the pacing here is a complete joke. our table ordered ooe, sans the $500 caviar pie, and they dropped all ten of the cold courses on us in under eight minutes. I knew we were doomed when the server said we take the entire order at once and the food comes out as they’re ready.
luckily the food was good to great. highlights were the cali-prese 2010, reminded me of the excellent angler tomato (so good we ordered another one right away), oysters with pickles seaweed granita were excellent, live prawn crudo, elk tartare, lamb saddle (ordered two), white fish in lords water, hello satan, and machete with crab fat.
will come back just for the cali-prese and will not be ordering everything at once no matter what they say.
giardiniera
warm olives in grilled olive leaf oil
ice-cold oysters with pickled seaweed granita
ocean tilefish crudo
live prawn crudo
purple sea urchin
elk tartare & marrow on a machete
classic caesar salad
garden lettuces, leaves & herbs with meyer lemon
cali-prese 2010
whole cracked box crab, drawn butter, cocktail sauce
whole grilled whitefish in the lords water
pastured lamb saddle cooked in the wood oven x2
re-marinara, country ham tomato sauce, wild oregano, olive oil & garlic
margherita, buffalo mozzarella, early girl tomato sauce, basil
hello satan, spicy tomato sauce, chilis & salumis, wildflower honey, garlic & herbs (side of giardiniera)
tiramisu 2022
frozen milk soft-cream with rum honeycomb & sourdough biscoff cookies
highlights
- oysters - excellent. the seaweed granita is a perfect complement.
- waffle and caviar - as good as angler’s banana pancake, but crispy.
- deer tartare - very flavorful
- cali-prese - excellent again. if you like angler’s tomato, order this.
- whole-grilled whitefish - crispy skin, flaky meat. go easy on the lord’s water, lord is salty.
- pizzas are good, still floppy in the middle and a bit saltier than last time.
- meatballs - they come with an excellent tomato-y sauce.
- hand-pie - warm and crispy
lowlights
- garden lettuces - dressing was really salty
- grilled spear squid - salty
- cow that roamed free - because filet. if they listed the cut on the menu we probably wouldn’t have ordered it.
giardiniera
ice-cold oysters with pickled seaweed granita
our ossetra caviar cured with country bacon salt & aged for 6 months
red flint polenta waffle, barbecue corn cob maple syrup & bordier butter
deer tartare & marrow with a grilled machete
ocean tilefish crudo, olio santo, pickled chili, caper berry & lemon
purple sea urchin with california bluefin
classic caesar salad
garden lettuces, leaves & herbs with meyer lemon
cali-prese with 18 hour tomatoes, honey vinegar & basil
whole-grilled whitefish in the lords water
grilled spear squid filled with its roe
margherita, buffalo mozzarella, early girl tomato sauce, olive oil, basil
re-marinara, country ham tomato sauce, wild oregano, olive oil, garlic (side of stracciatella)
hello satan, spicy tomato sauce, chilis & salumis, wildflower honey, garlic & herbs (side of giardiniera)
wild boar meatballs
cow that roamed free & ate fermented things
wild blackberry hand-pie with cream
frozen milk soft-cream with rum honeycomb & sourdough biscoff cookies
New pizza and wood grilled restaurant from josh skenes.
Review forthcoming @Clayfu?
