June 2025 Rundown

If you have the same menu options when you go, what we got was very tasty!

Strawberry donut (partner detected rhubarb, which makes sense), homemade soda (cherry? my palate was kind of blown since I had the hojicha first), smoked trout + hashbrown and elbderberry plate, cold zucchini (and ricotta?) soup, cold chicken + terragon mayo.

The smoked trout + hashbrown was divine. The hashbrown were squares (reminded me of a recent ATK video I saw where they did cacio + pepe “arancini” squares using tapioca). Such an elegant presentation.

Cold soup was nice on a warmish day. Definitely needed to be stirred, mixed to get the diff ingredients to combine. I’ve never had such a course grind for the pepper, so it added a textural component. Partner doesn’t love dill, so I used some of the dill from the trout plate to add to the soup. :slight_smile:

Cold chicken plate was a bit odd but enjoyable overall. I think the cashier said that the chicken is marinated in kombu? I guess I got a bit of a seaweed flavor. Chicken texture was a bit like a Hainan chicken, but the “bounce” was less pronounced b/c the slices were quite thin. Wouldn’t have minded more protein and/or more bread. Terragon mayo was terrific and went well w/ the radishes.

Strawberry donut quite luscious and not overly sweet.

The latte was SO, SO strong.

Really liked the vibe of the place (and it took us awhile to find the entrance!). Something about the service reminded me a bit of my one visit to Meteora.

The food here (at least from this first visit) has a point of view… If Alice Waters had a quirky younger sister who had spent a lot of time in Japan, I think she’d open a place like this. Pleasantly off-beat.

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