On the rainy eve of my wife's birthday in December, the comfort food of El Dorado Kitchen helped warm our stomachs. While we waited for the restaurant to open its seating at 5:30pm, we sat on a leather couch in the fireplace room warming ourselves. The open kitchen permitted our senses to hear the flash frying of the french fries doused with truffle oil. Our noses smelled the truffle oil as the staff whizzed by with pomme frites dish in hand. We could almost hear the wood crackling in the 750F oven baking our pizza topped with sopressetta and egg. The duck pastrami was interesting and tasty. The lamb shank simmered in its pot so tender that when put the fork to the meat, it fell off the bone. We finished with the crepes dessert with vanilla ice cream and passion-fruit sauce . For wine, our Jayson Pinot Noir 2006 went well with our dinner. It was fruit forward, a long finish to the tongue with spice. The service was timely and helpful with our questions. We will go back and bring friends. They passed our "napkin test" when we returned to the table with our napkin folded.
