Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Froth Gorges on Tentecled Things And Baby Cow
Before the theatre last night, we dined at Bravo Franco on Penn Avenue. I've eaten here before, and its good, although I find it just wee bit expensive, but we had a gift certificate (thanks Mom&Dad) so what the hey!
I started with the sauteed calamari, and I wish more placed in town offered the tasty sea critters this way. Sure, you can get it fried just about anywhere, and that's fine, but I really prefer it sauteed, and it was just wonderful. The Misses had the wild mushroom soup, gone in a flash so it must have been tasty.
After salads, we moved on to the entrees. I LOOOOVE baby cow, and Franco's has quite a few veal dishes, and I settled on the Veal Romano. Quite good, in a light, lemony, egg batter. The Better Half had the Stuffed Trout Florentine, one of the house specialties. Both dishes were judged yummy by the consumers (us).
On to dessert! She had the ice cream roll, which reminded me of a dessert that Shoney's used to serve back in the day. I had a taste, and it was incredibly rich. There are only two desserts that I really like, and one of them, tiramisù, was on the menu, so I opted for that. It was a skyscraper of tastiness, I'd estimate about five inches high and two inches square, and quite wonderful!
Service was spotty. The attendents were very good about filling our water glasses and clearing away the plates, but our waiter seemed detatched, and strangely unattentive when compared with the other staff moving about the floor. He was quite knowledgeable about the menu, but seemed bored, and we waited ten minutes from the time our entrees were cleared until he arrived with the dessert menu.
Now for the bad part. Dinner for two, with ONE glass of wine, ran us $100.88!!! Hence why I'm not terribly impressed with Franco's. I've had food just as good around town, including downtown, but for a good 20-25 dollars cheaper. It is however, convienent to the theatres.
I started with the sauteed calamari, and I wish more placed in town offered the tasty sea critters this way. Sure, you can get it fried just about anywhere, and that's fine, but I really prefer it sauteed, and it was just wonderful. The Misses had the wild mushroom soup, gone in a flash so it must have been tasty.
After salads, we moved on to the entrees. I LOOOOVE baby cow, and Franco's has quite a few veal dishes, and I settled on the Veal Romano. Quite good, in a light, lemony, egg batter. The Better Half had the Stuffed Trout Florentine, one of the house specialties. Both dishes were judged yummy by the consumers (us).
On to dessert! She had the ice cream roll, which reminded me of a dessert that Shoney's used to serve back in the day. I had a taste, and it was incredibly rich. There are only two desserts that I really like, and one of them, tiramisù, was on the menu, so I opted for that. It was a skyscraper of tastiness, I'd estimate about five inches high and two inches square, and quite wonderful!
Service was spotty. The attendents were very good about filling our water glasses and clearing away the plates, but our waiter seemed detatched, and strangely unattentive when compared with the other staff moving about the floor. He was quite knowledgeable about the menu, but seemed bored, and we waited ten minutes from the time our entrees were cleared until he arrived with the dessert menu.
Now for the bad part. Dinner for two, with ONE glass of wine, ran us $100.88!!! Hence why I'm not terribly impressed with Franco's. I've had food just as good around town, including downtown, but for a good 20-25 dollars cheaper. It is however, convienent to the theatres.
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