Bennett's Pure Food Bistro (review)
Aug. 24th, 2008 12:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsOmaha and I went to Bennett's Pure Food Bistro on Mercer Island, a restaurant that specializes in gourmet meals prepared with local foods and products with low food miles (except the wine; France is okay for the wine, apparently.)
We started with an order of crab cakes, then Omaha ordered the Salmon with Lemon Risotto and saute'd vegetables, while I had BBQ Pork with Mac & Cheese and saute'd vegetables on the side. Neither of us ordered any wine: Omaha doesn't drink it, and I was driving.
The crab cakes were a marvel of presentation: two small crab cakes on a plate of mixed greens with two swaths of sauce: an orange sauce, and a pesto, and both were very delicious. But it was tiny food for the price.
Then came our meal. The BBQ pork was tender, and the sauce had little high notes of basil and coriander that you just don't expect in a BBQ sauce. The Mac & Cheese was gently baked on top, and had some bleu in it, so I rated it incredible. Omaha's salmon was delicious, but she thought the risotto had a bit too much lemon in it.
There's one thing about the restaurant, though: it's loud. I didn't enjoy that feature at all. I'd been there once before with the very lovely![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kaelisinger and we'd gotten a seat along the front windows near the bar. It's much quieter there: make sure you ask for those seats if you have that opportunity.
We started with an order of crab cakes, then Omaha ordered the Salmon with Lemon Risotto and saute'd vegetables, while I had BBQ Pork with Mac & Cheese and saute'd vegetables on the side. Neither of us ordered any wine: Omaha doesn't drink it, and I was driving.
The crab cakes were a marvel of presentation: two small crab cakes on a plate of mixed greens with two swaths of sauce: an orange sauce, and a pesto, and both were very delicious. But it was tiny food for the price.
Then came our meal. The BBQ pork was tender, and the sauce had little high notes of basil and coriander that you just don't expect in a BBQ sauce. The Mac & Cheese was gently baked on top, and had some bleu in it, so I rated it incredible. Omaha's salmon was delicious, but she thought the risotto had a bit too much lemon in it.
There's one thing about the restaurant, though: it's loud. I didn't enjoy that feature at all. I'd been there once before with the very lovely
kaelisinger and we'd gotten a seat along the front windows near the bar. It's much quieter there: make sure you ask for those seats if you have that opportunity.
