But a special of orata ($17.95), a firm, mild-flavored fish, was overwhelmed by garlic -- something I never imagined saying about any dish.
To my taste, the best dessert was the cheese platter, enough for four people, with five generous samples that ran the gamut from sharp and firm to mild and creamy.
It turns the spotlight not only on well-known cheeses like Manchego and cabrales but also on rarer breeds like tetilla, a mildly tangy cow's milk cheese from Galicia, and Valdeón, a firm but mild blue cheese from Castile-León.
Dense, firm and mild at first with a sweet, minty-salty taste, then a freezing heat and a long and warming finish.
4 ounces firm but mild blue cheese, such as bleu des Basques, crumbled.
In ample supply off Montauk, tilefish may be more commonly seen on menus in warmer months -- at, for instance, Untitled -- but this firm and mild species, with a flavor not unlike lobster's, is fished year-round.
8. Golden Tilefish (local/regional) In ample supply off Montauk, tilefish may be more commonly seen on menus in warmer months -- at, for instance, Untitled -- but this firm and mild species, with a flavor not unlike lobster's, is fished year-round.
Unlike many Indians, Malayalees eat beef, but they eat a lot more seafood -- shrimp and crab and all sorts of ocean fish, notably seer, a mackerel with mild, firm flesh that looks like a miniature tuna.
