{"id":274,"date":"2007-06-19T14:06:02","date_gmt":"2007-06-19T19:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/19\/restaurant-review-aida-bistro\/"},"modified":"2007-06-19T14:09:59","modified_gmt":"2007-06-19T19:09:59","slug":"restaurant-review-aida-bistro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/restaurant-review-aida-bistro\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurant Review: Aida Bistro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night Kirsten and I enjoyed a great meal at Aida Bistro<\/a> in Columbia, MD. It was the restaurant’s 5th anniversary, and they had a special fixed-price menu (3 courses with wine for $30).<\/p>\n

First Course<\/strong> (pick one):<\/p>\n

Chilled Asparagus and Cucumber soup, with white balsamic pickled cucumber and asparagus tips.<\/em> [John] This had a nice presentation: the pickled cucumber and asparagus tips where stacked in a pyramid in the center of a small soup bowl. The pureed (cold) soup was poured over this at the table. The soup was very tasty and refreshing – and I normally don’t like cold soups. The soup tasted very “cucumbery” – like a sweet pickle. Very nice. <\/p>\n

Romaine lettuce and local Larriland Farms Strawberries drizzled with balsamic vinaigrette and lemon ice Granite<\/em>. [Kirsten] Tasty.<\/p>\n

Wine<\/strong>: Huber Austrian Gruner Veltliner ’06<\/em>: Very nice white wine. Crisp, dry, with just a touch of sweetness. We are going to try to find this for home.<\/p>\n

Second Course<\/strong> (pick one):<\/p>\n

Duck confit spring roll with spiced mango and sweet soy sauce<\/em>. [John]: Quite delicious! Melt-in-your-mouth tender duck. The Mango and sweet soy sauce was a great complement.<\/p>\n

Crab and Mango spring roll with sweet chilli sauce<\/em>. [Kirsten]: Delicious.<\/p>\n

Wine<\/strong>: Tangent Edna Valley Central Coast Sauvignon Blanc ’05<\/em>: Just ok. 1st course wine was much better. This one is too dry for my taste.<\/p>\n

Third Course<\/strong>: <\/p>\n

Spice rubbed and grilled sushi grade Tuna served with fresh berry compote. Side of horseradish whipped potatoes and fresh asparagus<\/em> [John and Kirsten]: Absolutely Fabulous. The tuna was perfectly cooked: seared on the outside and rare and warm in the middle. I would never have thought of pairing berries with tuna, but it goes very nicely. Wow. Best tuna ever. The whipped potatoes and asparagus were also perfectly cooked – the asparagus was slim and tender, but with a very slight crunch. Yum.<\/p>\n

[there was another selection: lamb, but we didn’t try that]<\/p>\n

Wine<\/strong>: Santa Martina Toscana Rosso ’05<\/em>: blend of Cabernet, Sangiovese, Merlot, and Syrah. Ok wine, but the first wine is still my favorite of the three. In reds I prefer a straight merlot or pinot noir. Kirsten really liked this wine, and it tied with the first as her fav.<\/p>\n

Dessert wasn’t included, but I had a bread pudding with strawberries, and Kirsten had a cannolli. The desserts were ok, but didn’t quite match up to the (wonderful) three other courses. <\/p>\n

This was a fabulous meal, and Kirsten and I had a great time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last night Kirsten and I enjoyed a great meal at Aida Bistro in Columbia, MD. It was the restaurant’s 5th anniversary, and they had a special fixed-price menu (3 courses with wine for $30). First Course (pick one): Chilled Asparagus and Cucumber soup, with white balsamic pickled cucumber and asparagus tips. [John] This had a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoodedhawk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}