Platman steps back a bit with mikado salmon, a pretty, sushi-inspired dish. Pink salmon and white crab are coiled around each other inside a shell of crunchy Japanese nori, and the dish is sublime. Similarly, crab wontons have a delicate and creamy filling, and six make a generous appetizer.
Also delicious is a humongous portion of broiled tilapia brushed with aioli and served on garlic mashed potatoes — you’re better off sharing here. The sweet baby carrots are good but don’t go with the rest of the dish.
Bright red ravioli are used in a vegetarian dish with a mild porcini mushroom flavor. This dish has a gravy-like sauce, unusual for vegetarians, that is good at the table but doesn’t survive carryout. Lobster ravioli is pleasant enough, with a spicy tomato sauce, but the lobster taste is just not there. More successful is a tortellini entrée with portobellos and eggplant — two rich, sexy flavors in one.
I like the “red, white and greens” salad with its perfect spinach leaves, Gorgonzola, bacon and, yes, cranberries. And as long as the season lasts, ask for eggnog cheesecake for dessert. The nutmeg flavor is well served by the cranberry marmalade that makes up the sauce.
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