LaSalette, Sonoma, CA

February 6, 2008 at 9:36 pm · Filed under Napa/Sonoma, Portugese, Tapas, Woo-Hoo!

LaSalette, Sonoma, CA
January 2008

Woo-Hoo!  Oh my, oh my, oh my.  Who would have thought that Portuguese cuisine in Sonoma would get a Woo-Hoo?  LaSalette is a little restaurant just off the main square in Sonoma, with about a dozen tables and a patio for a few more in the summer.  This restaurant has a very good Zagat rating of 23 and according to their website, was noted by Zagat as the “best Portuguese restaurant in the country!”  Who knew?!  Regardless, Chef Manuel Azevedo has put together quite a restaurant.  During our recent visit, we started with the sardinhas (sardines), flash-baked in a wood fired oven and served on a bed of carmelized onions.  Simply awesome!  For our main courses, we went traditional.  I ordered the Feijoada, which is a stew like combination of oxtail, pork and sausage, with rice, black beans and collard greens.  The meat was perfectly braised and seasoned and the entire dish was a joy to eat to the very last bite.  Laura ordered the Cataplana, a tomato based seafood stew that includes squid, octopus, fish, clams, mussels and shrimp in a velvety, flavorful tomato broth and is served in a copper bowl.  Incrível!

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