Mrs. Svelte and I spent a hot, but fun, afternoon checking out the boat show at the Santa Rosa mall in Mary Esther. They had more and bigger (up to 32?) boats on display than at the show at the Superdome for which you fork out $10 per to have some shill try to sell you a bass boat. It was low key and pleasant except for the heat.
By the time we got home, neither of us wanted to cook. We thought about going to Vin?tij, but ended up bopping over to Bistro Bijoux, simply because it was closer. We started with steamed mussels in tomatoes, white wine & chorizo sausage with some fantastic bread for dipping up the leftover sauce ? excellent. We split a Caesar-like salad of romaine, roasted tomatoes, and peppers ? good, but Mrs. Svelte was not impressed with the creamy dressing. For entrees, I had a roasted grouper filet topped with a tomato & asparagus confit with portabello mushroom fritters. Splashed with garlic infused aioli. Wow! Mrs. Svelte opted for grilled garlic shrimp served atop grits topped by asparagus and a tarragon sauce. At this point we were both stuffed, but couldn?t pass up the key lime cheesecake with raspberry/mango sauce. It was all very, very good with an attentive and friendly server.
We give it 4 ? forks. :clap_1:
