Last night, my fiancee and I dined at Masa in the South End. The evenings winner was clearly my appetizer, the Skillet Roasted Sea Scallops and BBQ Duck. Three sea scallops, seared perfectly on the outside and tender on the inside - with a nice kick from some pepper corns that dotted the tops of the scallops. In the middle of the plate was the BBQ duck, shredded, and topped with thin onion straws. All of this was placed on top of a sweet corn cream.
The scallops, on their own, needed no additional flavor. I ate them without mixing them with the rest of the dish. But the flavor and texture combination in the middle, made possible by scooping some corn cream with the duck and onions, was sheer magic. Just absolutely one of the best bites of food you can have.
Finally, the dish had this citrus-like jelly around the outside of the plate, which tasted great on the homemade cornbread that came in the bread basket. Overall, a wonderful dish, and a good start to a night of overeating that included lamb kabobs with fried plantains (delicious!), a chile rubbed rib-eye steak (cooked very well, but outdone by the roasted tomato salsa on top), and some solid margaritas and mojitos!
No footnotes this time??!
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