Snails Leslie
Pistachio crusted Red Snapper with lime-jalapeno buerre blanc
creamed spinach
Duck Breast in Framboise Sauce with Stella Artois Fennel
Peanut Butter Mousse Pie
Chocolate Ganache Cake
Pecan Pie a la mode (Buttered Pecan Ice Cream)
Euphemia Haye, having the reputation of "Best Restaurant on Longboat Key", is a a place in which Our Protagonist expected to see the da rigeur items of a classic American restaurant. What was nice is there were a some nods to French cooking as well that amped up the expectations, especially when they arrived at table. The Snails Leslie was such a dish; the snails melded in with rich sauce of garlic and mushrooms quite nicely; the earth tones all complementing one another, and yet remaining just individual enough for one to savor their favorite taste of the trio. Even the sauce was poured out and consumed. The accompaniment of an unnamed brown walnut bread had just the right amount of sweetness to take the edge off the garlicky sauce, and quickly became an addiction all to itself. The Snapper had a good flavor; the tang of lime and jalapeno's zing nicely offsetting the pistachio crunch and the succulent fish. Creamed spinach was fine; here was your neon-sign reminder that this is an "American" establishment, but it was nothing particularly remarkable. The Duck Breast foisted onto Our Protagonist's plate by one of the dining companions was very tender, and the Framboise sauce was remarkable. Then came the sojourn upstairs to the Loft to gander at all of the desserts. The Peanut Butter Mousse Pie, for its mile-highness, was surprisingly light. The Chocolate Ganache Cake was as dense and intense as the peanut butter was light, and Our Protagonist's choice, the Pecan Pie, was an extremely favorable rendition of an old favorite, laced with just a touch of bourbon without being overdone. The accompaniment of buttered pecan ice cream requested by Our Protagonist, naturally, gilded the lily, but one only lives once. But then one hopes to live again, if for nothing else but to visit the Loft once more...
Euphemia Haye
5540 Gulf of Mexico Drive
Longboat Key, FL 34228
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