Martian Food!

Leslie, Tonia, Simon and I ate at Providence last night (pictures to come). The food was amazing, the service not so much. We opted for the tasting menu which was as follows:

Kanpachi Sashimi, soy gelee’, lime espuma, avocado

Diver scallops, parsnip, pistachios, red beets, tarragon

Striped bass, applewood-smoked bacon, salsify, nantes carrots, wild nettle puree’

Wild Steelhead (quinault river talaho wa), Tahitian squash, duck confit, baby red kale, pied de mouton

Chocolate cremeaux, blood orange curd, basil meringue

As you can see, burgers and fries it aint. Everything was really interesting and different, but slightly Martian-foodesque. i.e. it was good, but I'm not sure I'd want to eat it every day. The highlights were the kanpachi (yellowtail) and scallops. Providence has free corkage on Mondays, so we also enjoyed a bottle of Domaine Drouhin Pinot Noir courtesy of moi and a lovely Chateauneuf de Papes from Simon. I also had a lovely glass of Tattinger to kick the night off. The service was a bit spotty from the word go (where's our water? can we order? wait, who are you? our new waiter?). And yes, it was hellishly expensive, but not as expensive as it could have been with wine. Heh heh heh. I ate ESPUMA.