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🙂 4/5 - Finally got to check off this place right before they ended
By 👻 @Connie C., 03/31/2024 3:00 am
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Finally got to check off this place right before they ended on their journey. It's my first time to have Russian food, I've had some variation of pelmeni and borscht at a friend's home, but never had it professionally made, let alone a modernized take on Russian cuisine. I was hoping to try their tasting menu, just so I can get a bit of their best dishes, unfortunately that was not available on their last day. I went and tried their borscht, beef cheeks, duck fat potatoes, and donut with caramel and Siberian sturgeon caviar. I was hoping to try their horseradish martini, but some of their ingredients were gone by the last day. I ordered their Princess Anastasia instead, which featured their strawberry-rose infused vodka. Basically tried to create a tasting menu for myself. My favorite has to be their potatoes. They were thinly sliced and cooked with wild mushrooms, then served with sour cream and fresh dill. Something about their sour cream being very airy made it a great combo to the rich potatoes. Beef cheeks were extremely tender and flavorful. The presentation was a bit unexpected with these crispy sticks as branches, looking like a nest around the wrapped cheek. The borscht was very rich due to its wagyu broth, but I found the texture a bit more watery. It was also served with a dollop of sour cream on the side. After seeing the sour cream in the soup in Google images, I gave that a go, it helped thicken the soup a bit, but it's still too much broth for what it's worth. Lastly, that donut was so simple yet so exquisite. I usually do not like caramel at all, found the stickiness too bothersome and it usually leaves a weird filmy aftertaste in the back of my throat. I didn't have that feeling with this one. I'm not so sure about the pairing with caviar. The caviar was great alone. I had thought to eat it all together, similar to the sweet and savory combo of chicken and waffles. Bad idea! It had brought out the fishiness of the caviar and did not pair well. It's great to have it separately though! The Princess Anastasia cocktail had a beautiful coral color, you can't taste any alcohol but I definitely felt it. While the ingredients list made it sound like extremely sweet, the natural flavors and sweetness of the infused vodka made it like a juice over a cube of ice than anything else. While I had enjoyed most of my meal, the service was not consistent. I see some reviews mentioned the server would spend time to explain each dish, mine had not. While I was still working on the soup, they've brought my main dish out. Food was just presented to me with their title, nothing else. How should I approach certain dishes, that part doesn't seem to exist. While the food was great, service is still an important part for a restaurant to win awards. After speaking with the manager, it seems like they were short staffed for the last day. Well, not like my complaint would do anything, it was their last day of business. Either way, I'm glad I've come to experience the meal.
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