Saturday
April 21
We've
been to this restaurant before, and
enjoyed it. Now we were going as
guests of today's Graduate Student conference, Classics Goes Green, a very
suitable topic for the day before Earth Day. Bea, who had made the arrangements, saw to it that the
restaurant did us proud: not only was the Fountain Square location picturesque
in itself, but it happened to be Prom Night, with many showily-attired young
people to look at.
We were
seated upstairs at a large table in a private room, looking out on a nice
terrace - a good thought for some warm night in the future, with drinks and
comfortable sofas looking out on Fountain Square.
We got
carafes of the house white and red, chatted with the participants, and pondered
the menu. Our appetizers ended up
being a single octopus tentacle ("wild"!) curled around potato purée,
in a piquant anchovy-lemon vinaigrette; and a warm Boucheron goat cheese blob,
like a little saganaki, at the bottom of a pile of spring salad greens and
pistachios, drizzled with raspberry white truffle vinaigrette.
For main
courses, we got a succulent "overnight braised" lamb shank with
dreamy, creamy polenta; and the special, sliced duck breast (a bit bland) with
a very succulent fresh corn "flan" (yet another purée - but there's
nothing wrong with purées).
The
conversation sparkled, the food stood the test, and we think our visitors had
as good a time as we did.
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