[Coronado] [French] Chez Loma

Chez Loma
1132 Loma Ave
Coronado, CA 92118
(619) 435-0661
http://www.chezloma.com

Our plan for the first night in San Diego was to find a restaurant that is not too far from our hotel, have a nice dinner, go to the pool/jacuzzi, and go to bed early.  We had to wake up the next day to go to the zoo.  We found a cute little French restaurant, Chez Loma, about 5 minutes away from our hotel.



We parked our car on the nearby street and walked around the neighborhood.  The houses in Coronado are just beautiful.  This city definitely got the beach city vibe.  We found Chez Loma located on a resedential street.  It looks just like a house from outside.




We were seated on the outside patio area.  This restaurant is indeed converted from a historical house.



We got to the restaurant at 5:30pm because we planned to have their prix fixe early dinner.  The price is $24.95 for a 3 course meal.


Bread

The meal started with 3 different types of bread.  Olive, rosemary, and baguette.  My favorite was the rosemary one.


Olives & Sun Dried Tomato Olive Oil

No butter.  Just olives and sun dried tomato in olive oil.  I love the sun dried tomato olive oil.


Captivating Cabs Wine Flights ($14.50)
Ruherford - Beringer - Educated Guess

We could order a glass of wine.  But why only one when you can try three for the price of one?  Chez Loma offers many different wine flights for people to try a variety of wine in one setting.  Dr. P got the Cabernet flight.  2 were great and 1 (in the middle) was so-so.


It's Got To Be Chardonnay Wine Flights ($14.25)
Toad Hollow - Stags Leap - Laboure Roi

Dr. P knows I like white wine better and chose the chardonnay flights for me.  The pour was very generous.  I also thought 2 were great and 1 (in the middle) was so-so.


Soupe a l'Oignon
Normandy Style Onion Soup, Creamed with Cider and Baked Gruyee Crouton

For our first course, Dr. P picked the French onion soup.  You gotta have French onion soup when dining in a French restaurant.  The soup was heavenly good.  It was salty like most French onion soup I've had.  There were tons of gooey cheese.  The caramelized onion was sweet.  This soup was too tasty and we wish they use a giant bowl to serve it.


Chez Caesar
with Whole Leaf Romaine Hearts, Creamy Dressing, Shaved Parmesan, Anchovies and Fougasse Croutons

I got the Caesar salad.  This wasn't your typical Caesar salad.  The romaine lettuce was served whole leaf style.  You would need a knife to eat this salad.  The Caesar dressing wasn't the creamy kind and it tasted so good.  Dr. P loved the anchovies in the salad.  I loved the Parmesan cheese.  We were so pleased with the first course and couldn't wait to try the main entree.


Boeuf Bourguignon
Angus Sirloin Beef braised in Red Wine, Onions, Apple Wood Smoked Bacon and Mushrooms with Roast Garlic Whipped Potatoes

Dr. P's main entree was braised Angus sirloin beef.  Unfortunately, we didn't like this dish.  The beef was tender, but it was salty, almost too salty to eat.  The Apple Wood smoked bacon was too hard to chew.  The potatoes were good without the super salty red wine sauce.  It really was just too salty and we left this plate unfinished.


Canard Roti
Half Duck roasted with Cherry-Port Wine and Burnt Orange Sauces with Herbed Rice

My main entree was roasted duck.  The duck was amazingly good.  Definitely one of the best duck dishes I've had.  The meat was juicy and tender.  We loved the cherry port wine sauce and the orange sauce.  Portion was huge.  We got half duck in the plate, but still just couldn't get enough of the delicious roasted duck!

Coffee ($2.95)

Dr. P got the French pressed coffee to go with dessert.


Creme Caramel
Classic French Vanilla Custard topped with a Caramel Sauce

He got the French vanilla custard, and yes, I ate most of it.  The custard was silky smooth and on the light side.  We like this dessert a whole lot.


Two Chocolate Cheese Cake
New York Style with White and Dark Chocolate

I got the Two Chocolate Cheese Cake.  It was really good, but a bit heavy.  With the heavy main entree, I actually preferred a lighter dessert like the custard rather than cheesecake.  But still, this was one good piece of cheesecake.



Cute little French bistro.  Great service.  Really like the atmosphere.  Delicious food, except the beef of course.  We would definitely return here again, but probably won't order the beef next time.



If you are visitng San Diego, or live in the area, I highly recommend Chez Loma, especially the early dinner prix fixe menu.  It is truly a bargain for the quality and the amount of food you get.  Next time we visit San Diego, we will come back to have the roasted duck again!

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