Birthday at Mesh

So, for my birthday, Sarah and I went to a relatively new restaurant called Mesh. This was one of the fanciest restaurant that I have ever been to! I would call the interior modern-contemporary. On the back wall was a glass case surrounding a 15 foot wall of wines (I assume for temperature control). The food at Mesh was contemporary American with emphasis on presentation. The fancier the better. They go for lots of little plates of food. So, on with our meal!

When we first arrived, the chef brought us a small, bite-size appetizer. This changes day to day and was not bad. Small piece of crisp bread with goat cheese and a tomato/olive stuff on top. Not bad, but not my thing. (Sarah actually tried this!) For an appetizer, we got the potato poppers. Little egg shaped fried mashed potatoes with a hint of chili oil and salt. Sarah really liked these a lot. I got the tomato bisque soup. It was served to me in a bowl that didn't have soup in it. It had a few pine nuts, a small blob of red paste, and a small blob of green paste. That was all that was in the bowl. I was slightly confused for a second. Then, she brought out a small metal pitcher that had the soup in it and poured the broth into my bowl. Very fancy. Let me tell you, that was probably the best soup I have ever eaten. Oh, the red blob was tomato paste and the green blob was some kind of basil stuff.

On to the main course. Sarah got the redskin potato ravioli. She says, "it was really good". I got the scallops on top of some kind of potato stuff on top of tomato. The scallops were excellent. (I know. I didn't get the lamb. I was just in a scallop mood.) Here's a camera phone pic of the scallops:



For dessert, Sarah got the "cheesecake". It wasn't quite what we were expecting. It was a Bailey's chocolate cake with a layer of cheesecake in the center. This was topped with a very light buttercream frosting. Very yummy. I got the raspberry, chocolate terrine. This is apparently a very dense, chocolate, fudgy-like torte. The chocolate had a very good raspberry flavor with some sauce drizzled all over it. Not only that, but it also had sugar encrusted cashews with it. Excellent dessert. I was just too full to fully enjoy it.


Overall, this was a fantastic place. The kind of place where the waiters stand at attention on the wall waiting for someone to need something. Every time my silverware was dirty, they replaced it. They served the food on your left side and removed the plate from your right.

Definatly NOT kid friendly; but I can't wait to go back. The only problem is that it is kind of pricey. We spent $71 without drinks. So, i would recommend this as a special occasion place.