Romesco

[Man, I'm finally posting this after two weeks! It's actually 12/10!]

After watching "Twilight" for the 3rd time, my friend and I ate here...

Romesco's is on Bonita Road and opened up about 2 years ago and used to be the site of Tomatoes Plus. It's right next to Baskin Robbins and McD's. Yeah, classy. But seriously, this is a classy restaurant. They serve a lot of unusual items that you won't find elsewhere. It's a bit on the pricey side though. (click photos for larger view of menu items)

(click photos for larger view of menu items)

We chose to sit in the back room where there were no crowds or drafts from the front door. When you walk in, it's narrow with booths lining the right side. There were a lot of people there and we (okay, I!!!) didn't want to sit near a bunch of old white farts.

The bar area in the back room where we sat.

The bread - crusty French baguette with butter:

Fried Calamari appetizer with marinara sauce and spicy aioli:

My friend ordered the Paella. This had everything! Shrimp, squid, mussels, clams, baby octopus, chicken and a pork rib! This was a lot for just one person. I'm sure it was meant to be shared, unless you are a sumo wrestler.

Here's one of the baby octopi...cute little thing!

This was my entree - The Slow Cooked Beef Short Rib with braised fennel, Cabernet sauce sitting atop a bed of Yukon Gold mashed potatoes with a side of glazed carrots.

This was so delicious! Because I was full from the bread and calamari earlier, I only ate about one half. The meat was so soft!!!

Our dessert was Warm Apple, Pear and Berry Cobbler with Tahitian Vanilla Bean ice cream with homemade caramel sauce. I'm not a fan of mixing hot anything with cold. I hate having ice cream melt with pie. So, I'm not an a la mode kind of girl. But that crust was really flaky though! Yum! I'd rather eat crust on pies that the filling.