This week, I decided to take a stroll through Terra Nostra, located in Fort Myers. Terra Nostra is an upscale Italian restaurant with a secure menu that is bound to make you drool.\u00a0 Terra Nostra has the aesthetic that it\u2019s a place that would make a great impression on your parents. It\u2019s a restaurant that screams Eagle Family Weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Think of the soft but not too sleepy or dimmed lighting, just bright enough to flatter the shine of plates and everyone\u2019s nice dresswear. The air smells faintly of bread and herbs, an aroma that will be making your stomach growl. It\u2019s the type of restaurant that has star quality confidence, its servers glide rather than walk and the bread arrives at the table with an array of oils and herbs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The menu reads like smooth butter, with classic Italian dishes such as Osso Buco Alla Milanese and Veal Parmigiana, a rotation of seasonal specials and fresh fish and seafood. The choices for appetizers are extremely balanced, not too heavy to make you stuffed before the main course, but just right, with a fresh feeling.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There\u2019s the caprese salad, which seems nearly too basic due to its simplicity, but it can be so decadent. The neatly sliced tomato base with a soft sliver of mozzarella lying atop, shredded basil and the darkness of the balsamic glaze give a contrast of flavors to the classic tomato. Then there\u2019s the fried calamari, the universal crowd-pleaser. It arrived with the crisp self-assurance of something that hasn\u2019t heard of the term soggy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Even the drink menu feels like a wink, as for someone who doesn\u2019t drink wine, their selection looked fancy nonetheless. The cocktails range from well-known to leaning toward aromatic and \u201cgrown-up.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The dessert menu is short but strong. It reads like a soft romantic language with choices such as: Cognac and Maple Syrup Cr\u00e8me Br\u00fbl\u00e9e, Cannoli-Misu, Gelato Al Pistachio and Chocolate Souffl\u00e9. My advice is to save room because tiramisu is an indulgent dessert to get to know.\u00a0<\/p>\n
While everything on the pasta menu enticed me, I decided on the fettuccine pesto pollo, a dish that arrived in a wide, white bowl filled with the bright green pasta. The noodles alone were tender with the right amount of bite. Each noodle was carefully lacquered in the pesto that tasted like summer in a bottle. Now, when it comes to meat, I am particularly picky due to other terrible experiences, so don\u2019t take my opinion to heart too much. The chicken was fine, seasoned well, just assertive chunks spread about. They didn\u2019t ruin the dish by any means, but it felt as though it could have gone without it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When the check came in, it landed on the higher end, the sort of total that gives your heart a soft sting. Looking back over the evening, the atmosphere was glowing, the care in each dish, the feeling that you were being welcomed in rather than simply served quietly, the meal earned its price. Terra Nostra may not be an everyday stop, but it\u2019s the kind of restaurant you keep in your back pocket for moments that need to be celebrated, sharing a meaningful dinner with another, or merely desiring to make someone feel special for a day. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week, I decided to take a stroll through Terra Nostra, located in Fort Myers. Terra Nostra is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-75974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}