With all of the eateries in the Pheonix/Scottdale area, NOCA by far, stands up above the crowd.
It's a good thing I made reservations (Sunday night dinner) because without it, we may have ended up somewhere less desirable. I had reserved a table for 4 and at the last minute my travel partner invited his son who is a PHX resident. Oh oh! :( they may not be able to accomodate us I say... Let me call....
NOCA: well, I don't have a table for 5 unless you want to wait about 40 minutes or so.... come in anyway...let me see what can be done....
Well, leave it to NOCA who let us squeeze the 5th person to our table; a little tight but hey! sacrifce for a good meal I'd say.
The amuse bouche of the day is always a welcomed surprise. We got strawberries, creme fraiche and get this! Peppers! what a great combination and way to start the meal.
We had an assortment of main courses. This time, we decided against the pre fixe 4 course and had:
Wild King Salmon, seasoned and grilled to perfection sitting on a bed of polenta. baby veggies colored the plate.
Steak: perfectly grilled and seasoned with fingerling potato
Veal Chop: MY FAVORITE for the night; also grilled to perfection with some mustard greens.
Yes, the cotton candy... but we tried their pistacio icecream and crackers.
They had a guest bartender who could mix anything you could imagine; even if it wasn't on their cocktail menu. Got to hand it to NOCA for such innovation.
They were crowed but accomodated us with great service and great food! What more could we possibly ask for?