Sarah and I picked up dinner from Taste on Lee Rd. tonight after Jonathan went to sleep. It’s a relatively new establishment and, considering the chef recently cooked at a Michelin-rated restaurant in Paris, we were definitely excited to give it a try.

We started with the soup of the day–cream of potato ($6)–and the beet carpacio ($8). The soup was pretty good–Sarah described it as a bit like “rich mashed potato” flavor–and the parsley oil was a nice touch. The beet carpacio was more interesting as the counterpoints were bacon, goat cheese and spinach. The combination of sweet, pungent, and meaty worked well.

For our entrée we split the scallops with creamy leeks, mango coulis and roasted (pureed) red peppers ($18). The dish was good, but the flavors seemed somehow too clean and not very complex. Perhaps this is characteristic of rustic French dishes; I’m not sure. My favorite element was the creamy leeks, which … continue reading