I completely forgot to write up our visit to Sally's Middle Name on H st, NE last week. I had a great visit there in the winter and returned to discover a now printed menu(instead of it being written on the wall) which was somewhat modified and reduced on option choices, but still worthy. I started with a drink called The Wanderer (how could I resist when I had two opera geeks with me) made of vodka, rhubarb shrub, vermouth and lime was a sublime pleasure. One of my guests went for the mocktail of Rhubarb Shrub and the other a Gone Fission (rum, strega, lime, lambrusco float). Check out the pretty FB photos!
We ordered virtually everything on the menu as it is all small plates, skipping the bread & butter, olives, gazpacho and tomato salad. This left 7 dishes for us to share and it was just right:
Mixed Greens with feta, onion, almond, tarragon and raspberry vinaigrette was a tasty salad and good starter, but won't win a prize while the
Shaved Broccoli Salad with red onion, serrano chiles, Piave and lemon was indeed a prize winner with thin shafts of broccoli loaded with a punch from the chiles.
Braised Collard Greens were superb with bacon and molasses
and the pasta, a Cavatelli with Vegetable Bolognese was rich and filling, although we really craved meat!
the Smoked Chicken Breast is one of the most moist around with a superb rhubarb sauce, but alas that was the ONLY meat option on the menu for this day!
We continued with Moilee Curry of mixed squash, jasmine rice and cilantro which was nice, but the best cooked veggie dish was the
Smoked Royal Trumpet Mushrooms with Lentils, Tomatoes & Parsley.
I felt the wine list had reduced as well to 3 reds, 3 whites and a rose and we tried several by the glass
Senda Verde, Albarino &Casa D'Ambra, Ischia Bianco were nice whites for all the lighter dishes and the red Saint Cosme, Cotes du Rhone which I had last time paled next to the fuller Gran Passione Veneto Rosso.
For dessert only two of us remained but marveled and then devoured the spectacular Raspberry Glazed Doughnut Sundae with Vanilla Ice Cream and Almond Brittle. Catch the FB photo of this and you will head right over now!
It's great to have this place across from the Atlas Theater where we go periodically and so many new places popping up in the 'hood!
