When we arrived at Palo, our host greeted us by name and we were taken to our table and our server from Brunch would be taking care of us again that evening.
Excuse the blurryiness of this first menu photo, I need to try and check them better when I take them!
I started off with a Belvedere Gibson up
Hristo brought us the lovely bread service
Then he made us up an antipasto plate
We brought our own bottle of wine from our cellar. Even though they charge a $20 corkage fee, it would be difficult to find a bottle of Cabernet older than 15 years for less than several hundred dollars, so the $20 is well worth it for us!
At some point a photographer stopped by and took our pictures, this one came out pretty good.
We ordered quite a lot of food, and we split most of the appetizers. First we had calamari rings
These were the Sicilian Pesto Marinated Shrimp and they were very tasty. I think I ate one of them trying to save room for everything that was to come!
Now our server convinced us that we really needed to try the polenta. It was some of the best polenta that I have had, but thats not saying much. I guess Im not a huge fan of polenta.
This next dish put my lunch to shame. This is why I mentioned that they were probably the sort of lobster ravioli that you buy in the freezer at Costco. This was a Lobster and Mascarpone Ravioli, I had the kitchen make me an appetizer portion, but you can also have it as your entrée. This was absolutely AMAZING. The flavor was so subtle and so wonderful, I couldnt even believe that I had eaten the other ravioli and enjoyed them. There was no comparison. I will definitely have this again if it is on the menu!
I believe that this was the Wild Mushroom Risotto. I know that Fran didnt get any of the Ravioli, Im not sure if I ate any of this one, now that I think about it. I think I was doing the happy food squirm (since the happy food dance would be inappropriate in a restaurant like this) from the Ravioli and completely missed out on the Risotto.
Of course we needed the palate cleanser. I dont remember the flavor, either lemon or grapefruit or something in between.