Slapsie Maxie Jacobson described the kao-low beef meatball soup at Thai Pepper as an acquired taste on the far side of funky.
Or something like that.
When we asked Lura (“Don’t call me Laura”) Poland about her ethereal desserts at Sage, she made all the noises a good soldier should make about how they all sprang from the creative mind of her boss Shawn McClain, she’s just the pastry chef, yadda yadda yadda…
No one’s been harder on the tapas at Firefly (both locations) than we at ELV.
But we snuck in last week (unannounced and unrecognized), ordered four small plates, had a few glasses of tempranillo (the first glass was corked, but our server was more than accommodating when we pointed it out to him), and by crackey the vittles were darn tasty!