We had yet another excellent dinner at Avec last night.
Pre-Bulls game the two of us went with 5 dishes (which was probably 1 too many):
Deluxe Foccacia - Good as ever
Warm red quinoa salad with apples, Napa cabbage, roasted parsnips, walnuts and raisins - Warm and toasty, kind of a nice dish at the edge of winter/spring
"La Quercia" prosciutto with honeycomb, orange zest, marcona almonds and black peppercorn vinaigrette - We usually get whatever the current version of this dish is. This wasn't my favorite version as the honeycomb dominated a little too much, but the black peppercorn vinaigrette gave the dish a bit more complexity than it would have had otherwise.
Seared snapper (doesn't appear on the current online menu and I can't remember what the fish was served over...something with radishes) - the snapper was wonderfully light and flaky, the skin was perfectly crisp and just a little bit salty/oily. This is probably one of the better dishes I've had at Avec, really just a wonderful piece of fish
Banger sausage with potato bread and apple mustard - I interpreted this as Avec's take on tailgate food. A great sausage on top of a hearty piece of potato bread that was nicely crisped around the edges. The mustard added a nice little bite to the whole thing.
At about 5:30 we snagged two of the last seats at the bar and the place was buzzing from then until we left. I was a little worried about the recent downhill alerts that some have sounded about Avec. In my opinion, however, Avec was operating at the same high level last night that I've experienced every time I've been.