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| - I decided to stop by since I was already on this side of town for work. From reading the Yelp reviews, I was very much interested in trying the porchetta (pr. por-KETT-a). I hate pronouncing things wrong, but now I know. I wasn't corrected but I heard the cook call out an order that way.
Luckily, I ran into another Elite there, Melia S and I asked her which sides were good. She convinced me to try the mac and cheese and a tip I saw from Emily R had me ordering the brussel sprouts with an open mind. I never had brussel sprouts that I liked but I knew these were fried and the fried version of anything should always be put in a separate category.
In this case, fried brussel sprouts belong on a pedestal compared to brussel sprouts prepared any other way. These were quarter-cut, fried and perfectly salted. They had a little tang to them, maybe lemon squeezed on them? I liked how some of the outer leaves got seperated in the frying processed and became "chips." Those ones were really good. The side dish was huge! Definitely plan on sharing or eating all of them while you're there because just like french fries, they will not taste great if you try to take them home for leftovers.
I enjoyed my porchetta, it had a crispy layer of skin, thick layers of fat and flavorful pork meat. It had pesto in between the rolls. I've never had or heard of this before so I have nothing to compare it to but I did enjoy it. The mac and cheese was good, pretty standard so not anything spectacular. I ordered a chocolate nutella pudding cup which was perfect to end my meal. Sometimes you just need a few bites of something sweet after your meal without having to commit to a whole big ole dessert. These pudding cups are perfect for that.
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