Recently, the hubby and I had a date night consisting of movie and dinner. My only criteria nowadays for a dinner spot without the kids is a place that is preferably narrow, with stairs, and does not have monkeys, clowns, jungles, change tables, or chicken fingers. We found this perfectly adult spot on Clinton just a couple steps north of the College street chaos. It was wonderful. A beautiful, old victorian styled home that was converted into a fine dining establishment. Many of the old original fixtures are intact and they even have a private dining room in the basement. They also have a beautiful back patio which is accessible only by walking right through the kitchen!
The items on the menu are not incredibly exciting. However, what we did order was very well executed:
Squid ink infused linguine with sauteed tiger shrimps, wild leeks and asparagus in a Chardonnay sauce
Pan roasted arctic char served on cream leeks with sauteed seasonal vegetables, saffron basmati and wild rice.
The dessert we ordered was disappointing: flour-less chocolate cake with chili. It was hard when it should be dense. Also, the chili was unevenly distributed in the cake, fluctuating from no spice in one bite, to full of gritty seeds in another.
All in all, still a good place to go again for a romantic evening out without the kids.
I would have been interested in having you break down and analyze the other menu items you listed, like you did with the dessert. Keep eating!
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ReplyDeleteThe pasta was fresh, notable by its springier texture. The flavourful sauce had a great consistency and neither too thick nor oily. The shrimps were perfectly sauteed.
The very fresh Arctic char was simply pan seared but was done so perfectly. The accompaniments created the more complex foil on which the fish was presented: light tasty cream, fragrant rice with good texture.