点评:We went to Estelle for the first time last night, having seen the name in a magazine somewhere. How did we miss this one?! It's quite near where we live. We were very pleasantly surprised!
Estelle is a neighborhood restaurant in the Mac-Groveland area of St. Paul, and we felt welcome as soon as we walked in--the staff is so friendly!
The wine list provides good choices, and includes wines from Spain and Italy, and included vineyards I had never heard of. Interesting!
We had a pinot grigio from Italy and another white from Basque country in Spain, both very good.
We started with the squash salad--arugula with cooked winter squash, nuts, some cheese, and a lovely applesauce-with-cinnamon-like jam(?) spread around the bowl. Unusual, unexpected, and delicious!
Then we split the mezzaluna (filled pasta) with smoked mussels. Also a bit unusual and delicious!
Meanwhile, Amanda was providing us with great service--professional, friendly, and attentive.
We decided on the budino for dessert--yes-s-s!
What a great evening! We'll be back.
翻译:昨晚我们第一次去埃斯特尔,是在某本杂志上看到这个名字的。我们怎么错过了这个?!离我们住的地方很近。我们非常惊喜!
Estelle 是圣保罗 Mac-Groveland 地区的一家邻里餐厅,我们一走进去就感到宾至如归——工作人员非常友好!
酒单提供了不错的选择,包括来自西班牙和意大利的葡萄酒,还包括我从未听说过的葡萄园。有趣的!
我们喝了一杯来自意大利的灰皮诺和另一杯来自西班牙巴斯克地区的白葡萄酒,两者都非常好。
我们从南瓜沙拉开始——芝麻菜配煮熟的冬南瓜、坚果、一些奶酪,还有可爱的苹果酱和肉桂状果酱(?),铺在碗周围。不寻常的、意想不到的、美味的!
然后我们将夹心意大利面与熏贻贝分开。也有点不寻常和美味!
与此同时,阿曼达为我们提供了优质的服务——专业、友好、细心。
我们决定用 budino 作为甜点——是的!
多么美好的一个夜晚啊!我们会回来的。