Bolsa

It's time for another Victoria restaurant review.

Saturday night, I picked up Cherry and James and drove over to Oakcliff to try out Bolsa. I had read about it on Daily Candy, and its name had been in the back of my brain since then. James had been before and gave it a good review. So, we went.

I started to take my convoluted way into Oak Cliff, and James had issues with it. Yes, its weird that I got off of 35 South, but I never get lost. James had us go off of 30, and we had to backtrack. Going off of 35 south is not the quickest way, but again, I don't get lost, and I really don't like getting lost in Oakcliff, personally. And that's all about that.

We arrive and as expected have a bit of a wait. It gave me time to check the place out. Big open kitchen, nice dining room, and great large patio. It was actually a nice night. There were tons of people sitting outside.

We experimented with some of the bars girly cocktails. I had the rasberry sangria, but I preferred Cherry's peach sangria, and cherry preferred James's black and blue mojito (mojito made with blackberries and blueberries).

When we were sat I perused the wine list. It was set up with the wines split by color and price. I had a glass of A by Acacia and James got a cava. Cherry stuck with the mojito. We split the appetizer of bruschettas. That was downright tasty. There were 4 different kinds of bruschetta split into 3 pieces each. It worked out perfect. They had a salmon and dill one, a tomato and goat cheese one, an apple and cheese one, and ham with figs (my favorite). They were all good. Light and fresh and not too much. Not filling.

They had a selection of flat bread pizzas. Cherry and I decided to share the Jimmy's sausage one which came with banana peppers. I love sausage and I love banana peppers. Sounded good to me. AND IT WAS. On top of that I ordered their clams. I don't know why. I was in one of those weird food moods. James and I liked them, but Cherry isn't one for shell fish. I forgot the broth they were in. I have to admit I was concentrating on the pizza which had a nice thin crust. It was fresh and not too filling.

James had the duck. He kind of horded it. So, I can't report on that except to say he said it was some of the best duck he had had. Not too rich.

And the guy next to me kept going off about how good the pork tenderloin was.

We skipped on dessert. The couldn't open James's mini-bottle of cava. So, they gave him two. I drank his second for dessert.

Overall, really nice place that I will be going to again. I promise to pay more attention next time.