My follow-up review for this restaurant. Read my previous review for this restaurant here

Hot damn! What a great meal! I came here with six friends and talked about the dinner all weekend. I expected really good food, but this was much better than expected. The sauces were the best part and a large part of each small dish. Our wine flights were all very good from a long list of flights, glasses, and bottles, and though not as great as the dinner, I was very happy with the desserts as well.

We were seated 30 minutes after our reservation, which wasn’t a stellar start, but our first dish made up for it in spades. We got Shiitake Mushroom Dumplings ($13) in a sauce that would have been reason enough to come here. It was not exactly sweet, but it reminded me of burnt caramel and I got every last drop with the bread of the two plates of dumplings we ordered. We also got the pork tenderloin ($14) which had a wonderful meat with a succulent tamarin glaze and hangar steak ($15) which was equally wonderful with fingerlin potatoes and a few very tasty cornmeal onion rings. The quail (~$15) was enjoyable, but unlike the other meat dishes, I wouldn’t recommend any vegetarian convert over it. The artichoke ($10) was soft and buttery and came with a heavy aoili sauce. Definitely a tasty treat, though it didn’t transcend its description. I’m not a big ahi tuna fan, but I thought the ahi tuna tower ($12) was also very memorable. We all got wine flights and were were all very happy with our choices as well as the generous pours.

We thought we didn’t have room for dessert, but when the menu came around we ended up ordering four (with two glasses of port!) The signature EOS Bananamisu (all desserts $8) was tasty, but I wouldn’t make it the signature ambassador for this great restaurant. The ginger trio had enjoyable, but not spectacular cookies, pot de creme, and a “float” that tasted like gingerale. The molten chocolate cake was well made, but not the the best I’ve had in a city that does this dessert so well. The sorbet, like almost every one I’ve had at a nice restaurant, but very good, but not nearly as exciting as the other desserts.

And though not cheap, I was very happy with the final bill of $49 each.

If you like great food and food experiences, gather your similarly-minded friends and dive in.

Update: 06/03/07
Came here on a Sunday with my mom and we both loved this experience. The dumplings ($12) were as terrific as I remembered them, the potato cakes ($5 happy hour/$10 otherwise) were very tasty (and starchy) with a sweet quince and pink peppercorn chutney. The duck ($16) was somewhat disappointing though, since it wasn’t that tender and the chutney that came with it was meh. The passion fruit cheesecake ($8) is now one of my favorite desserts in the city. The cream cheese perfectly balances the passion fruit, which tends to be too sweet in most desserts. The molten chocolate cake ($8) was even better than I remembered it. And the 5:30-7:30 Sun-Thurs happy hour is a great deal since you can get half bottle carafe of select wines for $10 and a glass for $5. The wine we had was very nice. And once again the bread was delectable and perfect for sopping up the sauces. The wait staff was also wonderful. Can’t wait to go back.

Maybe it’s just me, but all Asian fusion-y places are just starting to taste the same. I came here with a party of 5 people, so we were able to try quite a few things on the menu. everything was good… but it seemed like my typical experience at any asian fusion place.

the atmosphere of the restaurant is contemporary, and the napkin holders are really cool. our waitstaff was friendly, but because we were tucked into a corner, it often took them a long time to come see if we were ready to order or if we needed dessert menus, etc. but the busboy was extraordinary… never had an empty glass of water!

the food was… i don’t know how to express this. everything was good, just nothing was special. my one memorabi experience was the ahi tuna and mango rolls — i didn’t really taste the mango as much as i expected to, but there were some nice big hunks of ahi in a deep fried eggroll wrapper. i also had the bananamisu for dessert, which was probably one of the more unique dishes (a bruleed banana, cut halfway down the middle, and a hunk of tiramisu), but taste-wise, i didn’t think it was extraordinary.

i think what bothers me is that it was a pretty normal restaurant, for very expensive pricing. maybe i’ve just been to too many fusion places, but eos did not stand out in my book.