did i totally forget to post the cosmos restaurant week experience? wtf?
it was really good.. fun, all that. the graves hotel is quite, uh.. elaborate. fancier than the marriot.
entering from block e (which is kind of a xx-hole), you feel like you're in some sort of fancypants time warm . high high ceilings, very low lighting. everyone's in black, and the walls are just plain pretty. you are escorted by the black-wearing gentlemen to the elevator (equally pretty), which only has like, 2 buttons. cosmos on the (4) button.
bing, the elevator opens, and your'e in some other funky walled entrapment with folks in black. cosmos is around the corner.
the lights are almost on in this place, and you have space chairs and almost normal looking tables (fun wood veneer.. ultra 70s vision of the future).
your coat is whisked away, and you are seated.
a guy with a funny accent comes w.the menu.. and an insert for the tasting menu. i already knew what i wanted, as did jon. BUT - it was stillf un to look @the regular menu. every single entree looked a w e s o m e, to me. BUT.. also.. $30. that's how much we're gonna pay for 3 courses tonight!. anywho.
we get started with what the accented dude calls a 'teaser'. to me it was coconut milk (not sweet) with some lemongrass and basil. it was nice. a small shot of it is all ya needed.
next was the bread. luckily the salad came quickly (everything was almost rushed.. i did my best to grab my fork any time someone came by & looked like they wanted to snag my plate). after, so jon didn't eat all the bread. the salad was mixed greens w.nothing but a nice dressing on it. it was good w.the bread.. and a big salad.
for main course i had the nicest sea bass ever (okay, the ones i get for like $2 in thailand are nice, too.. but not quite the same 'style' over olives, capers (holy HUGE), cauliflower mushed like mashed potatoes (so good), with what they called 'tomato water'.. whatever, it tasted good. sour, just like i like it. not greasy, and LOTS of fish (it was thick!). jon had the nicest steak i have ever seen (good & pink, size of his hand), with some cute green & white asparagus, white/potato/sweet potato something.. and, well.. some other vegetables that he enjoyed. i think it had something crispy on it.. can't remember.
dessert was chocolate.. supposedly cake, but really it was mousse.. which had me pumped because i dislike chocolate cake, but chocolate mousse, i get into that. it also came with ginger & blood orange ice cream. how rad is that?
with our bill (yes $30/pp.. but jon had wine, bleh!), we got some white chocolate truffles. i opted out as i don't like them. =)
