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| - Jacques Cafe is located in the corner of the Village Center Circle in Summerlin...very clean and surprisingly modern and rustic setting at the same time--the ambience above the price-point for sure.
It's easy to please with rare and expensive ingredients...it's much harder to keep the price affordable and delicious at the same time...Jaques Cafe does that incredibly well for me. They combine delicious home cooking featuring healthy, Vegan, and Gluten Free options with natural, organic ingredients.
We shared Miso soup, Rock Shrimp & Avocado Tacos, Provence Style Beef Short Ribs, Sterling Salmon Belly over pasta, and Cherry Pie...with a cup of Espresso.
The miso soup is made with organic, soy-free chickpeas miso with homemade salmon stock and seaweed at $1.95 for a cup...very flavorful and hearty--I was amazed to hear how chef Jacques made his own stock with Salmon bone. The Rock Shrimp & Avocado Tacos were so delicious!...with avocado and ginger sauce on top of the soft taco, these were one of my favorite tastes of the evening. The Short Ribs were marinated in red wine for 48 hours, then slow cooked for 4 hours...all organic, no hormones...only my tongue can testify how succulent it was. The pasta with the Salmon Belly was cooked perfectly al dente, and flavored with Shitake mushrooms in a beautiful cream sauce. We finished our meal with a Cherry Pie. It has the perfect amount of sweetness and a wonderful texture from the plentiful chunks of whole cherries...it went down so lusciously with a cup of Peet's Espresso.
JC offers Wine, Beer, Sake and Peet's Coffee and Mumi Organic Tea to pair or elevate your meals...though there are also standard soft drink options and mason jars for self-service water. There is a small section of dinner entrees that will cost you between $10 to $18.95 and they comes with choice of roasted vegetables or roasted red potatoes but most of their Lunch and Dinner items are less than $9.00! There is a kids menu that includes 6 options all priced at or under $5.20.
I don't know how they can deliver these fresh and good-for-you items with this price range, but I am grateful that we have this option.
- 2017 Review #11 -
P.S. as of February 2017, sadly Jacques Cafe is closed permanently...glad I was there.
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