Almuerzo en Salto

During our road trip the other day, we had lunch at La Caldera in Salto. Apparently, only tourists flock to restaurants on major holidays, so we were joined by one other couple at the restaurant, and that was towards the end of our meal. The restaurant was a beautiful place, though, and we had an excellent meal.

We both ordered an ensalada Genovese, which was a salad of tomato, mozzarella, basil, and hearts of palm. The basil came in powdered dry form, which was surprising, but the salad was still really good.

Scott ordered a steak with mustard sauce, which looked beautiful, and I enjoyed the sole/flounder (whatever translates from Lenguado – which is NOT tongue; that’s lengua). It tasted like it had been sautéed simply in butter, and the lime wedge that accompanied the fish gave it a nice bite.

Since we’re now officially addicted to desserts after every meal again, we each ordered one. Scott followed the waiter’s recommendation and had the gelado special, which turned out to be a gelado made with marscapone cheese – it turned out halfway between ice cream and cheesecake. It was drizzled with a fresh berry sauce.

I ordered the chocolate mousse, and holy god was it good. It looked a little odd – like ice cream that had half melted. But it tasted like chilled chocolate cake batter. I easily finished off the whole thing, and would have been happy to nap away the rest of the afternoon.