Month: February 2008

Zinc, Charlottesville VA (Take 2)

Let’s try it again!

I decided to give this place a second chance, the first visit perturbed me, and maybe i was just being hard.  Second time around ordered appropriately, shared dinner and we tried:

  • spinach salad (with chunk bacon…errr lardons)
  • spicy cured sausage potato salad
  • beef bourginon
  • mashed potatoes

Spinach salad was nothing unexpected, a little small but nice dressing.  The potato salad was more interesting for the potatoes then the sausage which was a little bland.  Beef bourginon was what you would expect, nothing surprising, traditional french bistro.  And maybe that’s why i feel so conflicted about this place, the food makes me feel french bistro country kitchen but then they throw things at you that make you think french modern.  I thought you could put these things together, but it’s just not succesful for me here. 

I’d still go back, the dinner was satisfying, just not amazing or too memorable.

Nothing like homemade…

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CVILLE-6702, originally uploaded by minhi.

wow, it’s been a long time since i made my own espresso drink. and it almost looks like something, ok it was totally by accident, but at least i steamed the milk well enough to get something at all! this is a quad-cappucino made with very fresh Old World Espresso from Shenandoah Joes. A lot of crema and tasty.

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