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Veil

Veil delivers

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

The recently new hot spot in Queen Anne, Veil is a great addition to the Seattle restaurant scene. It lives up to its reputation for having LA-ish style (white leather and pink lighting) but staff was unpretentious and food (though pricey) was quality. We started off in the bar which offers a small menu and many inventive drinks. I chose a champagne cocktail which had lavendar infused honey and was possibly one of the best drinks I've ever had. We moved into the dining room and chose to try the tasting menu. The chef concocted a menu on the spot for our party taking into account our food preferences and also included a wine pairing. The tasting menu option is interesting as the restaurant allows the party to select the # of courses and price with or without wine (although they'll give you strong guidelines). The best courses were the scallop with hamhock, toasted corn soup and the salty peanut butter ice cream dessert which is their signature dessert. The one dissapointing course was the lamp rump (there's a reason why it's not a popular cut). It was tough and the flavor was generally off. Veil is in the category of crush, union and a slightly more affordable mistral. If you like those places, you should give Veil a visit. NB: While I liked the tasting menu, I would not recommend it for large groups unless everyone is ordering exactly the same thing as the kitchen was not able to accomodate a lot of substitutions.