Jamie I.
Yelp
To celebrate my friend's birthday, we decided to go to Feast. He has never been before but was intrigued by this month's menu. We both love trying new things and joke about ordering tasting menus.
Dishes we tried:
The squash blossoms were amazing. Neither of us have tried them before. The batter was light and crunchy, similar to tempura. The cheese filling was housemade and smooth and a little stretchy. It was topped with a honey garlic sauce and toasted hazelnuts. We both loved every bite.
The crab cakes were two smaller cakes in a lemon and pear brandy butter. There wasn't a lot of filler in the cake and the sauce had this little hint of sweetness with the rich butter flavor.
The house bread was a sun-dried tomato (plus other things I forget) with I believe a citrusy butter. It was soft interior, crispy exterior, and tangy butter. Supper yummy.
For entrees, we had the barramundi with sticky rice, watermelon, cucumber, and a garlic, coconut chili sauce. This dish was right up my alley. I've never had barramundi before, it was a softer white fish with a nice flavor, not overly fishy. The sauce on the rice was sweet and tangy. I made some bites with all of the elements together and the flavors and textures really worked well together - soft fish, tangy sauce, bright and crunchy from the watermelon and cucumber. Seriously delish.
My friend was intrigued by the duck sausage sandwich which had pickled beets (one of his favorite veggies), bok choy and fried onions. He was in sandwich heaven and loved the flavor and texture of the sausage, the balance of the beets and sweet crispy fried onions,
We ended with the grilled angel food cake with cherries and goat cheese crème fraiche. The cake was fluffy and not too sweet. On its own the goat cheese may have been a little too tangy but when paired with the cherries it mellowed to a great bite.
Service:
So...the service we received was absolutely phenomenal, truly one of the best experiences. I had listed we were celebrating a birthday on Resy and they led with a Happy Birthday when we checked in and other staff wished him a happy birthday as well. Our server was Farrin and she was an absolute delight. Dishes came at a nice pace and were cleared quickly. They put a candle in the cake for my friend to blow out and gave us a small package of two delicious dark chocolate cookies to take home for later.
My friend originally ordered a different entree but wasn't super impressed. He tried mine and said it was better than his. Farrin overheard this - I seriously don't know where she was - and materialized out of thin air asking him if he wanted a different entree. We are not the people to send food back and never do unless it's prepared wrong. I usually just suck it up as a miss and know to order something different next time. Farrin wasn't going to let that happen and convinced us to switch entrees. It was the right move because he loved the replacement entree so much better.
The chef even came out to check and make sure my friend enjoyed the dish and said he'd rather a dish get sent back and someone truly enjoy a meal than settle for something they didn't love and then complain on Yelp. Well, Chef, I'm on Yelp but with nothing but praise to you and your staff! We were both stuffed and had such a great experience,