Showing posts with label Lawrenceville. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lawrenceville. Show all posts

Friday, November 6, 2009

Tamari's in Lawrenceville




Tamari's is an infusion of Asian and Latin American cuisine. I began with a pretty good sake that was not filtered. We all had a small appetizer of skewered and grilled items served with three dipping sauces - ponzu butter, ginger and chimichurri. Sushi was important! Maki rolls. One was a lobster roll in two portions. The lobster tail was filled with some of the tail's meat and prepared with tempura while the maki rolls had some other good stuff with it. There was also a TNT roll with tuna, salmon, yellowtail, masago, avocado and tempura fried. Not pictured is the Naruto roll of salmon, tuna, yellowtail, tobiko, wrapped with cucumber, served with ponzu. For an entree I had Charred Serrano Hoi Sin crusted Lamb Lollipops with sweet potato mash and cilantro-mint chimichurri. Chef Roger Li is the creator.

Dessert was a green tea layered cake for me. As it turned out, all of the desserts are made by that cupcake bakery!

My battery went dead on my camera so Dave Thompson took these photos

Pittsburgh's Lawrencville




Sherri Moreira-Byers of Sole City Tours (www.solecitytours.com) took us on a walking tour of Lawrenceville, a "funky district which includes antique shops, artist galleries, boutiques and home accessories" and FOOD. The first place we visited was Dozen Bake Shop noted for their cupcakes. However, it appears that owners James Gray and Andrew Twifg won an award for having the best buns! We visited some stores before hitting Espresso Mano and Grey Box Theatre and owner Gina. Small theatre in this up an coming district. Found the statue of the Doughboy (the flag covers his naked body...not really) and had cocktails at a local bar (shared my juice with Esther) before dinner at Tamari's.