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| - Ok...I wanted to go someplace different. We were in a restaurant rut, so I used yelp to just browse some places in the area. When I saw cafe boa, I realized that I hadn't been there in about 13 years....time to check out the menu. So I checked out the menu online and I was hooked...couldn't wait to get there. We walked in and the ambiance was very nice...romantic, but not overly dark. When we sat down, my husband looked at the menu and said "what can you eat here?"...referring to my wheat allergy, but I had seen the menu online so i said.."oh, just look" and grabbed the menu.
My heart sank when I saw something completely different than I had seen online. Where was the Sicilian street corn? Where was the rakija bar? And the farro risotto? And the meat and cheese board? Well, apparently I had seen the menu fit the Mill Ave location and they were drastically different.
We were here and already seated, so I had to make the best of it..not much in the gluten free arena, but I settled on the Roma salad with chicken. My daughter had the gnocchi and my husband had the voodoo penne.
WOW...the Roma salad was absolutely delicious. The tomatoes were perfect...not gooey...really firm. Large slices of buffalo mozzarella, the chicken was moist, not the standard salad chicken you usually see, and the basil was fresh, all topped with balsamic and some fresh ground pepper...truly wonderful.
My daughter enjoyed the gnocchi. The sauce want overpowering, and the gnocchi themselves were quite tender instead of the standard thick globs of dough you often get at restaurants.
None of us finished our meals because the portions were generous.
An evening that started out tenuously ended well.
Although there admittedly isn't much on the menu that I can eat, I'll be back because what is there is exceptionally well done.
P.S. maybe we'll hit the Mill Ave location next week for my birthday to check out what looked like an amazing menu.
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