We went to Cafe Atlantico the other with our friend Lisa. As always the food was quite eclectic and unusual and the wine especially good. We drank a B Crux blend of tempranillo and malbec from Argentina that had a rich, deep color, a fruity nose and deep tastes. It matched up well both with Katy's scallops and caviar and with my conch fritters and feijao tropiero. Brazillian food is always tasty and the habanero paste with my tropiero was especially piquante.
The most interesting part of the meal was Lisa's -- she tried the farmer's menu. There is a local farmer's market in the area, and the chef simply makes whatever it is that he finds at the market and serves it up. Particularly notable was the eggplant with raspberries. We decided that the eggplant had been soaked in port wine before cooking ... an unusual combination.
It's been several months since we'd gone to Cafe Atlantico -- we probably won't wait as long to go back since we'd forgotten how pleasant the experience was.
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