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| - I was surprised to find a restaurant like Sarava on the east side of Cleveland. Having been to Shaker Square once, mostly for their farmer market on Saturday mornings (which is great by the way- I found butternut squash for cheap as well as amish apple butter), it was nice to walk into a nicer restaurant on the east side of Cleveland.
Walked in and was seated quickly in a nice little booth. A little dark to my liking, but a nice, well presented restaurants. Stuck with the restaurant week menu (I wish there was more selections), we ordered off of that..and I got a caipirinha to start off...which is a mix of a mojito and lime juice? It was okay.
Appetizers: Duck confit ravioli, goat cheese salad, or butternut squash bisque. I chose the bisque- GREAT. Not too heavy, not too thick-just right. The ravioli....looked small. The portion came out with three pieces. The salad was just that... a salad. But I was surprised the bisque wasn't too thick or had too much stock in it...it was pretty good. I like.
Entree: I got the pork tenderloin. It was good! Not too tough, not too heavy- was in this great sauce. I'm not a fan of mashed potatoes...so although I knew the dish had mashed potatoes, I wasn't a fan how it consumed about half my dish. It's meant to be a side! A friend next to me got the trout..which was quite good. I liked how it had pecans in it...and it wasn't overdone.
Dessert: I got the coconut butter cake. MMmm. Good! It was a tad too heavy though, for my liking- I finished about half the cake. Another friend got the peach cobbler...I took a bite out of his, and man, it was sweet. Too sweet. I think they put too much sugar when they were boiling the peaches for the glaze. But the winner of the night- I took a bite out of chocolate terrine- OMG, I should have gotten that. A flourless cake which was so so so so good. That was the winner of the desserts. :)
I would come back to Sarava. It didn't seem like a Brazilian place though- but... still, a nice place in Shaker Square to stop and have a nice dinner.
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