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By 👻 @Felisa F., 02/22/2020 3:00 am
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3.5 Unfortunately, ALDEA is closing tonight and perhaps that comes across in the dining experience my friend and I had this past weekend. I've walked by the restaurant a million times in the 10 years that it was open in the Union Square-area and only decided to eat there in its final days. Maybe in its hey day it was a Michelin Star kind of place, but not anymore. I was uninspired by the food and the service. We had the four course prix fixed menu, which by the way, online indicates it's $89. Imagine my surprise when I sat down and saw it was $94. I'm not one to quibble over $5 but this left a bad taste in my mouth. I will mention that the hostess and the bartender were delightful when I arrived early for the reservation. The hostess immediately offered to check any items I had and asked if I want to sit at the table before my friend arrived. Huzzah for not making you wait until your whole party is there. I decided to sit at the bar and have a glass of vinho verde [$15]. What I particularly enjoyed was the bowl of complimentary popcorn you get while you sit there. Oh, and the barstools are velvety soft and padded. My butt was happy. When we were shown to our table, the hostess had someone bring my half full glass of vinho verde to me. Okay, she was really impressive. This [and the pasteis de nata] accounts for my rounded up rating. Then things kind of just flattened out.Every time a dish came out to our table, the server always gave me my friend's order and visa versa. Strange. We also received the amouse bouches at the same time as our first course. Strange again. One amouse bouche was a potato soup, which was quite tasty. The other was a sort of gel thing that was semi hard and didn't work as a palette cleanser. I ordered the jamon serrano which was great because how can jamon not be great? It was presented on a cutting board alone. There were no accompaniments, no bread, no jam, nothing. Okay... The only bread at our table was the complimentary one served with soft butter and olive oil. It was good. Next up was the shrimp alhinho which came with two clams and a trace of a mussel. It smelled a little too fishy for my liking. It was actually a forgettable dish and that's bad considering it's one of their signature. The arroz de pato was more interesting. The duck was cooked nicely and I enjoyed the texture contrast of the cracklings with the softness of the rice. The bits of sliced olive were a nice touch of saltiness. The dots of orange on the side served as a good hint of acid. Now dessert: The pre-dessert was totally forgettable [sense a theme here] and came out at the same time as our dessert. Strange. I don't even remember what it was. Anyway, we both order the pasteis de nata because I'm still trying relive my time spent traveling in Portugal.The pasteis de nata [two to a serving] were larger than normal and were glorious. It brought me right back to the sunny streets of Lisbon, eating these beauties on the sidewalk. My friend was quite ecstatic too- he's never had a pasteis de nata before. I also had a tawny port because for some reason they didn't serve ruby port. Strange. The waiter handed us our check before we even had the chance to ask. I was still finishing my port. We spent over $300 for a subpar [and strange] experience. I'm disappointed, especially if this was to represent Portuguese cooking and hospitality.
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