Back To Perilla

Saturday night I went back to Perilla, but this time for a full meal. Just about everything we tried was amazing. I started with the beef carpaccio ($12) which was interestingly prepared (the beef was wrapped around arugula into a tube shape), although a bit salty. The Lady had the special salad of sushi grade mackel on watercress with citrus and jalepeno - very summery and refreshing and not fishy at all! Mark had the basic market greens salad with cherries peacans & ricotta ($10) - very light and flavorful. For a main, I had the snapper which was served over cauliflower, wax beans & cashews with a VERY light hint of green curry ($27). STUPENDOUS! I'm definitely going back for that! The Lady had the truffle raviolis with peas. I didn't love this one, mostly because it was a bit heavy for the season but it was still very tasty. Mark had the grilled hanger steak with sunchoke creamed spinach and red shallot puree ($28). The presentation was gorgeous and it was cooked to perfection for him. For a side for the table we had the roasted fingerling potatoes with sea salt ($8) which I could become EXTREMELY addicted to! Since we were all super full we passed on dessert. Overall I'd definitely recommend it and again give it a thumbs up. Our only gripe (as a group - and I've heard others who have been say it as well), that the decor needs a bit of help. It seems to be trying for a homey-comfort setting but it seems to come off more as a bit mismatched yet also somewhat stark - really just a lot of contradiction.