09 September, 2011

*1090 - L'Espalier

Definitely the fanciest meal we've ever had together--at L'Espalier in Back Bay, Boston. Highly recommended if you are trying to impress, and highly recommended not to wear a casual summer dress and flats / polo tee, as we were decked out in ... no matter though, we were still treated like royalty.

Worthy of a picture alone: the BUTTER. I wish I could serve myself fresh whipped butter in perfect dollops on a little square porcelain plate every morning.



My appetizer: heirloom tomato salad, chevre panna cotta (savory! nice surprise), and a balsamic reduction



His appetizer: chilled melon soup with shrimp and a dollop of ... foam (obviously, I was not paying too much attention to his selection because I was too thrilled about my tomatoes)



My main course: salmon, polenta, ratatouille, and flower petals that I nibbled on



His main course: roasted pork loin, sweet corn muffin/pudding, red pepper puree



Our dessert #1: strawberry mousse, lychee foam, olive oil and raspberry balsamic vinaigrette (not sure about the foam, and foam in general, on the few occasions I've had foam in my food ...)



Our dessert #2: we preferred this one--mango sachertorte, mango "fluid gel" to quote the menu if I recall correctly, amaretto cream, and some amazing pebbly stuff that looked innocuously like graham cracker crumbs but tasted like heaven



And this was another one of our Boston Restaurant Week meals :) Great opportunity, if you are discerning and pick your restaurants right, for us mere mortals to taste some of the more exquisite stuff we don't often get to taste!