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The Lawrence + P28 Giveaway Winner

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Last Saturday’s cheat day adventures didn’t end with vegan soft serve.

 

I met up with Lee @ In My Tummy and her husband, Jason for dinner.  Lee and I have been talking about checking out The Lawrence (905 Juniper St., Atlanta, GA 30309, 404.961.717) since it opened.  A few months later… we finally made it!

 

 

We studied the menu, strategizing our order.  The menu is separated into small, medium, and larger plates.  The smalls are tapas-sized, mediums contain 3-4 ounces of a protein, and the larges are 6-7 ounces of protein.  We settled on sharing a few small and medium plates.

 

 

 

First, a gift from the kitchen:

 

Our amuse bouche was a spoon of sweet corn soup with a bit of smoked trout and parsley.  This may sound weird, but I really appreciated the touch of green to balance the sweet and smoky flavors.  Maybe I’m just a big fan of greens.

 

Our first small plate was actually quite large.  This plate of grilled summer squash was served with tarragon, maldon salt, and garlic oil.  The squashes were cut into thick wedges, which meant that there was still a good crunch to the center.

 

My favorite of the smalls was this Salt & Pepper Tofu.  Lee’s husband commented that it tasted a little lick chicken.  The chef had soaked it in a rice vinegar and coated it in rice flour to dry fry.  It was served with spicy radish slices, cilantro, and Serrano pepper.  I would go back for this dish alone.

 

 

Have you ever heard of dry frying?  I wasn’t familiar with the term so I googled it and found this article.  Exactly how it sounds!  I’ll be recreating this delicious meal soon.

 

The last small was good, but somewhat unremarkable.  Thin slices of Cremini mushrooms were tossed with artichokes, arugula, and a herb-lemon vinaigrette.  It wasn’t bad, just not special.  I’d try something different next time.

 

Our mediums were excellent.  We had the seared Black Bass.  It was served with baby eggplant, confit potato, carrot, and tomato compote – a sort of deconstructed ratatouille.  I never think to serve a rich tomato sauce with fish, but I loved the flavors together.  Black Bass is on the meatier side of the fish spectrum, which the sauce complimented well.

 

Last was the Speckled Trout Sashimi.  I’ve never seen trout served sashimi-style before, so of course I had to try this out.  It was beautifully plated with a schemer of black garlic mayo, edamame, and pickled maitake mushrooms.  Much to my surprise, the trout wasn’t too fishy!  I wish I had asked where it was sourced from because it was perfectly fresh, making it palatable for this new sushi eater.

 

I sort of wanted dessert, but no one else seemed passionate about it.  That turned out to be a good thing because a plate of mini-citrus Madelines and strawberry jelly bites (like thick fruit roll-ups) were delivered along with our check.  Jelly candies aren’t my favorite; however, I could have eaten the entire plate of cookies.  It was just the thing to end the meal. I’m trying the butter cake next time though.

 

Service is a big selling point for me.  The staff at The Lawrence was fantastic.  The hostess’ were friendly, our server was knowledgeable about the menu and the (too small) wine list, and my water was kept full by the entire team.

Overall, The Lawrence is another win for the Dinner Party group.  But please expand the wine list.

 

Check out Lee’s review from earlier in the week!

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Don’t worry!!!  I didn’t forget the P28 Bread Giveaway winners!

*drum roll*

 

 

  1. Laura @ Mommy Run Fast
  2. Alysha @ She’s On the Run
  3. Lindsay @ The Lean Green Bean

Congratulations!

Winners: Please send me your addresses. 🙂

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My site was down over night and early this morning.  I apologize for this post being late… thank you guys for checking back and a BIG thank you for BlueHost customer support!

Do you freak out when you have technical problem that you have NO idea how to fix?  I admit… freaked more than a little this morning.

Do you like to order small plates to share, or have your own to hoard?

 

Comments

  2. How fun! I drive by The Lawrence everyday on my way home and have been wanting to try it out. The drink specials they have out front always look enticing and not to pricey, for drinks that is;) Glad you had fun!

  6. My whole week has been dealing with Tony’s technical problems with his computer! We had some serious issues with it earlier this week. We ended up spending way more money than I care to think about, but things are better now. For me, there is little more frustrating than computer issues. I just don’t know how to deal with them.

    I hope you have a great weekend!

    • I don’t either… thank god these guys were so helpful I didn’t know where to begin to try to fix it!

      Enjoy your weekend!!

  9. mmm, i love getting a bunch of small plates to share with a group! two of my favorite restaurants are tapas places. i’m a fan of getting to try a lot of different things! 🙂

  12. Small plates are always a good way to go with me…I always want to try bites of everything!

    Restaurant looks awesome! I’m with you on service – if the service at a restaurant is slow or impolite, it takes the experience way down for me.

    • Exactly! There are places with good food that I won’t go back to due to service. There are too many other options!

  14. Yay! So excited I won!! I’ll send you my address. Another amazing restaurant review. Dry frying sounds interesting. And yes, I get worked up about the site going down. Glad you got it fixed so quickly. I use Bluehost too, they’re always so helpful!

  17. Love sharing small plates!! Glad you got the tech issues worked out! I’ve yet to have one (knock on wood), but I’m sure when I do it’ll be disastrous. I wouldn’t even know who to call? Does Google have a 1800 number?

  21. I am HUGE on ordering small plates to share! I love eating a bit of everything and trying new foods as well. Dry Frying sounds interesting, I had never heard of it before. Service means more then the actual food itself. You dine out to be served or else you could just order take out so that plays a huge factor for me as well. Love and Shine CourtStar

  23. Such yum eats- especially the fish with ratatouille! When I used to be anal, I used to be such a hoarder as it was easier to work out how many calories my meal was. These days I way prefer sharing, especially when there are too many good options to choose from #firstworldproblems 🙂

  24. Great looking food! That looks like an amazing restaurant!

    I like both sharing and having my own. Depends what it is 🙂

  26. Goodness what an amazing restaurant you went to! The seared black bass sounds just so dang tasty… I always order fish when I am out, so heck yes to that dish! Oh and the one with ratatouille… mmm delicious man
    Have a good weekend Laura 🙂

  27. Hey there Laura, I have missed you and your posts. I don’t see a subscribe button or else it is just my elderly eyes, LOL. The Lawrence sounds like a tasty place to eat. I like the tofu marinating in the vinegar, I am going to have to try that aong with the dry fry. Interesting. Hope all is going great, stop by sometime when you get a chance. Cheers!

    • Hey Suzi! You can subscribe using the RSS or email icon in the top right corner of each page. 🙂

      So glad you stopped by! It’s been hard keeping up with everyone post-FoodBuzz. Hope you are well!

  29. Yes I absolutely freak out whenever i’m having technical problems. I had them this past week actually. For about 3 days our new laptop wasn’t connecting properly to the internet. I literally tried fixing it for hoursss and had no luck. Thank goodness yesterday it was resolved!!

    & oh my, that restaurant sounds amazing, like melt in my mouth amazing.. especially the seared black bass!

    • Glad you got your issues resolved too! I freak out if my internet is down. What did people do before Google/email?! 🙂

  30. Oh wow, LOVE the plating for that sushi! I think I’ve had trout sashimi before…I can’t remember. My sis and I went out for my birthday once and thought we were ordering sushi when we were surprised with a smorgasbord of sashimi instead. It was our first experience with sashimi…not bad, but I’m weird and prefer the mixture of tastes and textures from sushi rolls instead.

    I LOVE ordering sample size/small plates! That’s the best way to eat in my opinion…I’m all about trying new things and this way you get to try a little bit of everything!

    I feel like such a goob! I totally had to google “confit” to see what it meant. Haha! And speaking of googling, I actually always dry fry my tofu! I like the crispness it gives.

    I TOTALLY freak out when technical mishaps come my way…mostly because I know that I have NO IDEA how to fix it and I absolutely hate feeling powerless. I’m not controlling, I just like to in charge! 😉

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