A Night Out

Last night we checked out Acme, which we've been meaning
to get to for about a year now.  It's been written up by just about everyone
and always with good reviews. So we had a night out.

Because their menu is so different we had a hard time choosing
what to order.  We decided to throw caution to the wind and order
the 6 things that we had our eyes on.  Our courses went like this:

Mackerel Tart & Shrimp and Bison: These came from the Raw portion
of the menu and were probably my least favorite due to the strong after tastes.
The husband enjoyed them though. I took one bite of each and called it a day.
Maybe if it was a more mild fish I could have hung in there.

I can't remember the name of our second course but
it was a ball of pastry stuffed with duck confit and served with
this delicious pear mustard.  I could have eaten a million of these.

Sunchoke Soup & Whole Grains with Mushrooms: These were our favorites.
Really savory and insanely tasty.  The whole grains was especially mind blowing
because you can't imagine how someone could make this interesting.  But they
succeed admirably.  They used foraged mushrooms and a few kinds of grains as
the base, there was a sauce on the bottom and a foam on top. One of both of these
had aged parmesan in it, and the flavors just blended beautifully.

During dinner I had a glass of their orange wine, which was served (just about)
room temp so you were able to really get all the rich flavors.  The husband started
with a green tomato margarita (which was delicious) and also had a glass of
red from the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France.

We finished the night with their Beer & Bread porridge a glass of
my favorite Moscato d'Asti (Bera) and glass of Sauternes-
which is quickly becoming my newest obsession. It is just magical to me
how something so absolutely heavenly came from grapes with noble rot.
So good.

And that was our experience at Acme. The husband's fav was the
Grains and Mushrooms and mine was the Sunchoke Soup.  I'd be interested in
visiting again in the spring/summer when the menu changes again.