absinthe

i like the food at absinthe. i like that they stay open late on weekends so you can get a drink not at a pub. i don't think they advertise that, but there it is. they stay open pretty damn late as long as there are people there (bar service only). all their servers are bilingual, which is awesome. the server we had last week was super friendly. we all had the table d'hote. the first course was excellent. the first courses were all really interesting with multiple elements on each plate, and with different applications. their dehydrated vegetables are really well done, very very thinly sliced which is key i think to make sure they're crunchy and not too chewy. dehydrated eggplant? sounds terrible, but it's awesome. for the mid, i had the salad and the others had the soup, which was excellent. the salad was a bit too acidic and kind of boring. the lime flavor was reallygoodbut i think something with a bit of sweetness and color would have balanced it off well. the arugula was excellent