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| - Its a Tuesday night and my friend are I are sitting in the living room watching reruns on TV waiting for our gal pal to come home from her errands. Did I mention we are starving? The lady friend left about two hours ago for some errands. What that really means is a full manicure and pedicure.
So the gal pal finally gets home and we head out for some good eats. We waste about a gallon of gas before be finally decide on Nora's Cuisine. I've never eaten here before but I've heard good things about it.
We roll up around 8:15 and the place is pretty full. The hostess nicely asks if we have reservations. We decline. We were then told the wait would be about 10 minutes or so. After a brief glance around the room, I noticed a lot of empty tables, Hmmmm...? 10 minute wait?
We finally get seated and the hostess apologizes for the wait. She explains that the dish washer is not working at full steam (insert joke here) and the wait was more for the clean dishes than an available server. I am always willing to wait for clean dishes!
The menu looked decent for an Italian place. It has all the usual Italian fare one could ask for. You can pull up the full menu on their website. We finally decided to start with the Calamari Fritti and a simple Caprese Salad. My two friends both ordered the Shrimp Scampi and I decided to go for their best seller, the "Crazy" Alfredo.
The Caprese Salad came out first. We just wanted some greens, tomatoes and fresh mozzarella cheese drizzled with a light olive oil. We got exactly that. It was simple yet very tasty. Next out was the complimentary garlic bread. We started gnawing on the bread when the Calamari came out. I'm so glad we squeezed the lemon wedges over the golden crispy fried calamari because, at least now it had some taste! Ouch! The side sauce that came with it was pretty bland as well.
Out came the main dishes. The Shrimp Scampi looked pretty good. My dish looked awesome as well. How can you go wrong with the best seller? Well... To be honest I didnt read the whole description of the dish.
"Crazy" Alfredo - This best-seller features the classic fettucine Alfredo piled with chicken, sausage, jumbo shrimp... (Honestly. I stopped reading here. I should of read on.) ...porcini mushrooms, domestic mushrooms, roasted bell peppers, sun-dried tomatoes and jalapenos.
JALAPENOS? Yes. You read that right. Now dont get me wrong. I love japapenos on my nachos or mexican food... But in my Alfredo? To be honest, it was too much. I picked them all out and it really did look like someone took a huge handful and tossed it in. Maybe I'm missing the 'gourmet taste' of it or whatever, but I can definitely do without it.
The dessert selection didnt look too exciting so we decided to pass on it. Our final bill came out to around $70 before tip. Overall just an "A-OK" meal. Maybe I just ordered the wrong dish. Would I eat here again? Sure. I'd give it another shot. Next time I'd try the pizza or another large salad.
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