Home Bistro (HB)

This was the kind of meal that just makes you happy. I went with two of my best friends and we were very excited about trying this restaurant. As soon as we walked in, we were greeted by both a smile and a delightful aroma. It was then that this food was going to be spectacular.

We were lucky enough to be seated right in front on this platform...so we were in the window basically (my friend even joked that we were like restaurant mannequins!). Our waitress was really fun and slightly crazy (in a good way). We immediately realized that this was a restaurant with an unpretentious air to it. It's all about the food, and not about putting on a show.

We ordered two orders of the bacon-wrapped dates and one order of the artichoke fritters. WOW. The dates were incredible, with just the right amount of brown sugar on them, and the artichoke fritters were outstanding as well. What really surprised me about the appetizers was that the portions were so big! We couldn't even come close to finishing the dates, and even each took some home.

For entrees, we ordered the mussels with truffle fries (a special they added yesterday), the salmon, and the pork. These were all truly culinary delights. There was literally a mountain of mussels in a delicious sauce, perfectly seasoned. TRUFFLE FRIES? um. Need I say more?? Life changing. The salmon was also wonderful, with a delicious crusted rub on the top of the fillet, and amazing lentils underneath. Finally, the incredible pork chops. Yes. Plural. There was seriously enough food for a small army. The pork had baked apples, chorizo, and cabbage around it. YUM. We were so happy.

The dessert was the interesting part of the evening. By the time we had ordered dessert they were out of the bread pudding, so they had a rhubarb/lemon meringue pie and a chocolate bundt cake that had "fallen apart" and wasn't being served. We tried the pie...and it was bad. There wasn't a crust, so there was literally rhubarb in a bowl with some eggy product on top. It had a mucusey consistency, so it was kind of unpleasant. We asked the waitress if she could just scoop some of the chocolate bundt onto a plate, and she did! That was much better, and we all got our chocolate fix.

I will DEFINITELY be back here. A lot. I highly recommend it!