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My friend and I went to Luz Restaurant in Brooklyn for their Earth Day celebration, as I wrote about here and here.

I have finally gotten around to posting the photo I took of the “lights out” dinner on Earth Day, April 22! You can see this photo above and at my greenbk flicker account.

Now for the review:

The meal started with a delicious bruschetta of fresh lightly grilled bread (no electric toasters here).

The first course was a delicious pea soup, that was fresh and refreshing, and certainly not your typical pea soup. We knew we were in for a treat.

The salad was a fairly standard salad with sliced pear, pecans (I think) and a nice vinaigrette. Like all the dishes — as we came to find out — the ingredients were fresh and organic and the presentation was on par with the quality of the food.

Up next was, to me, the true highlight of the meal. Ceviche. Ceviche is a marinated raw fish preparation typical of Peru. Let’s just say that if you have the chance, try it! This ceviche was sliced mahi mahi dressed with mandarin orange and what I believe was called a Japanese salad consisting of seaweed and another green topping. It was splendid. Fresh, delicious, a nice little chili kick, and it looked great even in the dim light. Con saborrr!

My main course was a barbecue pork dish. It was grilled to perfection, and the barbecue sauce was clearly the chef’s own recipe. Delicious. The side was three grilled corn skewers (probably the weakest item I had, could have been cooked a little longer). All in all very satisfying.

My beverage of choice was a great amber organic lager from Peak Brewing Company — a new one to me, and definitely added to my list of organic beers to look for!

I was raving about the ceviche, and the bbq was right on the money, but the desert might have crept up from behind to be the highlight of the entire night. It was a perfectly-prepared grilled pear and grand marnier crepe dish. Even on a full stomache you couldn’t help but eat it all. It’s anybody’s guess how they were able to pull off such a delicate dessert with hot and cold components given the fact that they did not use any electricity in preparing the meal.

Oh, and speaking of sabor! The live, unplugged Afro-Cuban jazz group that was jamming away in the dark throughout the course of the meal was SMOKIN‘!

All-in-all, it was probably one of the best meals I’ve had in ages, and that includes a few nights out at excellent restaurants in NYC that were not organic and certainly not “sin luz”.

Two thumbs up. 5 stars. Highly recommended. Enjoy!

Tags: Afro-Cuban Jazz, Ceviche, Earth Day, Flickr, Luz Restaurant, Organic, Peak Brewing Company

Category: Culture, Energy Conservation, Green Business, Sustainable Food

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