Veritas Wine & Bistro

The other night Chef Tai demonstrated why I fell in love with this place when it opened: that unbeatable combination of innovation and healthiness. That's not easy to pull off, and most people don't bother, preferring to just pile on more fat fat fat fat fat fat and leave it at that. Not here they don't.
I'm one of those people powerfully influenced by properly photographed images of food. And by that I mean the well done professional ones top notch restaurants upload to their web sites, not the grainy out of focus ones amateurs like myself (and many others on Yelp) upload. If I see a pic that is something obviously gross and unhealthy and blood sugar rush coma inducing like a greasy pile of fries covered in melted cheese, I head in the other direction. If I see something like that which appeared on Chef Tai's website the other day, I head there.
The sablefish was a beautiful cut of a sustainably harvested very healthy Alaskan deep-water fish served in a beautiful presentation. How can something this rich be healthy? It is...and it looks damn pretty. The "unified" Ahi tuna tartare (the pun: there's uni on top) was served on a bed of quinoa (Yeah, healthy!) mixed with amazing seasonings and what appeared to be currants (cranberries?) and was off the chain. Last one of the trio I sampled was a fantastic monkfish (alas not so sustainable these days) on a bed of veggies and corn puree. I bow to Chef Tai's innovation here, and the man really seems to have fun doing it too.
I will repeat again, this is THE place to go for seafood in BCS. This is THE place to go to eat healthy and not limit yourself to salads. I have so much respect for a restaurant that goes out of its way to cater to the folks in BCS who take personal health seriously, and I am not at all surprised as to the number of health conscious customers who I run into here (some quite famous in this community) on a regular basis.
If Chef Tai ever quits his day job, I hope its to open a catering service to deliver what is irritatingly referred to as "spa cuisine" to his legion of fans. So happy when this place gets its groove back.

Party of 5, went for lunch on ring day.

Service was a bit slow, but that's okay because the food was absolutely incredible. For lunch we got the crab cake trio, banh mi, avocado BLT, tomato soup & salad, and a spicy tuna roll. Every single thing we got was excellent. The portions are small, but filling.

We also got the Spanish almond Basque cake, which took quite a while to make, was a little bit overcooked/dry, but it was still delicious.

We didn't get any wine, so we can't say anything about that. The food was excellent and the service was fine. Definitely the best restaurant in CS that I've been to. I will return, hopefully often.

RUN TO VERITAS! RUN!!! Veritas is literally the best restaurant in College Station. The Chef's tasting menu is TO DIE FOR! We have done it several times as well as the wine pairings and it was exceptional. If youre looking for a nice meal, definitely visit Veritas!!