{"id":1530,"date":"2009-08-21T09:25:09","date_gmt":"2009-08-21T13:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glutenfreeislife.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/21\/gluten-free-restaurant-review-marcellas\/"},"modified":"2009-08-21T09:25:09","modified_gmt":"2009-08-21T13:25:09","slug":"gluten-free-restaurant-review-marcellas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=1530","title":{"rendered":"Gluten-free Restaurant Review: Marcella's"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night 2 of my BFF’s and I went out for our monthly dinner at Marcella’s<\/a>.  Marcella’s is one of the many restaurants in the Cameron Mitchell Restaurant<\/a> group.  We try to choose new places or ones that we don’t dine at frequently for our monthly dinners.  It is a great way to stay connected to each other; life is too short to not spend good times with your friends.  <\/p>\n

Upon arriving, I asked the hostess if they had a printed gluten-free menu or if  the manager would be able to go over the menu with me.  While they didn’t have a gluten-free menu, the did have gluten-free pasta<\/strong>!!!  WHAT?  OMG!  I have  never eaten in a restaurant that serves gluten-free pasta.  I almost fainted right there and think that I did actually jump up & down and maybe even let out a little shriek.  I hope that I didn’t scare the hostess too much! LOL!  <\/p>\n

Check out the menu:<\/p>\n

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I looked at the menu<\/a> for a long time.  I couldn’t decide what to have.  I was told that they could pretty much modify anything on the menu to be gluten-free (with the exception of the breads & fried stuff, obviously).  There were so many choices, which is odd, because normally there are only a handful of things that are gluten-free on the menu.  The pasta is penne style and is also soy-free.  I wanted to eat pasta because I had never had pasta out since going gluten-free, but the Seafood Risotto was calling my name.  Additionally, I had just had a tuna pasta creation for lunch because I was not expecting to have pasta as an option for dinner.  I settled on the Seafood Risotto.  For an appetizer we ordered the prosciutto & melon and then a chopped salad, too.<\/p>\n

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The melon was perfect…crisp & flavorful and the proscuitto was the perfect pairing.  <\/p>\n

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The salad was made up of mixed greens, grape tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, gorgonzola & a yummy house vinaigrette.  <\/p>\n

Here is my Seafood Risotto:<\/p>\n

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Do you see the big, succulent pieces of shrimp & lobster?<\/p>\n

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The Seafood Risotto has lobster, shrimp, white wine, parmesan reggiano and tomatoes.  Completely & totally amazing.  Super creamy.  Gordon Ramsay would be proud of this risotto!!  (Hell’s Kitchen fans will catch that reference.) \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n

Dessert offerings for the gluten-free crowd were a few flavors of gelato, including pistachio and chocolate.  Unfortunately I was too full to enjoy any.  Yes, I, Kim was too full.  That is not something that occurs frequently with me.  LOL!  I did finish all of my salad and most of that large bowl of risotto, though.<\/p>\n

Marcella’s<\/a> is definitely a place that I will be dining at frequently.  I can’t wait to go back now!  Only problem is that I want to have that risotto again, but I also want to try a bunch of other stuff!  <\/p>\n

Once again, well done Cameron Mitchell<\/a>, well done.  \ud83d\ude42  Now if we could just get some gluten-free pizza there, I might just eat all of my meals there!  HA!  \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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LiveJournal Tags: reviews<\/a>,marcella’s<\/a>,cameron mitchell<\/a>,gluten-free<\/a><\/div>\n
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