Its Baltimore Restaurant Week . . . again (its semi-annual). Each participating restaurant has has a two course lunch for $15.12 and/or three course dinner for $20.12 or $30.12. City Cafe had intriguing menu selections so I made a reservation. I ride by City Cafe all the time going downtown. I've read good reviews on Google, Yelp, and Urbanspoon but hadn't made it inside until today. Let me tell you, TOTALLY worth the wait.
I started with ceviche with shrimp, halibut, mahi mahi, avocado, and mango with home tortilla chips. It was perfectly seasoned, just the right amount salt and acidity and the mango balanced the whole dish.
For the main course I chose the wild Alaskan halibut which had layer upon layer of flavor.The halibut was a very lightly breaded in a tempura like batter sauteed and drizzled with a roasted red pepper butter sauce served atop creamy, buttery mashed fingerling potatoes along side a fresh green salad with roasted sweet white corn, mini heirloom tomatoes tossed in Old Bay vinaigrette.
The final course I had strawberry short cake. Simple, classic, delicious, and easily ruined by dry shortcake or just trying to make it more complex then it is. NO complaint with this one though. The shortcake was moist with a hint of something possibly lemon topped with fresh strawberries and fresh whipped cream.
Hats off to Chef Jared who created the restaurant week menu!
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