Course Restaurant--Erik's Birthday Dinner

On April 11, Erik and I finally got to try Course Restaurant as a late birthday dinner. It is a multi-course dinner (hence the name), similar to Cafe Monarch and Binkley's (unfortunately the owners of Binkley's have retired, boo). Erik heard about this restaurant from work and wanted to try it. When we arrived, they asked us if we wanted to sit outside or inside. I said inside, and that was a mistake because they sat us in the worst possible seat ever--right in the middle of the restaurant. We were an island on full display with waiters and people passing by all around us. I wasn't very happy with our seating arrangement, but Erik was too scared/stubborn to ask the wait staff if we could move to a different table.
Anyway, lots of courses at Course, of course (ha), 10 in total. Erik also ordered a drink. The food was pretty good. Very, very small portions but with 10 courses, we were satiated by the end. 

The course menu.

First course: Oyster. It was pretty tasty.

Erik and his lemon turmeric soft drink

2nd course: Swordfish. It was good, and the guacamole was interesting, kind of like guacamole-flavored ice cream.

3rd course: Manicotti. Yet another restaurant that served us this green foam stuff. If you've ever owned cats, you'll find it as unappetizing as I do. It has the same look and texture of what a cat will barf up after eating grass. No thanks. Because of the green foam stuff, I didn't care too much for this course.

4th course: English pea. It was okay. Good for being pea-flavored, if you like peas. I'm not the biggest pea fan, but it was interesting to try. 

5th course: White sea bass. I was surprised when another fish course came out since we'd already had one. But it was pretty good.

6th course: Lamb. Lamb is always yummy to me, so I liked this one. 

7th course: striploin. Delicious. 

8th course: strawberry dessert. It was fun and yummy

9th course: Deconstructed Banana Chocolate Birthday Cake. I think. This one was weird. It tasted good, but anyone with food texture aversions probably wouldn't like this one. It didn't have a concrete form; just a bunch of dessert fragments plopped on a plate.

10th course: Toast and honey and "pocky" dessert. It was served on a bed of river rocks. How strange. Pocky sticks (they were okay) and some honey butter pucks that we ate plain. I wasn't sure what to think of them. I felt like maybe they should be served on a cracker or something.

All in all, a fun night (minus the seating logistics) and interesting food. Binkley's is still a clear winner for course restaurants, but I'm glad we got to try this restaurant.