More gift certificates, more delicious food.
We ate at Oleana, which has the added benefit of being
a) a restaurant that we have a tangential personal relationship to, since the chef's sister went to college with us
b) A saw David Chang, who was in town to give a lecture on fermentation. Not that A knew that. It was just an immediate celebrity reaction.
There's a 20% chance that she would recognize the mayor, and a 5% chance that she would recognize the junior senator from our state. But a guy whose restaurant we've been to once? ON IT.
...I was very impressed.
anyway, people write about it all the time on the internet, but some highlights:
we didn't drink, although the cocktail menu looks lovely (the ingredient list for the Sangria is just "order this")
the falafel are delicious. the best thing I can say about the beet slaw is that I couldn't really taste it. But the ball was fluffier than the gnocci from No. 9 Park.
the warm hummus was covered in some kind of thinly-sliced turkish pastrami. It was delicious, but the (something?) spiced crackers were really the highlight here.
The octopus with a herby couscous was certainly the best thing we had. Possibly the best thing I've had all year. Smoky and spicy and slightly crunchy, and yet pleasingly toothsome. Plus herby couscous! And Charred shisito peppers. It was the culmination of all that was good.
The fried mussels came in an amazing batter, but drenched in tartar sauce. Plus given that I know how cheap mussels are, I don't love spending $12 on like six of em (even if they were fantastic, also came with fried peppers, and the whole meal was $66 total, which is insane for how much delicious food we ate)
The moussaka was a letdown, mostly because it was covered in some sort of dry fava bean paste.
The table next to us got the Saganaki and liked it so much that they would have ordered a second had it not been sold out. So that's on the table for next time, since we're going to become regulars.
We ate at Oleana, which has the added benefit of being
a) a restaurant that we have a tangential personal relationship to, since the chef's sister went to college with us
b) A saw David Chang, who was in town to give a lecture on fermentation. Not that A knew that. It was just an immediate celebrity reaction.
There's a 20% chance that she would recognize the mayor, and a 5% chance that she would recognize the junior senator from our state. But a guy whose restaurant we've been to once? ON IT.
...I was very impressed.
anyway, people write about it all the time on the internet, but some highlights:
we didn't drink, although the cocktail menu looks lovely (the ingredient list for the Sangria is just "order this")
the falafel are delicious. the best thing I can say about the beet slaw is that I couldn't really taste it. But the ball was fluffier than the gnocci from No. 9 Park.
the warm hummus was covered in some kind of thinly-sliced turkish pastrami. It was delicious, but the (something?) spiced crackers were really the highlight here.
The octopus with a herby couscous was certainly the best thing we had. Possibly the best thing I've had all year. Smoky and spicy and slightly crunchy, and yet pleasingly toothsome. Plus herby couscous! And Charred shisito peppers. It was the culmination of all that was good.
The fried mussels came in an amazing batter, but drenched in tartar sauce. Plus given that I know how cheap mussels are, I don't love spending $12 on like six of em (even if they were fantastic, also came with fried peppers, and the whole meal was $66 total, which is insane for how much delicious food we ate)
The moussaka was a letdown, mostly because it was covered in some sort of dry fava bean paste.
The table next to us got the Saganaki and liked it so much that they would have ordered a second had it not been sold out. So that's on the table for next time, since we're going to become regulars.
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