Nine-Ten Restaurant Review
Grande Colonial Hotel
910 Prospect St. (Drury Ln.) 
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La Jolla, CA 92037
858-964-5400 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
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Nine-Ten Restaurant is one of our 2012
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Nine-Ten is also one of our Top 10 Molecular Restaurants in the U.S.
Cuisine
Open
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner dailyFeatures
- Heart-healthy dishes
- Romantic setting
- Private room(s)
- Full bar
- Reservations suggested
- Outdoor dining
- Valet parking
- Casual dressy
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 Nine-Ten’s worldly yet unpretentious Jason Knibb (who has Jamaican roots and has worked from Poland to Maui) continues to develop as a chef. His fine menu, once seasonal and quite satisfying, has grown into something exceptional. Case in point is his raw sampling. This combination of four sashimi dishes is like a piece of art, but edible. The flavor standout is the Hawaiian tuna with hearts of palm, orange, yuzu, compressed banana, jalapeño, micro mustard greens and powdered nori. The visual winner is the Tasmanian salmon belly with Straus creamery yogurt, celery and Granny Smith apple matchsticks, golden char roe and sansho. Through the use of a little molecular gastronomy, Knibb gives a striking presentation of the yogurt as poached egg. Another experimental and successful dish is the Jamaican jerk pork: tender cubes of pork, baby carrots, Swiss chard, plantains, sweet potato and black-eyed peas are delicately draped with sheets of spicy gelatin. The port-braised beef short rib with mushrooms and white truffle emulsion is a menu mainstay, but the roasted rabbit roulade is a more interesting choice. Paired with a nettle purée, Thumbelina carrots, English peas and house-made pancetta, this tender meat is swathed in a slightly salty rabbit jus. Desserts from pastry chef Jack Fisher may include hazelnut cake, served warm with figs and Concord grape sorbet, or caramelized white chocolate mousse.
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