Recon at Issara

Tuesday. March 3, 2015

Did a recon dinner at Issara, it was OC restaurant week, with Paul and Margie. Wanted to check out a few new dishes for the upcoming wine dinner..

Paul and Margie ordered off the special menu. Paul's choice of artichoke salad as an appetizer was spot on. Very good flavor and I am sure this will show up at the dinner. He also had the Khoa Soi with chicken. Chicken legs with egg noodles and red curry paste. Said the flavor was good but a bit spicy. He ended up with the Mango Sticky Rice topped with Ice cream.

Margie had a green fettachini with chicken, Mu Yong Pork and the Chai tea creme brulee.

I ordered off the regular menu and selected Tom Yum soup with shrimp. This soup is excellent. Also ordered the deep fried sole with green apple slaw. Had 9 pieces of fish so 5 of them went home.

I brought a bottle of 2013 Tercero, Outliner, Gewurztraminer and they brought a 2012 La Montague, Pinot Noir. The gerwuz went excellent with the spicy food. May bring it next week when we go to Nayada for Thai food. The Pinot was very good, a new winemaker. I believe her name is Kimberly Smith. Everyone is talking about her wines.