Fellini’s Cafe, Media, PA (USA)

Well, my regular Italian joint closed down a couple of years ago, and I’ve been looking for a regular spot with good food, reasonable prices, and decent atmosphere. There it was, right under my nose: Fellini’s Cafe in Media. The place is noisy and friendly, fairly priced and well-staffed. So let’s get the food. I like things simple, the old favorites. How about a caprese salad? Yeah, take a look:

Fellini’s caprese salad.

I like the little extras that came with that caprese salad, a little more flavor, a little more texture. This place is going all the way. Moving right along…

Fellini’s mixed salad.

Great dressing on those greens. Now for more of the usual done right  in a very, very big way, like spaghetti bolognese, enough for three people as the next photo shows:

Fellini’s spaghetti bolognese.

As long as we’re into pasta, let’s double down with the seafood linguine. Check it out.

Felllini’s seafood linguine.

Don’t even ask about dessert. No way was there room. Plus, there was plenty to take home for the next day. As mentioned above, service here is great and the prices are almost too cheap. It’s a good thing to have a place like this to drop in on a random day when you need a food fix. I look forward to becoming a regular.

Published in: on August 16, 2012 at 12:02 pm  Comments (1)  
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Azie for Appetizers

Azie (in Media, PA, USA) serves up some fine dishes. This is one of my regular watering holes, a place I go to for a snack and a dram (or two). Recently, they added a new egg-roll-type of appetizer, which I tried to good effect. Here it is:

Azie spring roll appetizer.

There was also a spicy tuna roll appetizer for contrast. Check it out:

Azie spicy tuna roll.

Presentation here is dynamite, real eye candy. And dig that glass of wine. They have some nice selections on the list at Azie, another good reason to stop in. Service is very good, which makes the experience that much better. Consistency counts, as you all know, and that’s why I’m a regular here. Enjoy your meals.

Published in: on August 6, 2012 at 10:27 am  Leave a Comment  
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Amuse Bistro, Aruba

Amuse Bistro in Aruba serves up inspired food as I discovered last night. So, let’s get right to it because there’s a lot of eye-candy here for you foodies. We sat down with a couple of generously-poured glasses of wine and along comes a little treat from the chef, a shot glass size sample of the potato soup. This was a great little palette teaser. Perusing the menu (which is shown at the end of this post) you’ll see there are many choices here. Well, we started with escargots as seen below:

Amuse Bistro, Aruba, escargots

Those little buggers were tasty and backed up by neatly sliced bread in an inventive way. There was also a chicken salad topped by a slice of crispy pancetta as seen in the next photo:

And then there was this inventive dish: Goat cheese with red bell pepper atop a puff pastry with sugared black olives. Check it out.

Amuse Bistro, goat cheese/red bell pepper pastry.

Yeah, that’s a chef who knows what he’s doing. Right? Of course! Now, let’s move on to the main course. I decided to go with appetizer size portions for the main course to save room for dessert. Here we go with a roast pork loin cooked EXACTLY right as you see here:

Amuse Bistro, Aruba, roast pork loin.

When I say that was cooked exactly right, I mean that you could cut it with a fork and each bite was full of flavor. Speaking of flavor, take a look at the shrimp and lobster linguine in the next picture:

Amuse Bistro, lobster/shrimp linguine (appetizer portion)

That was a nice combination as well. Moving along you see the scallops plated beautifully:

Amuse Bistro, Aruba, scallops.

Another work of culinary art there, eh? Absolutely. At last we get to dessert, which was a brownie with red wine ice-cream. Here you go:

Amuse Bistro, Aruba, brownie with red wine ice-cream.

All in all, a very fine meal, served by a staff that is highly professional. In fact, the staff was as much a pleasure as the food. They described the dishes, offered suggestions, and kept things moving at the perfect pace. Here I post the menu so you can see the very fair prices and options currently offered.

Amuse Bistro, Aruba, current menu.

Perhaps what I liked most about this (and there is A LOT to like) was the option to have appetizer size portions for entrees. These days I like to eat a variety of dishes and by having smaller portions I was able to make it through to dessert. In fact, next time I go to Amuse, which will be soon, I’m thinking about ordering several different appetizer to start and several more for the main courses and sharing them across the table like a family-style meal. There are lots of choices here and every one is good. Why hold back? Bon dia.

Published in: on July 28, 2012 at 11:05 am  Leave a Comment  
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On the Griddle, Aruba

Just got back from an early morning visit to the gym and it was time to refuel. Loaded up the griddle with some of my breakfast favorites, a couple of fried eggs, pepper jack cheese on top, grilled tomato, and some sautéed asparagus for contrast and wacky taste. Here’s the photo:

Breakfast on the griddle in Aruba

Add some turkey bacon, glass of juice, half a gallon of water… you’re all set. That little griddle has served me well, cooking breakfast and other meals for more than four years now. I did away with the full-size stove. It threw too much heat into the shack. Better to have a grill outside and this little Presto number on the inside. Efficient, inexpensive, perfect. Eat well. You’re worth it!

Published in: on July 10, 2012 at 1:50 pm  Comments (1)  
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