George Wheeler (Wheelercub)
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Decided to check this place out for Valentine's Day, because they were having a special that costs about $36 per person for a three-course meal.
For my starter, I got the citrus salad. It blew me away, consisting of slices of orange, grapefruit, blood orange, pistachios, and kalamata olives in a honey vinaigrette with a dash of chili oil. It was clean, sweet, and bright, despite the bitterness of the blood orange and grapefruit slices. Loved absolutely everybody bite of it, savoring it as long as I could. As a side note, you wouldn't think that kalamata olives would go with something like that, but the sweetness of the honey almost completely tamed the salty brine of the olives. It was a delightful experience overall.
For my main entree, I had the scallops with braised white beans, house pancetta, preserved lemon, and parsley. The scallops were perfectly cooked, moist, tender, and sweet with every bite. Bite. The braised white beans that the scallops sat upon were a lovely addition and their mild flavor was beautifully complimented with the house pancetta and lemon. I remember slowing my eating pace to ensure I enjoyed every single bite.
For dessert, I got the orange cannolis. They were bite-sized, and had candied orange flavored dust sprinkled on the ends of the cannoli. Great compliment to the cannoli flavor. If there's any critique I could give this dessert, is that I was missing a little bit of texture that chocolate chips would have provided in the cannoli cream. Plus the chocolate would have complimented the orange nicely. Other than that, it was a pretty great dessert.
Overall, this was a wonderful first experience, and a fantastic deal to introduce newcomers to the restaurant. Restaurant. As a side note, this used to be New World Bistro, but it seems like the restaurant owners shifted direction to focus more on local farm to table fare, and I think it was a great choice in the current food industry.
