The Menu: Sweet harmonies from the Mandolin kitchen
Mandolin
☆☆☆☆ 1/2
2519 Fairview Road, Raleigh
Originally reviewed by Greg Cox on 5/11/2012
“Another contemporary culinary riff takes the form of an egg, poached in an immersion circulator into an oval of silk that oozes when pierced with a fork, saucing an impeccable pan-seared flounder. Yet another dish floats a cloud of rhubarb foam over a salad celebrating local harvests of strawberries, spinach, asparagus and red ribbon sorrel.
“No scientific wizardry is evident in a first-course presentation of grilled North Carolina monkfish, pork belly, black-eyed peas, smoked tomatoes and a mustardy chowchow. None is needed.”
Read the full review (and others) and see Greg’s list of the Best Restaurants in the Triangle at themenunc.com.
This story was originally published July 29, 2015 at 11:00 AM with the headline "The Menu: Sweet harmonies from the Mandolin kitchen."