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| - I don't have the chance to venture far from east side suburbia too often, but I had the opportunity to have dinner at Fat Cats in Tremont a few weeks ago, and it was fantastic! It straddles the line between trendy, hipster, casual, and sophisticated all at once, and somehow, it pulls it off.
For full disclosure, I didn't pay for my three-course meal here. However, I was fortunate enough to be seated near other foodies who wanted to sample the menu, so I got to try a bite of a lot of things. As a result, I can vouch for:
--warmed goat cheese appetizer: you can never go wrong with goat cheese, but it's particularly good here. The tomato jam is a nice touch.
--crispy brussels sprouts: possibly my favorite of the appetizers, and while I like brussels sprouts, I don't know that they've ever been a favorite before! The crispiness is perfection and the dipping sauce is delicious.
--mussels: excellent. While I like white wine garlic sauces, I get bored of this being everybody's go-to, so it was great that Fat Cats went with red curry instead. It's sweet and spice and everything nice. Save your bread to dip into this.
--sweet potato fried shrimp: the only thing I felt "meh" about. They were good, but the sweet potato didn't come through as much as I would've thought.
--pan roasted salmon: at least 2/3 of the table ordered this, and for good reason. It's roasted to perfection-- crisp on the outside but still moist on the inside. I enjoyed the polenta and slaw that came with it as well.
--dessert: I can't find the dessert menu online and I forgot the name of what I ordered, but it was reminiscent of apple cobbler and it came with cinnamon ice cream and I loved it.
--drinks: apparently the cocktails are good, and they had a nice array of local and international beers. I had the Market Garden Citramax IPA, which is always nice to see on a menu.
I'm glad I had a chance to make it to Fat Cats, and I'd definitely Uber this way again to try even more of the menu.
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