nettletagliatelle.jpgA succession of beautiful dishes arrived at our table at Gabrilla Cafe last Friday night, and some of our favorites turned out to be as delicious as they were good-looking.

After a salad of mixed butter lettuces, melon and hazelnuts we turned our attention to a split plate of housemade nettle tagliatelle pasta. A sensuous sauce of shellfish and Poblano peppers bathed the pasta, as well as bits of fresh calamari, sea bass, mussels, orange cherry tomatoes and slender ribbons of smoky poblano chiles.

A knockout dish.