the tasting kitchen is a restaurant on abbot kinney in venice that dan and i have wanted to go to for a long time. we finally went tonight, with mattJ and benS for dan's 25th birthday! even though we had reservations for 8.30, we weren't seated until almost 10, as they wouldn't kick out the people already seated at our table. we decided to go with their tasting menu, which is basically an omakase with the kitchen bringing out whatever they felt, for $75. it was 5 1/2 courses.
here is what we had to the best of my memory..
amuse : fried onion slices
appetizer : yellowtail sashimi, pork rillet, merguez lamb patty, ama ebi
salad : four different salads, one with endives, one with butter lettuce..
pasta : seafood orchiette, a pork noodle of sorts..
protein : 2 whole grilled fish, poached halibut, a whole cornish hen
dessert : 3 cheese, a leche cake of some sort, bread pudding, profiteroles
the food absolutely made up for the ridiculous wait. everything was so good, and there was so much of it! i didn't get to eat any of the meat dishes, but the boys loved them, and i absolutely adored the salads and seafood dishes they had. all their pastas are also freshly made in-house. and the dessert! oh my goodness the dessert! needless to say, we didn't leave the restaurant until after midnight.
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