Tangerine

Frommer's Review

This is the ultimate in chic Isla Verde dining, and it just happens to lie adjacent to the street-level reception area of the Water Club . Hailed by many international food critics, it glows in its much-deserved praise. Minimalist, postmodern, and angular, and outfitted in monochromatic colors that include steel gray and navy blue, it has a prominent bar area in back, bubbling waterfalls, big-windowed views of the tropical landscapes outside, and an occasional and rather whimsical reference to the orange-colored fruit that gave the place its name. Lighting radiates gently outward from the kind of ultra-glam fixtures that makes ordinary-looking people look good and beautiful people look fabulous. Menu items include such appetizers (the restaurant rather coyly refers to them as "foreplay") as crispy Vietnamese lobster rolls with mango-based sweet chile and avocado-minted melon relish; citrus-cured yellowfin tuna tartare. For a main course, try cassia-smoked breast of chicken with sweet garlic potato purée; and Asian-herbed crusted Colorado lamb chops with garlic-flavored mashed potatoes and a sauce made from goat cheese, pulverized cucumbers, plum-flavored sake, and yogurt. Dessert might be a lemon-lime crème brûlée.

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