there was another big turnout last night as 13 (1 rookie) came out and 12 actually participated in dinner in the restaurant in celebration of cinco de mayo.
this type of place is tough to review as there are so many smaller dishes that make up the meals but i'll take a stab at the highlights. for the most part, each person shared their selections with the rest of the table:
we started with pork enchiladas which were pretty good. the table also ordered seafood tacos. i have to say that seafood or fish tacos have always scared me a little - the combination to me is simply food poisoning waiting to happen but i was pleasantly surprised as they were excellent (and as a bonus there was no ill side effects either). meatballs. good. their glazed duck breast was awesome. i heard afterward that their oysters are fantastic but sadly no on ordered them. i ordered their thai coconut curry soup which was excellent as well as their foie gras which was good as well. i also sampled some edamame.
there were a bunch of sushi rolls and pieces ordered but their caramel crab roll stood out. i can't imagine that i would have liked it but it was great. i also had their beef on weck roll which was good but didn't knock my socks off.
for dessert i ordered their coconut rice pudding - it wasn't very good (especially compared to Courtyard Café's rice pudding that i had earlier in the week) as it reminded me more of oatmeal than rice pudding. i also sampled their chocolate ice cream sundae - pretty good except for the peanuts. i hate peanuts in my ice cream. as an aside, i do love peanuts and peanut butter but do not like peanut butter flavored desserts - so that's no to peanut butter cookies, ice cream and cake but yes to peanut butter on my ice cream and reese's peanut butter cups. put that somewhere near balsamic vinaigrette in your minds.
i will say that i am somewhat surprised at the variety that Seabar offered - at my previous visit there the place was 1/2 the size and served primarily sushi. as can be seen by their menu and by our selections, Seabar was not limited to sushi or seafood for that matter. i was going to give Seabar a B+ but two people took me to task and nearly started a riot insisting that Seabar get an A- so Seabar gets an A-. i think i need to come up with a new grading system - i'm leaning toward a 4 star approach but am open to suggestions.
