It has been too long since I've been out to eat that I had to just do it, . . . and a good meal it was!
The Bristol is a restaurant for those who want to experience food, the whole food, and nothing but the food. Well, they also have a simple wine by the glass selection with some very nice bottle options combined with an extensive beer bottle selection, but I digress.
The Bristol is following the concept of using the whole animal instead of just the standard cuts one regularly sees on the menu. Thus, I was able to have a very nicely prepared goat heart with fresh huckleberries and slioce of roasted squash as a middle course. However, I began my meal with a flavorful pork country pate' wrapped in bacon that was moist & succulent.
I followed that with a roasted marrow bone dish which was wonderfully intense and rich. I followed that with a raviolo filled with a herb-ricotta mix and a raw egg yolk. The sauce to the pasta course was a simple brown butter sauce that amalgamated with the egg yolk as one cut into the raviolo, which brought forth a nuttier & richer sauce. The baby octopus with ceci beans was mixed very well with a light herby vinagrette and slightly undercooked beans to add a little crunch to go with the octopus.
Beginning to feel a little stuffed, I decided to have an apple cider sorbet to cleanse the palate and perhaps make room for some more food, but I decided to end up with a pistachio tart with poached pears. The tart was quite nice and suttle, but the pears were lacking in flavor I felt.
Ultimately, The Bristol is not for the faint of heart diner and not for the average diner either, due to the compact dining room and large(sometimes communal) tables in the middle. The restaurant has two menus; one is the standard that changes seasonally. The second menu is the chalkboard, which changes daily due to what's available or they got in that day. There are some vegetarian items and occassionally very few vegan items, but that does not matter. If one really wanted to eat and experience things around them, why would they set limits?
Go back to your hunter-gatherer instincts, eat the whole animal, sit next to random people, and eat at The Bristol.
The Bristol is a restaurant for those who want to experience food, the whole food, and nothing but the food. Well, they also have a simple wine by the glass selection with some very nice bottle options combined with an extensive beer bottle selection, but I digress.
The Bristol is following the concept of using the whole animal instead of just the standard cuts one regularly sees on the menu. Thus, I was able to have a very nicely prepared goat heart with fresh huckleberries and slioce of roasted squash as a middle course. However, I began my meal with a flavorful pork country pate' wrapped in bacon that was moist & succulent.
I followed that with a roasted marrow bone dish which was wonderfully intense and rich. I followed that with a raviolo filled with a herb-ricotta mix and a raw egg yolk. The sauce to the pasta course was a simple brown butter sauce that amalgamated with the egg yolk as one cut into the raviolo, which brought forth a nuttier & richer sauce. The baby octopus with ceci beans was mixed very well with a light herby vinagrette and slightly undercooked beans to add a little crunch to go with the octopus.
Beginning to feel a little stuffed, I decided to have an apple cider sorbet to cleanse the palate and perhaps make room for some more food, but I decided to end up with a pistachio tart with poached pears. The tart was quite nice and suttle, but the pears were lacking in flavor I felt.
Ultimately, The Bristol is not for the faint of heart diner and not for the average diner either, due to the compact dining room and large(sometimes communal) tables in the middle. The restaurant has two menus; one is the standard that changes seasonally. The second menu is the chalkboard, which changes daily due to what's available or they got in that day. There are some vegetarian items and occassionally very few vegan items, but that does not matter. If one really wanted to eat and experience things around them, why would they set limits?
Go back to your hunter-gatherer instincts, eat the whole animal, sit next to random people, and eat at The Bristol.
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bushka:
thank you! 
thora:
Goat heart? Eeeeeeeew!