Amber

25 Yerba Buena Lane
San Francisco, CA 94103

Occasion: NYE dinner with the "boyfriend"=] 12.31.10

Smoked Gouda & Chipotle Chili Spiced Corn Bites served in filo cups

Their amouse bouch. I like corn so I enjoyed it.  Chipotle sauce wasn't too spicy and the filo cups added a flaky texture in each bite.

Mango Lassi

Our alcohol free drink of choice. It was freaking amazing! I love love loved it! It's a mango yogurt drink.  Soo good and so smooth. Almost like a mango smoothie without the chunks of blended ice and mango. It's seriously so delicious. I wonder if I can go in there just to order the drink to go. AMAZING!!

Murg Taj Kebab

Griddled organic chicken minced kebabs flavored with black pepper and apricot served with organic greens

Nothing too special. It reminded me of sausage.

Varqi Crab

Karavali style crab meat flavored with black pepper and star anise flavored with silver leaf

Again, nothing too special.  The look and the texture reminded me of pulled pork.  It was also on the salty side. It was just mediocre.

Calicut Prawns

Tiger shrimps reserved overnight in roasted ginger, fennel and yogurt marinade

It came with three prawns that were decently sized.  Flavor was sufficient and did not go wrong.  I love prawns so I enjoyed this more than most of the dishes I had here.

Paneer Multani Tikka

Cottage cheese steeped in Northwest frontier spice, grilled to perfection

It was dense and came in a block form.  I thought it was pretty good since I do enjoy cheese a lot, but Ella was not a fan.  Not the cottage cheese I'm used to seeing, where it looks kind of like oatmeal.

Black Cod Narangi

seared with orange, ginger and honey with a winter salad

The salad was good, but the black cod had bones and the sauce was just mediocre.  I've definitely had black cod in ways where it's better prepared.  Maybe I'm just not used to Indian flavor and spice. Disappointed.

Badam Bhara Baingan

Baby eggplant with caramelized onions and almonds with saffron rice

This was delicious. I loved the thin slices of almonds that was sprinkled on top.  It definitely added a pleasant crunch to the soft mushy eggplants.  The saffron rice was something I wasn't too used to. Perhaps the flavor or even the type of grain.

Blood orange and black berry cabernet sorbet

Orange was delicious, but the berry cabernet tasted like red wine.  I didn't enjoy it at all.

Warm multilayer goan cake with vanilla ice cream

First time having it.  Not too bad. The cake is dense, but it wasn't too bad.  Definitely not what I'm used to dessert wise.