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| - Decided to check out Zest with my out of town friends in tow and was rewarded with a great dinner.
We started with the eggplant cheesecake and the grilled scallops, both of which were excellent, but the cheesecake really stood out for being something that none of us had before.
We didn't realize that then were going to be treated to a great complimentary salad, freshly tossed table-side with an assortment of ingredients, including, as Stevey already mentioned, citrus, cranberries, and nuts.
For entrees, one friend ordered the special of the day, which was the marlin, another friend ordered the catfish gumbo, and I got the citrus crusted chicken. I'd say I liked my dish the best - the chicken was juicy and marinated to perfection, as was everything else on the plate. My friend's marlin was good, but my other friend's catfish gumbo was really salty. Too salty for her to eat much of it. However, the desserts more than made up for it - the chocolate bread pudding bananas foster was awesome, mostly because the chocolate wasn't overbearingly rich and in dire need to be washed down with a tall glass of milk like many desserts are. The orange cranberry cheesecake was also excellent.
The service was top notch, and even though we were seated in the middle of a very busy dining room, the atmosphere was good, it never got too loud, nor did it really feel crowded.
Will definitely be back again.
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