Six Burner Experience

We visited Six Burner this past week. To our delight Carol Covell greeted us with her lovely jazz vocals. We occupied the last available table and settled in to eat at one of our favorite spots. We chose our wine - Cabernet, 06, Wall Cellars, Napa, CA, $32. Full-bodied and lovely to drink. We then ordered a $3 snack of Shrimp Hushpuppies. These were extremely dense, lacking either salt or sugar, and not a shrimp was in sight. A bit disappointing compared to the food generally served. We will not order these again.

For entrees we ordered jumbo lump crab cakes, creamy polenta, pickled slaw, corn sauce, $25 and rockfish, salsify puree, baby bok choy, trumpet mushrooms, miso broth, $23. Once again the crab cakes seemed a bit bland, but the polenta and the pickled slaw were fantastic. These items were meant to be eaten together - the sum turned out to be definitely more than just the addition of the parts. Let's call it food synergy and leave it at that. The rockfish had an incredibly flavorful and crispy pan sear. The bok choy and salsify increased the dining satisfaction.

We finished with Rostov's coffee. Mmmm!