Erick Tseng

Review of Manresa Restaurant

My wife and I loved our visit to Manresa. The serv...

My wife and I loved our visit to Manresa. The service was first class, and the food was amazing. Every dish impressed, which is rare, even at these top-end restaurants. The cuisine was creative, but not over the top. Flavors take center stage here, not flowery platings. Overall, we would highly recommend Manresa for a special night out.

Here was our menu:
1) Amuse bouches:
Red pepper gelee paired with an olive Madeleine
- Granola crisps
- Chestnut truffle with a truffle and cocoa nib shortbread and gold leaf. Really flavorful. Left a rich aroma in my nose afterwards
2) Kushi oysters from Vancouver blanched in their shell, and served with caviar, creme fraiche, bonito butter, and shisho. Rich and briny.
3) Striped jack fish sashimi with cauliflower, anchovy cream, toasted almond, dinosaur kale, and yuzu rind for a citrus kick. The fish was so fresh, it had zero fishy taste. Instead, it delivered a really aromatic fish oil umami.
4) Bitter greens with roasted leek and a crunchy crisp
5) Braised abalone with Hokkaido uni, and sea vegetables on a bed of buckwheat soba, presented in a bowl of vegetable dashi. Delicious
6) Grilled squid with Spanish chorizo served in a squid broth and topped with a squid ink tuille
7) Roasted squab with squab leg confit, served with butternut squash and green apples. Full flavored and delicious
8) Asparagus with morel mushrooms stuffed with chicken
9) A5 Waygu beef cooked shabu shabu style in a hot onion broth, with taro and partially sprouted lentil beans
10) Hazelnut Paris-Brest puff pastry
11) Yuzu cheese cake
12) Coconut and matcha cake with grapefruit sorbet and granita
13) Chocolate on pressed pastry
14) Petit fours:
- Strawberry gelee with chocolate chocolate Madeleine
- Kafir lime truffle
- Almond nut truffle
- Macaroons: banana, chestnut, and mint chocolate