The Table at Season to Taste – No.7
January 5, 2020
The table at Season to Taste is a restaurant I had been looking forward to. A small 20 seater restaurant, a four-course Prix Fixe menu and counter top seating looking over the open kitchen.
We had two choices for each of our four courses, so the obvious option was to have one of each, meaning we were tasting the entire menu. There were some lovely nibbles to start and a sorbet cleanser in between our mains and dessert…and they even provided us with a granola bar wrapped up to take away. This made our total number of courses more like 8. No complaints there.
The food was classic, but with influences from around the world; we had smoked Scottish Sea Trout and a Curried Chicken Foie Gras Rillette to start, followed by House-made Sweet Potato Agnolotti and a Matsutake Mushroom Dashi. From Scotland to India to Italy to Japan.
We shared everything…except for the mains. One of the dishes was a pork belly and I am not a fan. However, Clark was more than happy that I did not want to swap half my monkfish for his beloved meat.
Over to Clark: I was very happy not to share the mains, as this was one of the stand out dishes of our entire time in Boston. It was so good I had to wave one of the chefs over upon finishing to discuss the dish. The smile on my face went from ear to ear. It was a very well balanced and constructed dish, but the x-factor was the sauce and the complex multilayer kick you got from it, something I did not expect when looking at what appeared to be a classic pork dish. The kick came from “Aji Dulce Peppers” fermented since the summer, combined with other spices and added to the sauce in just the right amounts. I hoped to take a vial of the sauce home, but it was all combined to order in the kitchen, but the taste will never leave me.
Our evening finished with a Cream Cheese Mousse (with a peanut crumble…delicious) and a Pumpkin Swiss Roll. I mean…look at this.
We had a great night made all the better by being able to converse with and watch the chefs as they worked. If you go here, definitely try to get a seat at the counter, it really makes it such a great experience.
