After slurping down those two gems, a smoked Ahi tuna tostada followed shortly thereafter. The crunchy tostada was topped with tender ahi tuna, wasabi cream, garlic chips and avocado. Each bite had a little bit of each ingredient, and it was just divine. I tried to eat slowly, so that I got to savor each and every morsel, but I may have gotten a little bit carried away. It was quite the tostada bliss.

The next dish was the one that tied in close second with the squash carpaccio. Marinated duck, grilled Portabello mushrooms, and Goat cheese inside of a tortilla created a truly memorable taco. The ingredients are indeed rich together but oh, the flavors are just sublime.

The final savory dish was a beautiful fresh fish that started off by being seared in a pan with a little bit of rosemary olive oil. To finish the cooking process, the filet is then placed on the grill. Underneath the perfectly cooked fish was a bed of Japanese noodles soaking up a delightful broth. The broth itself added the perfect amount of saltiness to the dish. I could have literally sat there slurping up the broth all on its own, but adding a twirl of noodles and piece of fish, was an excellent bite exploding with flavors.

We were told that we could not leave without trying their White chocolate crepe cake. Let me tell you, that is the absolute truth! Crepe cake where have you been all of my life? Well, now that we have been introduced, I will be seeing you more often. The white chocolate and thin crepes are such a match. The pristine white cake had even more depth when it was dragged through the assorted fruit syrups.

This was just a taste of the extensive menu at La Querencia. There is sure to be a dish that satisfies everyone's palate.

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By Kristin Díaz de Sandi

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