Preview

Not knowing that Urban Swank had gone to Preview around the same time we went...  

Their review is more of a highlight of their visit, this is a recap of my revisit... lookout, picture heavy!

Pretty pretzel bread with cute butter.

We are off to a great start!

This is our amuse bouche, which was fried octopus with kumquat and coke gastrique.  You would think the dish would be sweeter than it should, but amazingly enough, it balance out very nicely.

This is their Yellowtail Crudo - which has lime zest and candied garlic.  The little dots in between are blueberry gastrique.  You do need to experience the entire palette together to appreciate the dish.  

This is New Zealand King Salmon with edamame puree.  This was interesting, since I've never had edamame puree before, but it works out nicely.  It's a perfect summer dish.

This is my favorite dish of the entire meal, this is Ceviche with snapper chips, yes, those are snapper!  There are scallop, tuna and avocado in a mix, and you don't get that sour taste that you normally get with ceviche.  

So good, had to have another picture!

This is the well talked about Lobster Bisque.  I think all of us were hoping it'd be more soup. Instead, the amount was more like gravy to cover the fried lobster.  Our server told us that it takes 48 hours to make.  Sadly, our lobster wasn't cooked thru, so it was kinda cold in the middle.  I think we would've love it if it was truly a bisque (aka soup).

This is seared scallops with yam gnocchi.  We loved the gnocchi that we all wanted more of it.  Of course, the whole thing dosed with more truffle oil would not hurt either.  Yum!

This is another of their signature dish, KFT! Kentucky Fried Tuna.  Amazedly it is very floral, they used peached to balance out the salt palette.  And since it's fried, it's definitely crunchy.

This is Mahi Mahi with butternut squash.  The fish wasn't good, but the squash was very good.  The fish was spicy after you taste and a bit salty for my taste.

Squid Rivioli - it was more tough than I imagined, but it was definitely interesting.  Inside has feta cheese, shiitake creme and pecan.

This is Apple Tortellini with two different sauces, one is pesto and the other is tomato.  The pesto is superb, I highly recommend the entire dish with pesto.  The tomato was a bit spicy, and it wasn't as tasty as the pesto. 

This is another of their Signature Dessert, which is Chocolate Ripped Strawberry.  The chips are strawberry yogurt like taste, it went together nicely, too bad there weren't alot to share.  

Our server had offered us an off the menu dessert, as it turns out they were out of it, so instead, they sent us blueberry cheesecake with taro paste.  It was pretty tasty.

Overall, the place was beautiful, the food is creative and good.  With minor issues here and there, it can be great.  The only thing is the location.  While I understand real estate is touch out there.  Preview is in the deep of Sugarland.  While I know people in Sugarland deserves to have great cuisine in their backdoor, that may not be able to sustain business-wise.  When we were there for dinner, there were our table and we basically order one if not two of everything on the menu.  Besides us, there were one couple came in later.  If that's the cover you do, not sure how that's sustaining the rent and the fresh ingredients they flown in.  While, being in Town Center is probably more suitable, Preview could provide another options for the rest of the folks in the area.  Truly, for this type of fusion and creativity, they are best suited for inside the loop crowd.  While totally understand the reluctant of selling out, we worry how long they will be in business.  Please don't go away.

Preview Modern Seafood

4645-C Highway 6

Sugarland, TX TX

832-939-8968

http://www.previewmodernseafood.com/