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| - As a vegetarian, there aren't many options for me to choose from at Nota Bene. I inquired ahead of time to make sure they had vegetarian options because on the menu online only listed meat or seafood mains. To be honest, I am not that interested in eating a salad or a basic veggie pasta for dinner if I make the effort to go out to a nice restaurant for a good meal. Why should I suffer or miss out on good food just because I choose to not eat meat? Anyway, so I inquired ahead and was offered a salad (pass), mushroom pasta (pass), a platter of steam veggies (boring!), or the chef can make a vegetable tart (sold!) and that tart was fab!
I ordered a mushroom salad ($17) to start. I believe it was chanterelle mushrooms or a mixture of that plus others on some mixed greens. It was a "special of the day" salad and I ordered it minus the meat.
For my main, I had the vegetable tart ($18). It had zucchini, tomato, roasted red peppers, cheese and sprinkles of truffles. This was simple and delicious. I would definitely come back and have this again if it is available. For dessert, I had a passion fruit sorbet ($8.00) and a cup of mint tea. The sorbet was delightful. I love the little flowers they put in.
Overall, it was a really enjoyable meal. Food was great, service was great, the only complaint I have about the restaurant is the fact that it was so hot and muggy when I was there. I think they must've left the AC off by mistake. Also, the restaurant was really noisy (think Beer Bistro level of noisy) so I felt like I had to yell just to talk to my friends.
That being said, I was really happy that they created a vegetarian tart off the menu for me and I hope this will eventually make it to the menu as a permanent item.
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