Thursday
April 26
Our
friend John Miller was in town to give a lecture, so we joined Peter and
Kathryn in taking him out to dinner at Honey.
Honey is
very much a neighborhood place, so it was humming even on a Thursday. Luckily they had a free table, comfy
chairs, and a friendly, attentive
server whose red hair made her resemble a Toulouse-Lautrec pastel.
Of course
we had to have appetizers along with our wine (lecturing is thirsty
business). One was a special,
crabcake on spinach and Israeli couscous.
It came with a thatch of sprouts and chive blossom, sprinkled with
crispy rice noodles, and a smear of seasoned mayo, so it was well up in the
height category as well as tasting nicely crabby. The other was P.E.I. mussels (thanks, Canada!) in a
surprising honey peach-citrus cream.
Honey is a frequent ingredient at honey.
"Ribeye"
was on the chalkboard outside, so we had to have a generous wodge of
medium-rare, along with chilpotle butter, asparagus (again!) and sweet potato hash. Our other main was a New Fish,
Kingklip. Though
the fish itself looks eely, the fillet was lush and white, nicely seared
alongside some (slightly over-roasted) baby root vegetables.
Honey is
a bit quirky, but on the whole, it satisfies.
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