Café provides creative cuisine at decent price
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Despite these numerous accolades, the café is still under the radar to most of the public. Why is this?
Perhaps Chameleon Café's name is all too fitting. The restaurant's modest exterior blends so naturally with its low-key neighborhood surroundings that this gastronomic dreamland is relatively hidden.
This makes it an oasis found only by knowledgeable foodies and enjoyed by informed insiders.
Husband-and-wife team Jeffrey Smith and Brenda Wolf Smith's French-inspired cuisine is as delicious as it is innovative.
With the weather getting cooler and corn being in season, the corn chowder ($5.75) is a perfect start to your meal.
This basic soup is kicked up a notch with top-shelf ingredients such as George's silverqueen corn and Krakus kabanosy sausauge blended with onions simmered in corn stock.
If you prefer greens before delving into a very hearty dinner, try the tomato aspic, a refreshing combination of chilled Maryland steamed shrimp with lump crabmeat served with cucumber salad, tomato aspic, smoked bluefish and deviled egg ($9.95).
Everyone is sure to find an entrée that is suitable for his or her taste with the café's few but deliciously diverse options.
Whether your dinner companions are avid fish eaters, devoted vegetarians or meat enthusiasts, they will be undoubtedly satisfied and impressed by chef Steve Francis's exceptionally original creations.
Don't miss the baked bluefish with lemon mayonnaise and shrimp mousse served with sautéed zucchini and a perfectly crisp corn fritter ($21.95), or the grilled duck breast served with Solferino sauce complemented by a smoked pork succotash ($21.95).
With such delicious food, you won't feel guilty succumbing to the temptation to taste the fine life.
These aren't the only standouts on the menu, with entrées averaging around $20. Weekly specials include some serious discounts and special offers, such as 20 to 50 percent off of wine on Wednesdays.
You'll also be served by some of the most pleasant waitstaff in town
Next time, before you consider dropping $30 on a round of sushi at Niwana, take the opportunity to explore both the city's familiar and unknown neighborhoods while enjoying Charm City's dining élite.
If you start exploring city cuisine, I assure you that after graduation, you won't leave Hopkins with a bad taste in your mouth.
Well, you might have just a slight bitterness that you didn't uncover Baltimore's gourmet delights sooner.
Perhaps Chameleon Café's name is all too fitting. The restaurant's modest exterior blends so naturally with its low-key neighborhood surroundings that this gastronomic dreamland is relatively hidden.
This makes it an oasis found only by knowledgeable foodies and enjoyed by informed insiders.
Husband-and-wife team Jeffrey Smith and Brenda Wolf Smith's French-inspired cuisine is as delicious as it is innovative.
With the weather getting cooler and corn being in season, the corn chowder ($5.75) is a perfect start to your meal.
This basic soup is kicked up a notch with top-shelf ingredients such as George's silverqueen corn and Krakus kabanosy sausauge blended with onions simmered in corn stock.
If you prefer greens before delving into a very hearty dinner, try the tomato aspic, a refreshing combination of chilled Maryland steamed shrimp with lump crabmeat served with cucumber salad, tomato aspic, smoked bluefish and deviled egg ($9.95).
Everyone is sure to find an entrée that is suitable for his or her taste with the café's few but deliciously diverse options.
Whether your dinner companions are avid fish eaters, devoted vegetarians or meat enthusiasts, they will be undoubtedly satisfied and impressed by chef Steve Francis's exceptionally original creations.
Don't miss the baked bluefish with lemon mayonnaise and shrimp mousse served with sautéed zucchini and a perfectly crisp corn fritter ($21.95), or the grilled duck breast served with Solferino sauce complemented by a smoked pork succotash ($21.95).
With such delicious food, you won't feel guilty succumbing to the temptation to taste the fine life.
These aren't the only standouts on the menu, with entrées averaging around $20. Weekly specials include some serious discounts and special offers, such as 20 to 50 percent off of wine on Wednesdays.
You'll also be served by some of the most pleasant waitstaff in town
Next time, before you consider dropping $30 on a round of sushi at Niwana, take the opportunity to explore both the city's familiar and unknown neighborhoods while enjoying Charm City's dining élite.
If you start exploring city cuisine, I assure you that after graduation, you won't leave Hopkins with a bad taste in your mouth.
Well, you might have just a slight bitterness that you didn't uncover Baltimore's gourmet delights sooner.
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