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The Sardine Factory (located on
701 Wave Street, tel:
831-373-3775) is one of the restaurants highly recommended on the Monterey Visitor's Guide. I actually didn't know that, until after this meal but I guess it could only help keep my mind open as we dined that early evening.
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The almost obligatory bread at the start. The buns were pretty good but the bread sticks tasted almost stale.
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Some condiments to complement the bread, the spiced olives were particularly tasty.
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The rich and thick clam chowder was much appreciated on this chilly evening. This stuff was filled with a generous portion of chunky clam flesh.
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For my main, I order the calamari steaks, partly out of curiosity but also knowing that since I like calamari so much, I couldn't really go wrong. This was pretty interesting, large unrolled slabs of calamari body flesh coated in seasoned breadcrumbs and fried till crisp before being topped with a black truffle infused cream sauce. This was actually pretty tasty.
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Much of the sauce was absorbed by the risotto with black truffle shavings. A very fragrant and delicious side to accompany the calamari.
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5 comments:
with TRUFFLES!
O.o
fancyyy...lol. hey, jus keep in mind i am on a budget when i get to nyc k! lol!
So, no sardines from the Sardine Factory eh?
liquidshadow: The only sardine item was some baked sardine appetizer and I had already set my eyes on the chowder =), I said exactly the same comment to my colleagues by the way heh.
Looks damn good!
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