date:Sep 19, 2012
For dessert (all $8), the more familiar chocolate torte is accompanied by a less familiar cloudberry sorbet with a drizzle of blood orange olive oil that wrestles domination from the chocolate. A mildly flavored cardamom creme brulee is accented by lime and mint-macerated strawberries.
As good as it is now, Sundell is still growing and finding his groove. Plaj is a gift to the Bay Area; the food feels like Christmas, regardless of the month.