lunch at firefly.

CLOSED 30 april 2009



despite the previous rant, my cousin and i had a mild dilemma over where to go to lunch. mexican for cinco de mayo or japanese for kodomo no-hi? dilemma was solved when we drove by firefly bistro and the temptation of good and sometimes funky food in a somewhat chic yet somehow funky setting won out.



food today: a lightly spicy fried calamari, with a garlic mayonnaise, and the firefly house salad of mixed greens, toasted pine nuts, golden raisins, bleu cheese and balsamic vinaigrette. the calamari was plentiful, lightly but perfectly fried without a trace of grease, and stayed crispy even though it did get cold before we finished it (hey, it was a big pile). i like the salad a lot, as there's a nice blend of sweet and sour with the raisins and vinaigrette, with a touch of meatiness in the pine nuts and mustiness of the bleu cheese. my cousin thinks it's a little overwhelming, and would rather have one or two of the ingredients omitted for a cleaner taste.



so, even though we bagged the themes, we did manage to find one item that actually seemed to be both latino and japanese, the honduran ceviche: raw yellowfin tuna marinated in a lime-ginger vinaigrette and coconut milk, and served with red corn tortilla chips. this was sean, the server's suggestion and it was excellent, despite how weird it may seem. the fresh, sweet, yellowfin tuna chunks were slightly "cooked" by the marinade, and the sweet, clean taste of the fish was enhanced by the coconut milk and the slightly salty, toasty tortilla chips.

the chef, veronica perez-calvo, also owns the bakery next door, cup and saucer, so firefly rather excels at desserts, but we were quite full, so i'll have to leave those for another time.

firefly bistro
martyr street, in the pink building
hågatña
671.477.2565.