Josh Shoen, the Executive Chef at Breeze is a rock start, a true rock star! The Nantucket Hotel & Resort is the home of Breeze, a wonderful restaurant set in a historical Grande dame of a hotel. The double front doors were opened for us by a smiling bellman, and then as we walked into a beautifully decorated lobby we were given a warm welcome by the front desk staff and a really cool steampunk whale that actually moves when you press a button! I mean “What a great first impression!” The restaurant was already bustling with several guest at the bar and the dining room and this restaurant has a secret ingredient called the patio. It’s a protected area off the restaurant that has more dining tables, a seating area with a fire pit and often live music! We were offered a perfect table by our hostess with two cozy navy wingback chairs in their main dining area. The décor is nautical, yet fresh, navy and white with lovely yellow curtains and is furnished mostly with comfy chairs. The menu had many choices and I didn’t know where to start, it all sounded so good. Our waitress, a delightful girl with a fabulous accent from South Africa, I think her name was Natasha was very familiar with the menu and able to make some wonderful recommendations. For appetizers we settled on the Caprese Salad and Korean Poke. OMG! The presentation was so beautiful, I didn’t’ want to eat it. The salad consisted of quick fried basil leaves, just enough to give it a crispness and hold the green color in while sitting among a trio of heirloom red and yellow cherry tomatoes and mini mozzarella balls mixed with a tasty pesto. Sprinkled among this were tiny jell like balsamic pearls. It was delicious! The combination of textures is what I enjoyed the most with each bite until I persuaded my dining companion to share her appetizer with me. The Korean Poke was just as beautiful. Perched on top of a grilled thick pineapple slice was a bounty of marinated tuna and poka dots of something called gochujang,