Molly and I were given a gift certificate for Postrio (by our great friend, Cheyenne), a massive Wolfgang Puck restaurant downtown in the Prescott Hotel. This isn't a restaruant I would normally go to and seems more geared towards tourists and business men. The menu is very expensive and each dish is elaborate with multiple components. Our expectations were low, but a free 4 course dinner for two isn't something to turn away! We were excited about trying something new.
We arrived a few minutes early for our reservation to be greeted by two attractive and snooty hostesses. Not a great start. As we were led through the restaurant to our table, we entered into the massive dining room with 30 foot ceilings filled with Chihuly glass pieces and such. We immediately ordered a cocktail--- 2 Manhattans with Maker's Mark. They were perfect and delicious. Only a brandied cherry could have made it better. We shared two rounds of appetizers and ordered our own entrees.
We started with corn pudding & goat cheese fritter that came with something else I can't remember....needless to say this was my least favorite dish of the night. It was rich and non-descript and left something to be desired. Along with that we had the hamachi tartare served with ahi carpaccio, lime nuoc cham, sesame oil and grapefruit-thyme granita. Not only was the presentation of this dish absolutely beautiful, all of the flavors worked perfectly together. We almost ordered a second round of this dish and we thought it was ALMOST worth the $19 price tag.
For the second round of appetizers we had the house smoked wild salmon with a honeywheat blini, red onion, sieved egg, American boutique caviar, ikura & dill sour cream. Again, the presentation was beautiful---the first 4 ingredients were very finely chopped/minced (the yolk and the egg whites were separated and constituted their own layers) and layered into a terrine presentation with a dollop of each caviar and the dill sour cream around the plate. The house cured salmon was sweet, smokey and delicious. Along with the smoked salmon dish we had pan seared diver scallops with sauteed chantrelle mushrooms & diced potato and a balsamic reduction. I was surprised at how well the earthiness of the mushrooms and potatoes complimented the scallops (which were perfectly seared and very tender).
For our entrees, I ordered the New York strip steak with pomme frites and a stilton cole slaw. It was good, but I wouldn't normally order a $40 steak. Molly ordered the sesame crusted ahi tuna with pulled sesame pork (which she didn't get because she doesn't eat meat), potato pearls, Shitake mushrooms and bok choy in a jasmine-dashi broth. I only had one bite, but she loved it. For dessert we had an espresso, shared a glass of au de vie (a pear brandy--one of my favorites) and ordered the granny smith apple sherbet with dulce de leche napoleon, sautéed apples and caramel corn. The dessert was delicious, but I have to admit I was more focused on the au de vie.
Our waiter ended up being great and gave us a little special attention because Molly knows someone who works at Postrio. And once we tuned out the other patrons and focused on the food and company, we had a great meal here. I wouldn't necessarily reccommend it as a regular dining spot, but getting a free meal here made for a unexpectedly fantastic dinner out. We ended up paying $100 for drinks and gratuity for what would have been an almost $300 meal!
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