it is san diego restaurant week and i look forward to exploring new restaurants...and i love a reason to get (kinda) dressed up for date night with my man. i scoured the online menus and was convinced that this place would be good (main course included the beef duo, the seafood duo, and the pork trio) - chris was convinced too.
the name of the restaurant online was a little misleading. i thought it was at the top of the hotel so i was a little disappointed. that being said, when we arrived we were seated right away (see review of posedion for how not to honor reservations).
we had a bottle of syrah--oh lah lah!
me: butternut squash-apple soup, seafood duo (local ahi and scallop), and the cheese board.
my partner: scallop crudo, beef duo (shortrib and tenderloin), and death by chocolate cake.
there was definitely some strategery involved in the ordering so that we could maximize the number of foods tried. we both tried everything on the table. personally, i think the bookends of my meal were the most delicious. as a psychologist, we call this the primacy and recency effects (such a dork, i know). but that butternut squash-apple soup was both sweet and savory all at the same time. it brought back some childhood sense memory for chris, and although he couldn't quite pinpoint it, he also enjoyed the soup. the ahi was was good (don't get me wrong) but i have had better fish at other places. the shortribs were very tasty but the tenderloin was overcooked.
but let me tell you about the creme de la creme. the. cheese. board. holy cow--literally, these cows (and goats) were blessed to make such delicious milk that made such delicious cheese. next time, i will cut to the chase, er, rather, the cheese. and next time, i also want to try the bar at the top of the hotel...
http://www.innattheparkdining.com/
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