| rev:text
| - We gave the Bistro another try last night and this time we had a truly wonderful experience! We noticed right away that the menu was different than last time we were here, and sure enough, Marcelino confirmed that they changed it and expect to make a few more tweaks to it in the near future. That is great, see what works, and what doesn't and move forward accordingly!
Speaking of Marcelino, he took excellent care of us - he is a true professional! We were impressed with his service on our first visit, and even more so on our second visit. Definitely 5 star service!
Ok, so on to the rest. Since this was not a special occasion, we weren't going for a high end wine. We ordered an Italian red - Anterra Merlot. For $25, this was a good dinner wine...very drinkable & it paired nicely with our food.
We decided to give the Calamari ($10) another try and I am so glad we did. This time it was much more flavorful. We noticed that it looked like there was more spices in the light breading and they had also breaded and fried a couple of peppers with the calamari... we didn't remember seeing that the first time. Again, I like the fact that they serve their Calamari with both a marinara sauce for me and an aioli sauce for my hubby. We were very pleased with this appetizer.
Tonight we decided to try the stuffed mushrooms ($10) as well. Wow, they were good! Stuffed with spinach & cheese and topped with melted mozzarella... yum! I was not a big fan of the mayo-based aioli style spread underneath the mushrooms, but that was easy enough to avoid. I would probably order these again.
We both ordered the Ceaser salad ($8 each). Honestly, with the 2 appetizers, we should have ordered one salad and split it, because by now, I am already starting to feel full, oops! Or, it would be nice if they would offer the option of 1/2 salad... that way, hubby could get the full size Ceaser salad & I could do a half salad. So about the salad... the lettuce was fresh, croutons big & crunchy, and there was a nice amount of shaved parmesan. Our only disappointment in the salad is that it was really lightly dressed...as in you could barely taste any dressing. I am not a fan of the places that douse your salad in tons of dressing, but this was too light. I suppose we could have asked for a bit more dressing, but honestly, we didn't think of it at the time. Maybe next time I will order dressing on the side, that way I can put as much as I'd like without it being too much.
For my entrée, I was torn between the Cannelloni Florentina ($17) and the Eggplant Parm. I knew I wanted something with a red sauce, and either a chicken or vegetarian dish. (I typically love seafood, but was not in the mood for pesce...and I don't eat beef or pork, so none of those offerings appeal to me.) I ended up going with the Cannelloni Florentina, crepes stuffed with ricotta, spinach, mozzarella, and topped with red sauce. It was very flavorful and filling. With the 2 appetizers and salad, I definitely had enough leftover for lunch the next day.
My hubby chose linguini with clams & white sauce ($18) for his entrée. I took a bite and it was pretty good. The portion size was good for him and they did not skimp on the clams.
So, this time we did not save room for dessert since we started with 2 appetizers.
Based on this experience, we will definitely be going back. Looking forward to seeing what else they do with tweaking the future menus!
Speaking of tweaking the menu, personally, I'd like to see more options for people who don't eat pork/red meat... for example, both the bruschetta and aranchini appetizers have some sort of pork product incorporated in it, so its not something I would order. In the pasta/entrée sections it would also be nice to see some other options such as ravioli or tortellini offerings with a choice of cream sauce or red sauce and the ability to add a meat or seafood of choice (like chicken or shrimp).
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)