Lunch at the Bistro

This is the aftermath of the trend show. A lot of free bags and a lot of purchased bags.

Shopaholics we are!

After the end of the event, my group started getting a little hungry. We choose the nearest eatery.

Off we strove to Nordstrom’s Café Bistro.

Cafe Bistro at Nordstroms

We started off the meal with the crab bisque bowl ($5.95) served with a piece of toasted crostini. The soup was creamy and thick with small chunks of crab soaked in it. The crostini crunchy texture compliments the
soup fairly well.

Crab Bisque with toasted crostini

It was my first time trying out the cilantro lime shrimp salad ($13.95). I was a bit skeptical since it was a salad and I’m really not a big fan of greens and leafy things. But, to my surprise it was delicious. It was served with organic baby greens and romaine lettuce. It had some seared shrimp, tomato, corn, roasted sweet peppers, topped with Monterey jack cheese, tortilla crisps, and cilantro lime vinaigrette.

Cilantro Lime Salad --- Ou La La

Next came the rustic vegetable and three cheese pizza ($10.75). The pizza toppings included roasted artichokes, sautéed organic baby spinach, wild mushrooms, oven-roasted tomatoes, and fresh basil. The three cheeses that they used were mozzarella, aged provolone, and parmesan. The vegetarian-like pizza was good even for a meat-lover like me. It was also a great dish for sampling and sharing.

Rustic Vegetable and Three Cheese Pizza

The main entrée was the sautéed chicken and angel hair pasta ($15.95) consisting of chicken breast, angel hair pasta (of course), roasted garlic tomato sauce, organic baby spinach, oyster mushrooms, and rosemary butter sauce. This was an okay dish to me, not too special.

Sautéed Chicken and Angel Hair Pasta

To satisfy my sweet tooth, I ordered the crème brulee ($5.25) with the vanilla custard and caramelized sugar topping.Yums!

Crème Brulee

 They even offered a mint chocolate stick after the bill came. Thumbs up to that!

Makers Mint Chocolate