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2011 was a great year for restaurant old and new, underground dinners and farmers' markets. We know you all ate some great food over the past 12 months.
What were your favorite dishes eaten in CT in 2011?
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Reader Comments (29)
The soppressata & chilies (with carmelized onion) pizza at Stanziato's in Danbury. It is an ideal combination of salt and spice, savory and sweet. I find myself craving it almost every week.
Shrimp & Grits from leFarm
The new MATCH burger.
Some 2011 favorites:
1) Lobster salad at The Boathouse at Saugatuck
2) Salmon a la Plancha at Brasitas and
3) Pork dish at Ambler farm from The Schoolhouse at Cannondale (wish I had the recipe)
Happy Holidays!
- Ceviche at Taberna
- Sham Savera at Coromandel (as pictured)
- Meat Lover Sicilian pizza at the dearly departed Arcudi's
- Hanger Steak w/shallots (+Croque Monsieur for lunch) at Luc's
- Iskender Kabob (+ baklava) at the original Bereket at the Citgo
- Chicken Parm at Mario the Baker (Bridgeport)... sounds familiar, but it's a must-have
- Anything on the Redding Roadhouse Octoberfest menu
- Seared scallops with roasted corn, fresh tomato, and edamame at Bodega Taco Bar in Fairfield
- Roasted salmon and brown rice chopped salad at Strada 18 in South Norwalk
- Shrimp and beans appetizer from V Restaurant in Westport
- Stuffed brioche french toast with vanilla pastry cream and mixed berries from Sono Baking Company in South Norwalk
I'm taking the show on the road for the answer to this question since I enjoyed too many incredible meals in FFD County in 2011 to choose 1. Yes that is called being a coward. :-)
For my Birthday my family treated me to a food-fest in New Orleans with an incredible BBQ Shrimp at Mr. B's Bistro followed by a Birthday Dinner at Restairant August.
CTbites Invites Da Pietro's Lunch event....creamy polenta with marscapone and mushrooms, crab cakes over pommery mustard sauce topped with mesculn greens and pumpkin panna cotta with fresh berries.
I'm going with the dishes I have eaten most often this year:
Valencia Luncheria's "Breakfast Typico" featuring soft poached eggs, black beans, avocado & rice with their "crack" Chipotle sauce.
Napa & Co's Charred Octopus with Chorizo (or Harissa) and Chick Peas
leFarm's Shrimp & Grits...the ultimate comfort food.
Matt Storch's (Match) White Truffle Risotto. Only had the opportunity to eat this once but I'm still thinking of that first bite.
The burrata at LeFarm...delish!
Stew Leonards buffet, Norwalk.
@foodieonline- Could ya be more specific? Is it the mac n cheese? chicken tenders? Do tell...
Grilled romaine and thai chicken dish from Bonda!
David Webster famous shrimp dish - I was lucky enough to have it twice this past year....
waygu burger at napa & co in stamford. best burger ever.
Seafood Chilie @ Elm Street Oyster house
Coppa Pizza at Rei Napoli in Old Greenwich
Polenta with mushrooms and gorgonzola at Pane e Bene in Westport.
To Stefanie Webster..... go for the Buffalo Wings.
Vanilla Beignets from Isabelle et Vincent in Fairfield!
Match Burger - Match, Sono
Burrata - Bar Rosso, Stamford
Fresh baked shortbread with apple and fig compote at The Boathouse
Honeycakes at Bereket
Vanilla and chocolate beignets at Isabelle et Vincent
5 Guys- Cajun fries
Burger at Lefarm is pretty, pretty, pretty good but last week had the pork belly on cornbread with apples and it may knock the burger from the top of the Lefarm mountain.
Best App 2011: Medium Hot Wings, Coalhouse Pizza, Chef Ciro Magliulo
Best Salad 2011: Beet Salad, Harvest Supper, Chef Dan Kardos
Best Entree 2011: Shrimp and Grits, LeFarm, Chef Bill Taibe
Best Dessert 2011 (tie): Sasco 'Crete, Shake Shack &
Cornbread w/Maple-chili gelato & candied bacon, LeFarm