I was running errands in Carmel the other day (can someone
tell me why Indy doesn’t have a party supply store?) and decided to stop into
Blu Moon café. It is one of those places
that has been on my radar for awhile, but I just hadn’t managed to get in
there. It is a casual place where you
order at the register and they bring you the food. The guy who was working at
the register was really nice and helpful and helped me make up my mind about
what to order.
I got the blt with avocado (around $7). Not a big surprise since this is one of my
favorite sandwich combos in general. And
this one was very good. The ingredients were all really good, and there was a substantial
amount of a garlic aioli that really added to the flavor of the sandwich. The bacon was nice and crisp (and plentiful) and the tomato
and avocado was ripe. The sandwich was
on thin sliced bread that was pressed in a Panini press making the whole thing
warm and toasty. If I could improve it, I would probably just make the bread a little thinner. It ended up being a fairly bready sandwich. although it was a good quality sandwich overall.
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| little sample of the egg salad |
While I was ordering I also asked if I could try their egg
salad, as I am a fan of egg salad in general, although I am kind of picky about
it (tons of celery is a big turn off for me). This one looked unique though—yellower
than most and I could see there was capers in it. It was actually really nice big pieces of the
boiled egg with Dijon mustard and capers as well as some finely diced red
onion. It was really quite good. I think
next time I would get that in something. I liked the slight variation from the
standard egg salad.
Blu Moon seems to be one of those places that is making a
good effort to make interesting food with really good and fairly healthy
ingredients. The people are really friendly, and the place is pretty
welcoming. I think it is the kind of
place that Carmel is probably somewhat lacking in. I would really be interested to hear what
other people have eaten there and what others’ experiences have been. So let me know will ya?
Blu Moon
200 S.
Rangeline Road
Carmel, IN
46032
317/844-8310
(they’re on
facebook)
We love it. You described it perfectly.
ReplyDeleteThey do a curry chicken salad that I can't avoid.
I used to eat there once or twice a week while I was working in downtown Carmel. The Californian is So good. But. The BBT salad? I crave it.
ReplyDeleteI was in charge of finding a local restaurant to deliver lunches for a calligraphy guild workshop held in Carmel back in March of 2011. I chose Blu Moon Cafe, and everyone LOVED their lunches. The popular sandwich choices were the Californian, TBLT, Roast Beef, Reuben, and Ham & Swiss. They also liked the Chicken Ceasar Salad and the sides: pasta salad and bean salad. The folks at Blu Moon were great.
ReplyDeleteThe place and food does little for me. Boring. Breads/sandwiches. Yawn. Ho-hum soups.
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