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| - When I first heard about this place going in to this little space in Scottsdale, I initially thought it was going to be an Italian restaurant...a cute little play on the Italian alphabet.
F'n A, F'n B, F'n C...I know...not really Italian at all...more Brooklyn and Bronx.
But it's not Italian at all...it's world food...world class, world of comfort, world food.
After a number of meals at FnB over the past year, I'm trying to recall a dish that didn't knock my socks off...and I can't think of a single item!
Last night was no exception!
Chef Charleen was in the kitchen giving everything from roasted chickpeas and a little piece of cheese, to fried green tomatoes and braised leeks, her special touch...innovative, imaginative, interesting...but never at the expense of the food itself.
She uses simple ingredients, her skill and imagination, and obvious love for the art of cooking, to make every dish special and astonishing.
One of the things I love about going to FnB is just walking into the place...You can tell it's going to be a great meal just from the fabulous aromas coming from Chef Charleen's kitchen...plus, who doesn't like the Technicolor floor in this place!
The Beautiful Carin and I have had a few things to celebrate lately and another terrific dinner at FnB seemed like a fitting way for us to enjoy a lovely Saturday evening together.
In addition to sharing our braised leeks and fried tomatoes and what-have-you, we spent our dinner feeding each other Red Snapper (pan-fried with a dusting of cumin and couscous) and pasta with bacon and morels...satisfying and rewarding entrees, that delighted us both with the flavors and with the quality of the food and the preparation!
A quick word about the service at FnB...and that word is "welcoming"...Pavle and his excellent staff encourage you to linger just a little bit longer...to enjoy your conversations and relax with your meal...to enjoy the ambiance and the fact that you are in another world for while.
So we did...with coffee, cordials (Chartreuse will set you free) and some of the best little sweet treats you will ever eat...Butterscotch Pudding that is sublime in both its simplicity and subtlety and Chocolate Date Cake...nutty, chocolaty and cinnamon-y.
People occasionally ask me to name my favorite restaurant...I know, that surprises me too!
When they do ask, I'm generally hard pressed to pick out one particular restaurant from the five or six that I would consider the best places I've ever eaten...and FnB easily falls in that top five.
But I will tell you that if I had to eat at only one restaurant for the rest of my life...I would do just fine at FnB!
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