I visited NOCA for restaurant week with a couple of friends. Was not my first time here. I love this place! I love getting an amuse bouche. We had some sort of tomato with capers and olives. I ordered the meatballs with polenta as my first course. I ate one and a half of the three meatballs and I was already full!
Then came the pork belly as our supplemental appetizer. Yum! It came along with some sort of frittata, but I don't think it had egg, so I guess its not a frittata! Anyway, it was delicious, whatever it was.
I opted for the up charge for the steak with chimicurri and smashed potatoes. The potatoes were delicious! The steak was tender, well seasoned and a decent size. I didn't love the chimicurri. I think they added olives to it, and I am not a huge fan of them. I only ate a quarter of the steak, so I got to take it home and enjoy again!
After our dinner, my favorite part of the meal came. The complimentary cotton candy! I always look forward to that.
Then came our dessert. My friends had the chocolate pudding or flan with cookies and i had the pana cotta.
Before we went home, they gave us each complementary a chocolate chip shortbread to t take home. Who doesn't love great food and freebies?