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| - Bistro Narra was highly recommended to me by a friend a year or so ago and we'd been meaning to check it out since then. We ended up going with friends last month and enjoying it so much that we returned a couple of weeks later with our son.
Our first visit was on Thanksgiving weekend and we were surprised when we arrived at 6:30 p.m. to a completely empty restaurant. We were hoping that wasn't a bad sign, but were reassured by the waiter that it was just because of the holiday. Sure enough, on our next visit the place was almost full.
On both visits, the service was very good. Wait staff were attentive and very friendly. We started with an amuse bouche of cauliflower purée, olive, pesto and tomato. Very tasty. On the second visit, the amuse was a crostini topped with flank steak, a tomato sliver and aioli. Very yummy.
For appetizer I ordered the Chesapeake Bay blue crab cakes and they were absolutely delicious. Crispy on the outside and soft and moist on the inside. They were served with a miso glaze and green pea aioli. I enjoyed them so much that I ordered them again on our second visit.
My husband ordered salads on both occasions and raved about them both times. He had a smoked turkey and corn salad from the prix fixe menu on the first visit and a mushroom salad from the regular menu the second time. Both were very well-dressed and really delicious.
Other appetizers ordered were the soup of the day, which was squash and coconut soup (a hit), mussels with saffron cream (a big hit) and grilled and fried calamari which was served atop dressed greens with an aioli on the side.
On our first visit, three of us ordered the steak and lobster from the Prix fixe menu. The steak was good, as were the vegetables but the lobster tail was a little overcooked. The Schnitzel Narra was reportedly delicious with a lovely mushroom sauce.
On our second visit, my husband had the pistachio-crusted lamb chops with a barley risotto and he raved about all of it. I had the fillet mignon with black peeppercorn sauce, root vegetables and purple potatoes. The steak was cooked to a perfect medium rare and the portion was very generous.
Our friends chose two desserts from the pastry case. One was a creme caramel and the other a chocolate swiss roll. They were very happy with both of them.
We're so happy to have found this gem in our neighbourhood and will most definitely be returning.
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