Bones Baby!

For the past couple of years, my friend Meghan and I have been taking each other to dinner for our birthdays.  It was my turn to take her.When I asked her where she wanted to go, all she kept talking about was the place with the Lobster Ramen. I had never heard of such a thing, so naturally, I Googled it. Imagine my surprise to find out it was being served right by my house at a restaurant called Bones, on the corner of 7th and Grant.  I have lived just up the street from Bones since it opened and have never gone in. I had always just assumed that it was simply a wine bar. It is, but they also serve Asian fare, primarily noodles dishes. It turned out to be quite a surprise.
We stared out with the Escargot Potstickers, and they came with this amazing sauce. I don't know how I have been lucking out with sauces lately but hey, I'm not complaining. We enjoyed our potstickers with a couple of Tsunamis, a cocktail made with with sake, blackberry liquer, and ginger ale. For our entrees, Meghan obviously went for the Lobster Ramen, and I had the fish special. We'll start with the Ramen; it came in a gigantic bowl full of noodles and large pieces of lobster and edamame. The broth was a buttery miso. You have the option to have a poached egg served on top, and the yoke breaks into the broth, making it creamier. I thought it was decent, and Meghan said it was basically what she expected but without the "wow" factor she was hoping for. I have to say I agree. Good, but not something to write home about. My entree was fabulous though. It was a filet of snapper served over a bed of vegetable noodles. What I mean by "noodle" is that the vegetable was in fine, long shreds and cooked like noodles. The whole thing was in this garlic sauce with some other stuff that I couldn't distinguish but that made it phenomenal! I really enjoyed every bite of my meal. I wish that Meghan, this being her birthday dinner, would have been as blown away as I was. But she did enjoy her overall experience. For a dish that has supposedly put this restaurant on the map, the Lobster Ramen was not as spectacular as it should have been or could be. But nevertheless, if you have not tried Bones, then you should make a trip.