat and oil. And I mean like chewing on a hunk-of-fat. They also brought this out near the end so we were quite full and it was just too heavy.

lamb, grilled flat bread, favas and pine nuts
 
Tasty. I really liked the lamb and flat bread combo with the creme fraiche in between. I wasn't huge on the texture and presentation from the favas and pine nuts.

earl grey panna cotta with orange blossom honey and currant sables
 
I'm a big fan of earl grey milk tea, so I loved the idea of my afternoon tea turned into dessert. However, the panna cotta was more of a mousse than a panna cotta which I found confusing. Good if you like earl grey, otherwise you may find the earl grey flavor overpowering.

chocolate-hazelnut dacquoise with giandujua mousse and salted caramel ice cream

    
The salted caramel ice cream provided a nice texture contract to the dacquoise.