Squeaky Bean

It has been a while where I left a restaurant here in denver extremely satisfied.  5280 did not make a mistake by naming squeaky bean top 10 best new restaurant of 2010.  Located less than a mile from my school, I haphazardly decided on this place with my roommate 5 minutes after swim practice.

Our autumn squash salad featured 2 types of roasted squash.  The spaghetti squash was sandwiched between two crispy pistachio crackers.  The hollowed out sections of the delicata squash were filled with stracciatella, a mixture of mozzarella and cream that I was unfamiliar with.  The sweetness from the squash was a beautiful complement to the creamy and saltiness of the cheese.  A small frisee salad with a spicy mustard dressing was the 3rd component of this appetizer.

Our second small plate was roasted suchokes with a braised and crispy pork belly, poached apples, red onions, apple chips, frisee and a medium poached egg.  Each individual part was superb, but in combination was truly amazing.

We ordered the kobe beef short ribs entree which they generously split for us.  The meat was so tender, i felt so guilty eating it with the ratio of fat being at least 50%. You can probably see it the fat on the ends....The radishes 3 ways were interesting as was the asian style spicy cucumber salad.

Nothing from the dessert menu really striked us so we drove down the street to little man ice cream.  I was hoping for mocha chocolate chip but, it was not an available flavor, so i picked the salted oreo ice cream.  Delicious dessert for under $2.

Also, they have a $1 pints of ice cream to commemorate sub zero temps until 9pm tonight!

Plate Score: 9.5  


thanks brigitte! :)