Excellent dinner-- we shared a lot of small bites ...

Excellent dinner-- we shared a lot of small bites and like almost all of them, from the spice-rubbed charred avocado to the small garden vegetables with a fermented soy dip to the grilled cucumbers to the soy butter pork in acorn miso. The bowl of "three rum punch" with shaved ice and fresh herbs for 6 to share was also a great idea.

And the noise level was just bustling enough to be festive but without being too loud or echoing to hold a normal conversation.