Rise No.2

It's been a while since I've been back to Rise.

Always loved their set up, put a little European in the middle of Uptown.

Love the wine rack.

Great attention to details.

We decided to split the cheese plate, which came in 3 types, 4 types, or 5 types.

Let's just admire the beautiful display of cheeseeeeeeeeeee.

Cute little plate of 3 types of cheese, there's Bardy Buzzed from Utah, St Andre's brie from France, and forgot the last one, sorry... BUT!  It comes with chutney, walnut, fig, pickle and olives to go with the toasts.

So, we split the dishes, which makes the lunch that much more fun.  You get to try a bit of this and that, and not feel like a pig. 

This is the Cauliflower & Brie.  You definitely can taste the brie, the cauliflower you know it's there, but not over empowering at all.  Sorry, missed the soufflé's shot.

The other dish we shared was the Salad Nicoise, which is seared Tuna with sliced egg, potato, tomato, with onion on top of a bed of greens.  Since their size is pretty generous, sharing is just right.

Of course, I have my priority straight, and that is, to save room for the Chocolate Soufflé.  This is so delectable.  The server, first create an opening and then drizzle the chocolate sauce into the space and the soufflé deflates some, and then drizzle more on top of the dish.  Oh my goodness, just wonderful. It was nice and piping hot, but it is not too sweet as one might suspected.  It is so fun to do this.

Ran into another set of friends, turns out they do cooking classes there in the shop.  So, that's something to consider if you're trying to think of something to do for a small group.  

That said, no matter if it's a holiday or not, dinner or lunch always make a reservation.  They do get filled up quickly.

Rise No. 2

1700 Post Oak Blvd

#290

Houston, TX 77056

713-850-7473

http://www.risesouffle.com