Slow Club - October 7
Highlights:
Slow Club
Date night at Slow Club! We haven't been out for dinner in a while and Sante (Slow Club's wonderful chef) told us that Thursdays are often the best nights to come in since he goes to the market Thursday morning in Marin so everything is fresh, fresh, fresh!!!
I can't say we had a quiet dinner given the noise level even on a Thursday night at the restaurant but we did have a great time and a chance to talk about life, the universe and everything. Well maybe not everything, but we did talk about Nino's possible thesis and had a serious conversation about his understanding of what he wants to do with his degree, as well as some serious thoughts on where I'm at and where I want to be.
Sante sent over his now infamous zucchini salad and gravlax with herbed cream cheese on toasted walnut levain. Gravlax is mild smoked salmon, the Swedish equivalent of Jewish lox. I really liked the mild flavor given that I often find lox too salty and overpowering but this was just right.
Nino ordered the king salmon with leeks, potatoes, and heirloom toy box tomatoes. The fish was a little tough but the leek/potato mixture quickly made up for that. I had the sturgeon with green beans, saffron roasted onions and grilled organic eggplant. I don't see sturgeon in restaurants very often; it was perfectly cooked and tasted almost sweet while the eggplants and onions were just as good as Sante told us.
One of the highlights was definitely dessert: Mascarpone Cheesecake with balsamic strawberries and whipped cream. Rich and creamy, yet so light with a crumbly cinnamon crust. This was incredible and while I eat cheesecake very rarely, this has to be one of the best I've had ever. We almost went for the warm apple walnut crisp but Sante steered us in the right direction again!!
Slow Club
Date night at Slow Club! We haven't been out for dinner in a while and Sante (Slow Club's wonderful chef) told us that Thursdays are often the best nights to come in since he goes to the market Thursday morning in Marin so everything is fresh, fresh, fresh!!!
I can't say we had a quiet dinner given the noise level even on a Thursday night at the restaurant but we did have a great time and a chance to talk about life, the universe and everything. Well maybe not everything, but we did talk about Nino's possible thesis and had a serious conversation about his understanding of what he wants to do with his degree, as well as some serious thoughts on where I'm at and where I want to be.
Sante sent over his now infamous zucchini salad and gravlax with herbed cream cheese on toasted walnut levain. Gravlax is mild smoked salmon, the Swedish equivalent of Jewish lox. I really liked the mild flavor given that I often find lox too salty and overpowering but this was just right.
Nino ordered the king salmon with leeks, potatoes, and heirloom toy box tomatoes. The fish was a little tough but the leek/potato mixture quickly made up for that. I had the sturgeon with green beans, saffron roasted onions and grilled organic eggplant. I don't see sturgeon in restaurants very often; it was perfectly cooked and tasted almost sweet while the eggplants and onions were just as good as Sante told us.
One of the highlights was definitely dessert: Mascarpone Cheesecake with balsamic strawberries and whipped cream. Rich and creamy, yet so light with a crumbly cinnamon crust. This was incredible and while I eat cheesecake very rarely, this has to be one of the best I've had ever. We almost went for the warm apple walnut crisp but Sante steered us in the right direction again!!
posted by Karen at 11:13 AM
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