The Last Date... Tilth

I've been totally backed up on uploading photos to Flickr. That includes a few nice dinners out with my hubba-hubba-husband. Our what turned out to be final date before the arrival of Xiaolaoshu was at Tilth. We went on a Monday when they serve a prix fixe menu featuring a local producer. Here's the menu...

February 18, 2008

Featuring
Fresh Breeze Dairy
Lynden, WA

Yukon Potato and Olive Oil Soup
crème fraiche, breadcrumbs, chive

Hedgehog Mushroom Flan
watercress, fried shallot, parmesan

Braised Washington Chicken
ricotta gnocchi, swiss chard, pine nut

Whole Milk Ice Cream
waffle crisp, vanilla gel

Blood Orange Creme Brulee

Here is the photo dump including the amuse bouche of fresh apple with cold citrus soup. Sorry the photos stink. Apparently my phone doesn't do so hot in low lighting.. plus the lens is scratched :P

Amuse bouche was yummy but the neato looking containers were cheap acrylic... and detracted from the food. I kept on thinking... this is a cheap cup!



This soup was excellent, and the breadcrumbs in the soup were still crunchy!



This savory flan was disappointing. I enjoyed the salad with the fried shallots much more than the flan.



This was the least interesting dish in my opinion. Both Chainwhip and I thought it tasted more Chinese and familiar... which didn't match the rest of the dinner.



All the tables around us were served ice cream, but they ran out when they got to us. I really wanted the ice cream, but the creme brulee was good. I liked the orange peel more than the creme brulee... and in the end I as still craving for ice cream. Good thing was they gave Chainwhip's wine course for FREE!



Overall, I think the dinner was great, though spendy. I want to go back for brunch and maybe a non prix fixe dinner so I can try their duck burgers.

And for fun fun fun, here are some extra photos featuring my hubba-hubba-husband.









He laughed because we both too photos of each other taking photos of each other.