Ken's Birthday Dinner 2011 at HUE

HUE is a restaurant located in downtown Orlando at the corner of East Central Avenue and North Summerlin Avenue.
The website describes all of the awards and accolades that they have been awarded in years past.
It is visually appealing due to the 20-foot ceilings and the Minimalist style interior design.

It was on a Monday early evening and the place was relatively empty. Paul was our waiter through-out the meal and he was very cordial and attentive to our needs.
We started the appetizer course with a bottle of the Louis Jadot Pouilly-Fuisse. (Very good)

The first course consisted of Shrimp Cocktail Ceviche and the Tuna Tartare.
The tuna was very good and was served with avocado and a carrot-cucumber slaw with sesame ginger vinaigrette.
The shrimp on the other hand was tough and unappealing and not anything like a true ceviche.
Why on earth they would poach the shrimp to serve as a ceviche is a mystery.


Next came the Golden Lobster Bisque. I asked why it was termed "golden" and the response was that it contained yellow heirloom tomatoes. The soup was of the right consistency and tasted
very good.

For the main course we ordered the Pan Seared Grouper and the Roasted Lamb accompanied by a bottle of Freemark Abbey Chardonnay 2007. (Excellent)

The Grouper was perfectly cooked but it was flavorless. So was the accompanying Cous Cous.
That was a total waste of $28.
The Roasted Lamb though, was delicious. It was rolled in Prosciutto and stuffed with cream cheese and caramelized garlic and served over a bed of green lentils and root vegetables.

We checked out the deserts menu but did not find anything that demanded any further investigation.

We had hoped that HUE would be an exceptionally excellent restaurant.
It was not, but it was very good. Hue merits 3-Forks