Patina

my favorite the variety on the plate of cookies were all delicious. i liked the little macarons and cookies.

the sorbets were all good, and included a green tea macha, persimmon passionfruit, which tasted more of tart passion fruit, and a creamy coconut.

the scallop was perfectly prepared and fresh. it had a slight crunchy outside with a sweet, juicy inside. the slivers of radishes that made up the vegetable crudites was a little bland. i could taste some vinegar on a few pieces, but it was more crunchy texture, and little taste. the wasabi espuma was tasty and added some flavor to the veggies.

creamy and flavorful, this soup was done well, but i wasn’t sure what to make of the pumpkin seeds which were still in the shell. i liked the toastiness, but thought leaving them in the shell made them chewy.

the fish was bland, but the polenta was creamy and flavorful as was the carrot jus, and the sunchokes were sweet.

the carnaroli rice forest mushroom risotto was creamy and prepared well, but was also a tad bland. i didn’t get as much of the mushroom flavor from this dish as i had expected.

i wasn’t sure what to make of the icy creamy tangerine mixture, but it was fragrant. the linzer was more of a sweet and salty granola mixture under a small scoop of orange sorbet.