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Last night

suhnkecher (who is visiting - huzzah!) took me out to The Ferry House in Princeton.

We had:

Appetizer (shared):
Crab martini - crabmeat over avocado salsa with cilantro, with Jose Cuervo tequila and lime drizzled on top and cajun spices around the rim of the glass. Fascinating and delicious. (

suhnkecher: It didn't fill us up, but it was a very tastebud-awakening experience.)

Also, the butter served with the rolls was delicious - it had garlic and chives and parsley and other yummy things blended in.

Main course:

suhnkecher had red snapper wrapped in proscuitto with mashed potatoes and some sort of asian-style/southwestern vegetable roll on the side. It was really good - the crunchiness of the proscuitto balanced the tenderness of the red snapper. The vegetable rolls were also delicious, and the greenish, vegetable flavor combined well with the darker meaty flavors of the ham and fish.

I had sushi-grade tuna cooked extremely rare - it was basically raw except for being panseared on both sides. It had some sort of light green sauce over it, and it was delicious. (

suhnkecher: It wasn't just delicious. It was amazing.) Then I had mashed potatoes served over a bed of a combination of kiwi fruit and bits of red and green pepper and other bits that I couldn't quite identify - basically an extremely fresh, fruity, green combination hiding under the potatoes that really balanced out the fish very well. The whole dish was fabulous, but the tuna was really the highlight.

Dessert:

I don't know if I can describe dessert without crying.

We got the sampler, and one other dessert, so in total there were four.

First was the flourless chocolate cake with chocolate-wasabi-ginger-black sesame seed ice cream. The ice cream was stunning. The chocolate cake, although wonderful, paled in comparison with the inspiration of the ice cream. (

suhnkecher disagrees - they were great together - the spice of the ice cream lightened the richness of the cake. Admittedly, I'm not a huge chocolate cake fan.)

Then came the creme brulee, which, as a creme brulee expert, I have to say was really, really top-notch. It was just beautifully creamy and light and perfectly smooth. Really just beautiful.

Then came the pecan tart, which, although amazing, was the weak spot in the sampler. It was a mini-pecan pie, and although fine, it could have used a little less crust (which was a bit thick), a little more filling, and some ice cream on top to balance it out instead of just a dab of airy whipped cream.

The crowning glory was the pumpkin bread pudding with five-spice ice cream on top. You know how Iron Chef judges always wax eloquent about dishes that take them back to their childhood among the fields of sunny wherever? Well, this was that kind of dish. It was the most comforting, delicious thing I've ever had. It really brought tears to your eyes. Just lovely.

If anyone comes to visit me, and you feel like investing in a really good meal, we'll go out to The Ferry House together. Because, damn. This is the first time I've gone to one of the more expensive Princeton restaurants - but it's really worth it!