I was immediately drawn to the menu at Seven Reasons - upscale Latino- because of the rice dishes. I love these kind of Spanish rice dishes (like paella but not called that), and Seven Reason has four of them on the menu, Four! Normally I consider myself lucky if there’s one.
I was only in the market for one dish, and I tried the Rice in the Woods, a play on Hen in the Woods mushrooms which are featured in this dish.
I adored everything about this dish, from the texture of the Bomba rice, the woodsiness of the mushrooms, the fresh greens, and the trio of potent sauces served only in dabs so they subtly enhanced the dish. Restraint and excess at the same time.
I was also gifted this amuse of cauliflower soup, which was very welcome. It can be very annoying when chefs feel obliged to add white truffle oil, a fate that was avoided here.
I would have eagerly tried all four rice dishes. If the one I had is any indication, I expect them all to have the same Wow factor.
