dream house
I went to Table Seventy8 last night with Mr. London. It’s the latest and greatest hoo har that the whole city seems to be talking about. It was a good restaurant, but when we went to pay, I saw my former colleague’s business cards discreetly hidden to the side of the register advertising his new public relations company and it hit me - I got sucked in!
Honestly, I wasn’t all THAT impressed. It’s good, but it’s not great. The restaurant and decor and wallpaper left me a little speechless - I was eating in my dream house! Even the lime green flower wall paper got me a little inspired to seriously start thinking about saving for my dream place.
Frankly, the menu was a little bare and kept to one page. I had veal and pork meatballs for the entree, followed by salmon wrapped up in prusciotto under a bed of spinach and lentils with yoghurt. The yoghurt sauce was sooo delish. I thought about using my fingers so I wouldn’t let any of the sauce go to waste, but didn’t think Mr. London and I had reached that point of comfortableness in our relationship. The salmon was way too overcooked and prusciotto was barely there. For desert Mr. London and I shared vanilla bean pannacotta and Belgium chocolate tart with plum and cream. It was so damn good. The tart was like eating pure melting chocolate and mixed with the plum and cream gave it a sensational mix of sweet and sour and bitterness all at once *drool*. I was secretly a little happy when Mr. London didn’t take too well to the combination of sweet and bitterness of the tart combination and gave it up for me. Haha! The panacotta was pretty slick though.
Man, I love eating out, but everything is the same in Perth. I’m stil waiting to be completely impressed and taken aback. Sure, I love The Moon, but that’s because of the vibe and strawberry cokes and easy menu and games and darkness. Otherwise the food is pretty ordinary. If you have any suggestions, shoot!
Anyway, if you’re ever in the area, I can swear by the following:
Clam chowder at Atlantic Bar and Grill on the UES in New York
Mushroom Croquettes Tapas at Pipa in the Flatiron District in NY
Mushroom and sausage pizza in NY!!!
Carbonade Flamande beer stew at Cafe De Bruxelles in NY
Braised beef at the Farmers Markets in Los Angeles
- Life is like | Time: 8:42 am (UTC+8)
hi~ it’s good to have received your email~~ i forgot to ask in the end of my reply. How about you? the restaurant ‘the moon’ has games? how kewl is that~ Mr London sounds like a great guy as well~ too good in fact~~ hope it goes well ;-D
Comment by Mason — June 11, 2006 @ 11:29 am
Hey Mason! The Moon is this dark funky little place where you can hire out boardgames like Connect Four, Battleship, etc… They even have corny games like Perfect Match or something or other. I always get a laugh out of it
Once we played Monopoly, but it was a little messy with the fries and sweet chilli and chocolate pizza staining the cash and board! eek.
Comment by Stella — June 11, 2006 @ 2:55 pm