» Pesce Restaurant

Pesce is a posh River Oaks seafood haven. It's glamorously upscale, but smartly understated, colored in warm, blond tones with marble accents.

The imaginative seafood creations--aggressively peppered with contemporary Asian, Mediterranean and Creole influences--live up to the pearly environs deliciously. Thai-style fried flounder is dramatic with three curvaceous fillets and spicy crabmeat-lemongrass rice. Mediterranean salmon is lavish in its tarragon crust, co-starring couscous, roasted red peppers and wild mushrooms. Giant, garlicky "Big Easy" barbecued shrimp and the lobster-slaw martini, to name a few, raise Houston dining to a new level.

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