Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Another expensive mediocre meal at Vanessa's Bistro

Vanessa's Bistro on Solano was highly touted on Chowhound so after a hiatus of restaurant hunting, I took Clees and Steve for a celebration meal. The most promising aspect of the meal the salmon tuna poke- but it's hard to mess up poke. The quail was more than tad overcooked, the Miso Glazed halibut was quite ripe- perhaps the last night it could be served- as was the fish in the Chef's Special Seafood Claypot. The much recommended seafood coconut curry was okay. Note to self, never trust a stranger's review.

The dessert was regrettable in the case of bread pudding(too turpentine) or forgettable(cheese cake). I normally order creme brulee whenever I can and "nobody home" is all I could think breaking into the ginger creme brulee.

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