Rezaz Mediterranian Cuisine

We visited Rezaz on a Saturday with another couple for a 40th birthday celebration.  We were seated at a comfy table with a bench and pillows on one side and chairs on the other.  The decor was modern but cozy.

We ordered two appetizers - the mussels and calamari/shrimp.  The fellas seemed to enjoy the mussels, and I thought the calamari and shrimp were excellent with an Asian flair.  For dinner, we got the Leitao Assado (suckling pig), Taleggio Walnut Ravioli, Braised Rabbit Cacciatorre and Braised Lamb Shank.  We each tried the others', and the lamb was the clear standout with a smoky, almost gamy flavor.  The rabbit was good, but it had too much sauce, and it was a lot of work to pick out the rabbit bones.  The pork was the second best dish and was moist and tender. The worst of all of them was the ravioli; the ravioli itself was just okay, but the sauteed greens it came with tasted like bland spinach.  We all agreed some vinegar or something with tang would've made all the difference.

For dessert, we tried the Reese's Bomb cake, which was rich and divine, and a sample of the cookies, which were solid, but nothing to write home about.

All in all, a very good meal with attentive, friendly service.  it's not a must-return place, but I'd definitely stop in again if I found myself in Biltmore Village.

We had a perfect;y fine dinner here last night, but each dish, while hard to fault, seemed to just fall a bit short: A pistachio bisque which didn't taste of pistachios, but rather like a good split pea soup. A complicated flatbread with duck on it that was a bit chewy and didn't taste particularly of duck. Walnut raviolis which *did* taste of walnut, but which were decidedly al dente. A complicated duck, gnocchi and salad dish where the gnocchi were glutinous lumps in the midst of a very nice sauce. Dessert was a scoop of ice cream  and a scoop of gelato. Both were somewhat too sweet.

As I said, nothing was bad, but nothing was great, either.

The Sicilian veal meatballs are delicious.  Service was a little slow.