Susan W.
Yelp
Tonight's dinner was a long over-due revisit to MIA Kitchen & Bar located at 7901 W. Atlantic Avenue.
When we first moved to Delray Beach MIA's was in regular rotation, but over the years I just moved on to other restaurants closer to downtown Delray Beach.
Happy to say that this dinner really WOW'd us. Sadly, the photos taken just do not do these plates justice.
Included dishes,
- Burrata with watermelon gazpacho, saffron aioli, pesto aioli and basil oil. This was the one disappointment of our meal. The burrata came out chilled versus room temperature, the toast wasn't really toasted and the three sauces really overwhelmed the dish. Not something I would choose to order again.
- Scallops with black truffle risotto, chives and lobster butter
- Faroe Island salmon tartare tacos. Would DEFINITELY order these as an appetizer next time around. There are 3 tacos well stuffed with salmon, and for a lighter meal, but not really filling enough to be considered a main. No problem last night as the chicken parm was so large, I was able to enjoy a nice portion of that dish.
- Chef's special Chicken Parmesan with flame seared mozzarella and copious amounts of shaved winter truffle
- Short rib gnudi with pickled peppers, parmesan, truffle, peas, natural reduction (sorry, no photo)
The mains were fabulous but the Chef's special version of the chicken Parmesan (a traditional version was also available) really blew my mind (in a good way). That totally suprised me since I am not the biggest truffle fan. But even with literally a mound of truffle covering the chicken, it didn't overwhelm (I will point out however that the truffle version is double the price).
Dinner for 4 including 3 glasses of wine, one shared dessert and an espresso, with a generous tip came to just South of $400.
Personally, I have had way more expensive dinners in the area that didn't come close to the level of deliciousness of this meal.