But this big bowl also had tons of cashews and nice big slices of chicken, so I won t complain. It was pleasant to eat it sitting under an umbrella alongside the lake, which separates the restaurant from Reed Hartman Highway. The new landscaping includes big trees, a fountain, flowers and grasses. The occasional plane swoops down thrillingly close to land at the Blue Ash Airport. This interpretation of an interpretation of a classic is a salad on top of a pizza crust.
Greens are mixed with chicken, a Tabasco-spiked dressing, chunks of celery and blue cheese.
Romaine, raisins, pimentos, sunflower seeds, almonds and feta cheese make a fine mixture, but they re tossed with a honey-almond dressing that tastes strangely like Dr. Pepper. The Bistro menu lists more sophisticated dishes, but few deliver what s promised in their descriptions. Fresh tuna chunks and a little spinach are wrapped in an egg roll and fried, just barely cooking the tuna so you can have the fun of an egg roll crunch along with a meaty piece of tuna cooked to the right plush meatiness. The pork chop was tender and cooked just right, with a light brush of barbecue sauce, and served with over-buttered scalloped potatoes. Booths are comfortable and private, nicely lit.