Dinner at Exchange Street Bistro

今夜は久しぶりに近所の Exchange Street Bistro へ夕食を食べにきました。近くなので思い立ったらすぐ来られて便利。 Tonight we came to our neighbourhood restaurant, Exchange Street Bistro, for dinner.  This is the restaurant we visit when we don't feel like cooking but are too tired to go to the city and don't want to eat Chinese takeout.

いつ来ても結構お客さんが入っているのですが、今日は特にバーが満席でかなり賑やか。地元のお店が賑わってるのはうれしいですな。 It is always relatively busy, and especially today all the bar seats were occupied and the main dining tables were also ~80% full.

夫はビールを注文。 My husband ordered some beer.

まず、前菜にムール貝を注文。 As an appetizer, we ordered the PEI mussels.

かなりたくさんのムール貝が。さらにベーコン、空豆 (Fava beans) 等も入っていてまずまず。 In the big pan were quite a lot of mussels.  It also had Fava beans, pieces of bacon, etc - it was not bad.

夫は帆立貝柱をハモン・セラーノで巻いてグリルしたものをメインに注文。 My husband ordered the scallops wrapped with Serano ham.

ひとつもらったのですが、帆立がぷりぷりしてかなりいけます。 He gave me one, and the scallop was very succulent and good.

私は小牛のサルティンボッカ。 I ordered the veal saltimbocca.

お肉の下にはニョッキが隠れていて、ボリュームたっぷり。ソースがちょっと私には甘すぎましたが、お肉は柔らかかったです。 Under the meat many potato gnocchi were hidden.  it was a very big portion.  The sauce was a tad too sweet for me but the meat was tender.