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NEW WeIRD DiffERNt Special and Limited Edition Foods Out There January 2019

There is ALWAYS something New, Different, Weird, Limited and Special Edition out there in the wonderful world of food. I never know WTFork I’ll come across when I go to a store. Here are a few of the things I came across recently. Up above are Limited Edition Pop-tarts in Frosted Strawberry and Drizzled Cheesecake. I just don’t know….I get frosted strawberry but why would you want cheesecake in your toaster?

Here’s a Party Tray of Grilled Pumpkin…..I never dreamed that there are party trays for sale of grilled pumpkin out there….That’s different…and maybe Weird.

This is kind of weird……FROZEN Organic Zucchini Spirals imported from Italy. Why would anyone want soggy frozen zucchini….? Not that anything is wrong with Italy but why frozen zucchini from Italy when we can eat fresh zucchini all year long grown fresh in America???? I also don’t understand why anyone would freeze spiral cut zucchini…..

WEIRD!

How about Tri Color Seedless Grapes….now that isn’t anything new different, weird limited or special edition but it is WEIRD that we have Disney Mickey Mouse Grapes ……Rats I just don’t know about Micky Mouse Food?

It can be Thanksgiving any day with Trader Joe’s Turkey and Stuffing Flavored Potato Chips.

This is strange…….Bitchin’ Sauce Almond Chipotle Dip……….????? Almond Chipotle Dip?????? Maybe people bitched that it didn’t taste good????? Bitchn’ Sauce??????

Sweet and a bit Sassy Dr. Pepper Beans…..???…….I don’t know?…Dr. Pepper Soda is a combination of 23 flavors that taste sort of cherry-ish…almost cola-ish……I don’t know if that flavor works well with beans…..Maybe they give you double gas….you know musical fruit combined with carbonation….might need to change underwear.

Foster Farms Honey Sriracha packaged Chicken for when your too lazy to just pour honey and sriracha on your plain packaged chicken.

Food Network’s Pioneer Woman packaged Country Fried Steak………..?

Planter’s Limited Edition Roasted Cashews with Milk Chocolate and also Limited Edition Roasted Almonds with Dark Chocolate…….For when your feeling like a nut….but with a little chocolate.

WOO-HOO I found Banana Shallots from France. They are different. So easy to peel….these are sweeter than the regular shallot in the far right corner. I’ll miss them when they are gone.

Limited Edition Holiday Peppermint and Quinoa Dark Chocolate Bark……? Nothing makes me feel more festive than a little Quinoa in my Forking Chocolate……….WTFork?

Limited BOTANICAL Edition of Dark Chocolate Violet Marshmallows……..might be good but this one sure doesn’t sound appetizing. Ompah Ompah Ompah-dee-doo! I got another Forked up one for you!

I thought this was a Dog Snack at first but it’s for human consumption. Wilde Grain Free 100% *Natural* Chicken thin and crispy Jalapeño (made from chicken and tapioca flour) Chicken Chips……….?????? I think my dogs would love them!

I’ve come across several new Asian soups and broths. Here’s Steepable Broth Bags in Delight Pho (get it….Delight Pho) and Thai Lemongrass.

Here’s Vietnamese Pho Noodle with Brown Rice Noodles in Toasted Garlic and Creamy Coconut Flavors.

Here’s Annie Chun’s Vietnamese -Style Pho Soup Bowl and to the right is Nongshim Beef flavor Pho Rice Noodle Soup

Ocean Halo offers Miso Noodle Bowls and also Ramen Noodle Bowls

Here we have Oprah That’s Good Creamy Tomato Soup and Creamy Squash Soup…….Oprah is now a chef?…Who knew?

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Dairy Whipped Topping….SOUNDS..Ummm……don’t know if it is?

Sugar Free Whipped Topping….I never noticed sugar free whipped topping before….

Strawberry filled Marshmallows ….?????

Dino Edition Cheez It Crackers…….why the Fork not???

Coconut Pizzelle Cookies…who knew!

Here’s some leftover Limited Edition Sugar Cookie Toast Crunch.

Entenmann’s Chocolate Peppermint Pancake & Waffle Mix……I never saw this before…..Maybe it’s new?

Here’s Hershey’s Kisses in the New Lava Cake Flavor. You know I bought them! They are not bad…..but they aren’t great either…….Chocolatey with a runny deep chocolate sort of drippy caramel center….no cake……..I think these kisses are smaller?…..They seem smaller…..They don’t really taste like chocolate to me…..more chocolaty than chocolate like a little Debbie Swiss roll…..that fake chocolate taste……Guess they aren’t so great………….

Oh THANK GOD there are NEW Dark Chocolate Oreo Cookies………….(kidding)

Life is so good that Lightening struck twice!

Limited Edition Love Oreo Cookies…I know most people LOVE Oreo Cookies!

That was the New, Different, Weird and Limited and Special Edition Foods out there for January 2019….I don’t know WTFork I’ll come across next month.

HEALTHY GAME DAY Taco Flavored Baked Cauliflower Recipe

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I’m always thinking up something different to do with cauliflower. I made this batch of cauliflower taste just like tacos. You can dress them up better than I did with some cheese, sour cream and avocado they’d be a little more special if you like. Or you can put the cauliflower in tortillas or taco shells with some pickled onions and avocado cream and make vegetarian tacos out of them. This taco flavored cauliflower is easy to prepare. I just threw everything (except the fresh cilantro and scallions) into a bag and shook it up and then spread the cauliflower out on sprayed baking sheets. In my oven (yours may differ) they were done in 45 minutes. For a healthy option that taste great serve with a fresh made salsa and or low fat yogurt. For a more indulgent option you can also serve with a fresh made jalapeño cheese sauce.

Ingredients for about 6 servings

1 large cauliflower – break down to florets

4 Tablespoons canola oil

3 Tablespoons Mexican hot sauce (I used Cholula Brand hot sauce)

1 teaspoon cumin

1 teaspoon oregano

1 teaspoon coriander

4 garlic cloves – ground to paste or microplane

8 extra large pimento stuffed olives – cut each olive in half

1/2 cup masa flour (NO substitutions as this is part of the secret to the taco flavor)

non stick spray

1/4 cup fresh cilantro – leaves – you can use tender parts of stems chopped

1/4 cup scallions – sliced thin

Directions

Set oven to 375 degrees F.

Lightly spray baking sheet(s) with non stick spray.

You can use either a large mixing bowl or a large bag and add the cauliflower, oil, hot sauce, cumin, oregano, coriander, garlic, olives and masa flour and mix well.

Spread the cauliflower out well in a single layer with a little room around each floret. Depending on the size of florets and oven the timing will differ. After 30 minutes check the cauliflower…..They should be close to done if not done. If not done turn each floret over and cook until they look slightly browned. Mine needed another 15 minutes after the 30 minutes….but yours may differ slightly.

The cauliflower really do taste like tacos…..Serve with salsa, low fat yogurt or sour cream, avocado or cheese sauce.

My Trip to Mariscos Culiacan in Glendale AZ

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Mariscos Culiacan is a casual Mexican Seafood Restaurant located in an older strip mall in Glendale AZ. This isn’t a fancy place. Culiacan is a city in northwest Mexico in the state of Sinaloa so the food served sounds like Sinaloa Style. They serve appetizers, soups, fish platters, tacos, burritos, fajitas, Mexican beverages and they also do offer a children’s menu. Today’s selection of seafood included many dishes mostly with shrimp, octopus and tilapia.

As soon as we were seated a large basket of chips, blended salsa, and cups of hot (temperature) fish soup arrives.

The fish soup taste fresh made. Taste like bayleaves, oregano, garlic and cumin but very delicate and balanced…just enough to enhance the fish stock.

My first choice the whole snapper wasn’t available today so I went with the Veracruzana Style Tilapia. ($13.99)

Veracruzana Style Tilapia comes with tortillas not pictured

I received a fresh tasting mild flaky fish that tasted like it was fried, seasoned in butter and was crispy on one side. I don’t think I had fish fried in butter in a long time and this seemed very tasty to me. My fish was topped with bell peppers, onions, carrots and the tiniest olives I’ve ever seen in my life(they looked like capers). The sauce seemed to be made with a mild chili. My plate also included salad garnish, mixed vegetable studded white rice, refried beans and steamy hot fresh tasting tortillas.

My husband tried the Marinero Relleno. ($16.99)

It was a big pocket of tin foil that contained a lot of mixed seafood in a tomato based sauce with bell peppers, onions and melty white cheese. At the bottom of the foil was a filet of tilapia as big as my meal. Other seafood in the dish were shrimp and octopus. The shrimp and tilapia were cooked nicely but the octopus was on the chewy side. On the side was vegetable studded white rice, refried beans, salad garnish and hot steamy tortillas.

That was my trip to Mariscos Culiacan in Glendale.

I haven’t found a website for them but I did notice that they are on Facebook.

Everything is subject to change and your experience may or may not differ.

My First Taste at Bryan’s Black Mountain Barbecue in Cave Creek Arizona

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Bryan’s Black Mountain Barbecue is located in beautiful Cave Creek Arizona. This is a casual order at the counter…..unique Barbecue Restaurant with a Cowboy type decor.

They offer the usual smoked meats that you expect and vegetable offerings that you might NOT expect.

Fried Artichoke Po Boy with Smoked Tomato Remoulade, Smoked Apple Cider Butternut Squash Soup and Vegetarian Pulled Squash Sandwich……..Sound so yummy and different! Ah what to order….BBQ or interesting vegetables.

We ordered, got a table number, got our beverages and sat on the patio since the weather was perfect.

Soon our name is called so my husband goes in to pick up our order.

The Firebird with Olive Cole Slaw and Baked Potato Salad

The Firebird is a half Chicken that’s tender, moist and flavorful. It coated in a sticky spicy sweet sauce that isn’t too sweet or too hot…….but it is hot. The bird rest over sliced white bread and a sweet pickled jalapeño pepper. The chicken is delicious…..I like the olive slaw…It not too drippy and it isn’t too creamy…It’s just right with crisp fresh cabbage. The baked potato salad was spiked with sour cream and is very dill forward. These sides are above average for BBQ places.

Two Meat Platter with Pulled Pork, Brisket Chili and Cowboy Beans

I tried the Brisket. I really like the smoked pecan flavor…..but today’s brisket runs slightly dry and they gave us from the lean point side …..But hey I usually hit BBQ places when the brisket runs drier than normal from the flat side. We also were talked into the Cornbread. We were told that it is special because it’s made with Brisket Drippings.

I think the cornbread is best not with the butter but combined with the Chili that’s enhanced with Brisket. This works best for me….Combined they are both better this way. My husband said the Pulled Pork and Cowboy Beans were very good.

I took most of the Firebird platter home so I could save room for a House Made Ice cream Sandwich.

It’s served a little too frozen…but it’s tasty…….I bet it’s probably much better when it’s hot outside… A couple of days latter we had the leftovers. WOW the cornbread tasted completely different when I heated it up in the oven….It was so smoky and it tasted like BBQ meat……It didn’t taste anything like this before…you must get them to heat the cornbread for you. The Firebird Chicken was still moist and delicious after re-heating.

That was my First Taste at Bryan’s Black Mountain Barbecue.

www.BryansBBQ.com

Everything is subject to change and your experience may or may not differ.

My Trip to Phoenix Tacolandia 2019 – Worth a Fork! #TacolandiaPHX

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Tacolandia is an all-you-can-eat taco festival that took place Saturday January 26th from 1pm-5pm at Margaret T Hance Park in Down Town Phoenix. General Admission cost $20-$40. depending on where and when you purchased your tickets and VIP tickets cost between $40.-$55. also depending on where and when you purchased your tickets. The VIP this year seemed only slightly different than general admission. The VIPs got into the festival slightly sooner, got two free drinks and were able to vote for favorite taco.

WOO-HOO! this was an All-You-Can-Eat Taco event! Over 20 taco venders participated. There was some free entertainment and libations were available for sale.

This event was dog friendly and parking was free and also metered depending on how far you wanted to walk.

(Don’t tell my dogs that this was a dog friendly event)

The 2019 Tacolandia went similar to the 2018 Tacolandia. The event was held at the same place and the festival goers trickled in the same way. The first hour from 1pm-2pm it was easy breezy getting around anywhere you wanted to go. Either no lines or very short lines.

Then about by 2pm lines ran about 25-30 minutes.

By 2:30 I got tired of standing and was very thirsty. The line for lemonade ran 45 minutes.

Just like last year some tacos were better than other tacos. Some were made with MADE TO ORDER FRESH tortillas that were mighty delicious! The Forking Truth is that only one vender used an awful tortilla.

This was all I ate from this taco. Filling was tender but bland and on a hard tortilla that needed to be grilled.

Here are what we tried. Just like last year my husband tried more tacos than what I tried. The majority of the tacos offered were beef, followed by pork, a few chicken and I only found one fish taco. There were two vegetable tacos offered that I noticed. I wasn’t able to hit every vender but between the two of us we hit much of the offerings. One vendor had trouble and didn’t have power so I don’t know if they got to serve. Another vendor started serving tacos about an hour or so after opening.

Bulgogi Beef with Kimchi Bun from Bao Chow at the Yucca Tap Room (this one ran salty)

Gadzooks Chicken & Cornbread Stuffing Taco – One of the best tasting tacos that I tried.

El Tlacoyo – two different kinds of pork tacos

Ajo Al’s Brisket Taco – Taco shell was fresh made

La Olmeca – Beef Taco – before topping bar

Sylvia’s La Canasta – Fish Taco – only fish taco I found

Sylvia’s La Canasta – Vegetable Taco – VERY Cilantro forward and also spicy

Philly’s Sports Grill – Among the better tacos…a non-traditional Asian Fusion Beef Taco

Tortas Paquime – Among the better Tacos – Beef Tacos with House Made SPICY sauces

From The Lunch Box – Chicken Tostada and Beef

Some festival goers dressed for the occasion.

That was my Trip to Tacolandia 2019 – I’d say it was Worth a Fork!

www.TacolandiaPHX.com

Potatoes Anna Style Recipe

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Potatoes Anna Style

Potatoes Anna are thin sliced potatoes cooked with clarified butter

OMG these potatoes are da BOMB and are so easy to prepare. Usually Potatoes Anna is done in a screaming hot cast iron skillet and finished under the broiler and is made from just potatoes and clarified butter. I sort of invented my own easy way to prepare Potatoes Anna Style. I’m calling these Potatoes Anna Style because I didn’t use a cast iron pan or clarify the butter and I added some seasoning so they are Anna Style. These potatoes just melt in your mouth and are seasoned just so. The butter in the potatoes gets slightly browned and makes the potatoes super delicious. You do need to make the potato slices very thin for the potatoes to work out. I used a mandolin. Very easy to prepare. The hardest part is slicing the potatoes.

Ingredients for about 10 servings

3 lbs red potatoes peeled and sitting in a large bowl of cold water

non stick spray

3oz unsalted butter – melted

1 Tablespoon course sea salt

1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

1/8 teaspoon ground white pepper

1/2 teaspoon dried thyme

1/2 teaspoon paprika

Directions

Set oven to 425 degrees F and spray a casserole bowl with non stick spray and set the bowl to the side.

To your dish of melted butter add the salt, peppers, thyme and paprika and mix well. Set to the side.

Using a mandolin or whatever devise you normally use to slice potatoes like potato chip thin use it. Shake the water off the potato, blot dry and slice up one potato at a time. Use Line the sprayed bowl with potato slices by starting in the center and work your way around but stop when you finished one layer.

Each layer gets brushed with the seasoned butter….but make sure you try to get the butter from the bottom of the dish because the seasonings settle there. Next time I think I’ll let the butter get to room temperature and mix in the seasonings and just squirt the butter out around the potatoes with a parchment bag.

Repeat till you are done.

This gets covered and goes in the 425 degree F oven for an hour. After an hour remove the lid and it goes back in the oven 15-20 minutes to brown.

This is a #CrowdPleaser EVERYONE out there will FORKING LOVE these potatoes!

Dining Out with DOGS in Metro Phoenix January 2019

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Dining out with dogs is just a “Fluff” story about taking my dogs out to eat. It all sort of started when my dog Louie was diagnosed with aggressive cancer. He was given only a 3-6 month diagnosis. Louie enjoyed going out to eat so I thought I’d take him out to eat as often as I could. Instead of the 3-6 months Louie made it 17 months more. Today I take my current dogs out to eat.

Many restaurants in Metro Phoenix do have patios for outdoor dining but not all patios are dog friendly. It’s always a best bet to call a restaurant in advance and ask them if it’s ok to dine there with your dog(s). Even if a restaurant is certified “Dog Friendly” it is still best to call first because the patio might be booked for a party. It is suggested to dine with dogs at “Off Times” to avoid other diners might not like dining with dogs and might complain. Other diners can also be allergic to dogs and also will complain. It’s also better to dine at “OFF TIMES” to avoid others that are dining with dogs because they might start barking at each other and everyone will be asked to leave. For these and other reasons just FORKING dine at off times to avoid as many other people and other dogs and potential problems as possible.

There are some rules for dining out with dogs. Dogs are to be by your side at all times. Dogs are NOT to sit on restaurant furniture or to eat off restaurant plates.

It’s IMPORTANT to know that MOST food and drink that you consume is NOT recommended for dogs and can cause health problems or can indeed be TOXIC. Please get a list of foods and drink to avoid from your veterinarian. In general usually a small piece of lean un-sauced meat is safe and is usually recommended for dogs. You should bring a water dish for your dog so he or she can have water. It’s very important to know that dogs are not as heat tolerant as you. Over 90 degrees is too hot to dine out with dogs. Not all but most healthy younger dogs can tolerate up to 90 degrees F but only in FULL SHADE. Dogs are like people and have different heat tolerances. Hopefully you know your dog well enough to notice their individual heat tolerance. When in doubt leave your dog home.

January started out very cold for desert standards. We had to wait till the second week to dine out with dogs.

“We are on our way to Pita Kitchen in Glendale AZ”

Pita Kitchen is a fast/casual Mediterranean restaurant in the Arrowhead section of Glendale Arizona.

I got my usual, the Greek Salad topped with a Chicken Kabab. Now I’ll take a break here and turn The Forking Truth over to my dogs.

“There’s plenty of juicy, tasty chicken for sharing!” says the little one from under the table. “Ummm my mouth is watering!”

“Our other human got the two meat plate with gyro meat and chicken.” “More food there for us to try.”

“I FORKING love this chicken from Pita Kitchen!” “It’s so juicy, plump and tasty!” “I just love it!”

“Big Woman is right.” “That chicken is really good!” “Much better than a lot of Grilled Chicken Kababs in the area!”

“We always enjoy ourselves at Pita Kitchen!”

www.PitaKitchen.net

“We are gonna see food at Oscar’s Pier 83 in Glendale”

“Yum!” “I got CRABS!”……..”Soft Shell Crabs!”

“I can go for some salad with ahi tuna shaped like a Forking Stingray too!” “Look at that fish!” “It looks like it got wings!”

“mmm I’m starving”

“We also like the crispy romaine, eggs are good and we also like ahi tuna….we are glad the portion is large so we get to eat more!”

“We enjoyed ourselves at Oscar’s Pier 83!”

www.OP83.com

“We are on our way to Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery in Phoenix”

“We love going to Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery in Phoenix.” “The food is always fresh, delicious and always comes in large portions.”

“Both of our human companions got rice plates.” “We love the meat on the rice plates!” “It’s always so juicy, flavorful and abundant!

Grilled Chicken Rice Plate minus the egg roll already

“The food is always delicious at Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery.” “We love coming here!”

www.BanhMiBistroAZ.com

Sadly Salad and Go is no longer an option

“Sadly Salad and Go is no longer a Dining Out With Dogs Option”. “Our location removed all the tables and the walk up window is now a Kiosk.” “We have a long list of happy memories there and really enjoyed the fresh healthy low priced fast quality salads.” “We still love the salads from Salad and Go but we can’t enjoy them there anymore.”

“Natural Organic Chicken…Not too Shabby” from Salad and Go

“Me and my old man Louie used to love our salads here!”

“We Forking miss you Salad and Go ……all that tasty food and dog biscuits too!”

“That was Dining Out With Dogs in Metro Phoenix for January 2019.”

“We hope you enjoyed and we hope to see you next month.”

Confit Style Jammy Shallots Recipe

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Confit shallots are slow cooked at 200 degrees for 8-12 hours basically in butter and wine. You can create very similar style shallots by cooking them covered at 325 degrees F for four hours so I do it that way. I play around with the fats, wines or vinegar for different flavors and today I’m using shallots instead of onions that I normally do. These shallots are so delicious and jammy. They are perfect for steak or a gourmet burger. They also freeze well so you can use them when you need them.

Ingredients for around 10 servings

1 1/2 pound shallots (I used Echalion French Banana Shallots but any shallot is fine) – peeled

7 medium – small bay leaves

1 teaspoon tellicherry peppercorns

1/2 teaspoon thyme

5 Tablespoons balsamic vinegar

6 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

1/2 cup red wine (this gets added 2 hours into cooking when you turn the shallots over)

Directions

Set oven to 325 degrees F.

To your baking dish or pan add bay leaves, peppercorns, thyme and vinegar. Top with peeled shallots. Sprinkle shallots with olive oil. Cover with foil and place in heated oven for two hours. After two hours remove foil and flip the shallots on the other side. Now add the red wine and cover up again with foil and place in the oven another two hours.

People will love these shallots!

The BEST UNDER $10.00 Plate I’ve Found in North Phoenix is from Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery – Worth A Fork!

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Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery is located in North Phoenix. This is a casual Pho-Free Vietnamese Eatery. I know that most of the food they serve is FORKING SCRUMPTIOUS because between me and my husband were tried most of the menu items….Some of my personal favorites that I enjoy from Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery are the delicious Banh Mi Baguette Sandwiches, Chef’s Special Curry Chicken, Lotus Root Salad, Pot Stickers and of course The Rice Plate (Co’m Dia). Oh and did I mention that everything (as of January 2019…subject to change) is less that $10.00 each?

The Rice Plate (Co’m Dia) is what is known as a combination plate. That is made of a generous portion of white rice, pork egg roll, salad garnish with house vinaigrette and choice of protein. The protein choices are Grilled Pork, Grilled Pork Chop, Grilled Chicken, Grilled Shrimp, Shaken Beef or Tofu and Vegetable. There are condiments of fish sauce for dipping and a spicy chili paste for zipping some things up. I can vouch that the chicken, beef and grilled pork are tender like butter and developed with really delicious flavors. It’s like magically delicious. The chicken has a tasty char on it and is developed with yumminess. The chicken is slightly sweet and fragrant with Asian seasonings. The portion is really large and double of what I eat so this is two meals for me. I didn’t weigh the meat here but it seemed like about 8 ounces. I have no idea where you can get a better or tastier deal for only $9.00.

Other things we had at Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery are pictured below. I really enjoy the Banh Mi baguette more than a hoagie type roll. It made of a combination of wheat and rice flour that makes it seem much lighter than a hoagie roll. The roll here has a crispy exterior and a soft interior. The sandwiches are made with pickled carrot and radish, slices of jalapeño and fresh cilantro and house made aioli. Some varieties of the Banh Mi also include house made pate.

Choice of Rice or Baguette with the Curry Chicken

We love going to Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery in North Phoenix. The Food is always fresh and delicious! Portions are very large and prices are very low.

The Rice Plate from Banh Mi Bistro is the BEST under $10.00 Plate that I tried in North Phoenix!

(P.S. Tables are no longer outside but there is a folding table inside for guest that request it.)

Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery is Worth a Fork!

www.BanhMiBistroAZ.com

Everything is subject to change and your experience may or may not differ.

“Forking Yum!”

Bottega Pizzeria Ristorante in Glendale AZ – Worth a Fork!

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Bottega Pizzeria Ristorante is an Italian Restaurant located in Citadelle Plaza in North Glendale Arizona. Bottega Pizzeria Ristorante serves Neapolitan Pizzas, house made pastas, Sunday Brunch, monthly wine dinners, seasonal specials and more. They offer dining indoors at the bar or the modern dining room or outdoors with an indoor/outdoor bar or table seating.

Today we started with the Happy Hour Grilled Vegetables.

We received grilled eggplant, zucchini, red bell peppers and a very tasty fresh herb seasoned oil. It was delicious with the vegetables and I also enjoyed the sauce on some fresh bread. I liked that the appetizer was delicious, seemed healthy and didn’t seem too heavy. For my main I received a very different Eggplant Parmesan.

The eggplant was not breaded. This eggplant parmesan was made of thin layers of eggplant with a texture like I never had before. The eggplant was very meat-like……It wasn’t mushy….It almost had a texture like a firm mushroom……..but thin like lasagna noodles. In-between the layers of thin meat-like eggplant was a little tomato sauce, Italian hard cheese some mozzarella. The dish also got topped with the biggest basil leaf I ever saw. This dish didn’t seem heavy at all…plus it had all the flavor. Eggplant Parmesan is much better this way.

My husband had the Tagliatelle Bolognese.

He said it was very good!

Went for dessert and tried the Torte Nutella. Delicious! Not too sweet, satisfying amount of chocolate….I would like more hazelnut but can’t complain because it’s delicious.