Come on and Teas me, Teas me like you do......

It was too easy to pass up the Who in blog about Tea Bar. So my wife invited me to date night, she had been talking about Tea Bar for a few weeks, so I thought it was time we check it out. First off it has a great coffee house meets sushi bar vibe. The night we went they had a guitar duo with some mellow tunes. Dave Brubeck's Autumn Leaves on smooth electric guitar... I was stoked I actually remembered something from my J.C. Jazz appreciation class ( Thanks Art Davis).

Now normally , I'm not one for the tea scene. My mom is from Ireland, we grew up with Black tea with cream and sugar. No Orange Peko, or Green tea... But lately, I'm coming around to iced teas. ( speaking of teas ever had the Sweet Cottage Jasmine /Mint..thats for another post). We ordered a couple of black iced teas. Very nice and refreshing with a little lemon and sugar. For the meal, we both went with the rice bowls. They have the 1-2-3 ordering system, 1- your meat of choice- 2- rice- 3- dressing.

I ordered the roasted lamb, with Wasabi- ginger dressing . I find Asian and Mediterranean restaurants usually season lamb well enough that you don't get that gamey lamb taste. Growing up my mom would make leg of Lamb, not always my favorite, so going with the lamb is a step to open up my palette a bit. Unfortunately this missed the mark. It looked pretty , smelled good , but the lamb was as dry as the Sahara. No amount of dressing could save this. The rice was great Lundburg brown rice, the veggies crisp and fresh, but the star was missing. I was even a bit disappointed by the dressing. If you call it Wasabi you have to bring the heat. This was mild and frankly bland.

Now maybe the saving grace..My wife's meal. Yes she shared with me ( probable to shut me up from complaining about the lamb). She too ordered a rice bowl , but choose the Sweet chili Chicken and Miso dressing. The chicken was moistand tangy with a little heat, the dressing savory with that salty soy taste. Well done.

If it weren't for my wife I might I written Tea Bar off. I'll likely try them again, but not the Lamb.

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