I ate here this past Thursday evening with my girlfriend and her friend. We decided to come here since it was Pittsburgh restaurant week and they were participating with a fixed price $30 3 course meal. I had made reservations and when I arrived I was greeted with a welcome back and also a welcome to dinner for the first time. Apparently they keep track of my open table account from which I make reservations which is both cool and creepy at the same time.\n\nThe dinner for all 3 of us started out with the Lobster Bisque which we ordered in addition to the three course menu. The bisque came out and had a nice orange color and was both creamy and delicious. For my appetizer I decided to start off with the Pork Belly. The pork belly came out on top of a bed of roasted corn puree with onions. The meat was fatty and savory as expected with the puree adding some body to the appetizer while the onions provided a little of the needed tartness for the dish. When eaten all together the whole dish tasted very good. Even though I am generally not a big fish person I decided to have the pan roasted golden trout for my entree since my only other option on the price fixed menu was chicken thighs and I hate chicken on the bone more than fish. The trout came with the skin on and was placed on top of a bed of purple potatoes, eggplant and collard greens all of which was surrounded by a circling of vinaigrette. It was quite the beautiful dish visually. I thought the the fish was decent with the standout portion of it being the skin which was crisped nicely and almost had the feel and taste of a potato chip. The vegetables were also good, especially when combined with some of the added sauce. My dessert was a dish that was appropriately named Strawberries n'at. It consisted of a strawberry streusel bar topped with strawberry ice cream beside fresh strawberries with strawberry meringue shards. I enjoyed it, especially with all of the different textures at play between the coldness of the ice cream, to the juiciness of the strawberries and the slightly crunchy meringue. It ended up being a lot of strawberry by the end but I still happily cleaned my plate.\n\nThe bottom line for me is that I would definitely head back here in the future. Granted I would not order the same meal but the chef clearly knows what he is doing and has enough whimsical and well thought out dishes that I would like to come back.
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