Monday, January 30, 2012



Ann Arbor, MI - Cafe Zola; Which do you choose? The restaurant that has a 45 min wait, a crowd loitering amongst the tables on their outside patio or stop in a place that has no wait and you're the only souls?

You go with the wait! Your taste buds will thank you happily for waiting.  Cafe Zola is a must on the Ann Arbor culinary tour. There is a reason it's packed and you'll wait, because it's good, very good.

Lets start with the pretty latte they brought out. Flavors were good, but it's worth noting that the design they drew gave a very nice presentation.

The good stuff now! The salmon hash with horseradish creme sauce.  How often do you get to eat salmon hash.  The hash was prepared very well, rich with the salmon flavor, but not too fishy or overpowering.  Cutting into those fried eggs and allowing the yolk to soak up in the hash, creates a perfect mortar, tying the salmon, hash, and eggs all together. It now has a full body flavor.  Just when you think the dish is complete, comes the horseradish creme sauce with a little bite to the flavor complimenting the salmon. You want that spicy, horseradish kick to the hash to really make it sing.

We couldn't resist and had to try the chocolate and banana crepe as well.  Since this was an eating adventure post Big House Big Run 5/10k event, we were craving some more food and carbs.  Onto dessert! Many chocolate and banana crepes, served traditionally without ice cream, Zola's comes with it.  I would say the bananas were a little mushy and not caramelized enough, but still went well with the chocolate nutella, ice cream, and a thin sweet crepe.

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