Cafe Zoolu Restaurant Review
860 Glenneyre St. (Thalia St.) 
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Laguna Beach, CA 92651
949-494-6825 | Menu
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Dinner Tues.-Sun.Features
- Heart-healthy dishes
- Reservations suggested
- Casual
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| Owner Toni Leech and her husband-chef Michael run this neighborhood bistro, which is a real hit with locals. Located just one block from the beach, Café Zoolu thankfully lacks pretension, offering instead funky Laguna charm. Chef Michael’s dishes all have a certain Polynesian or Asian flair, such as the blackened ahi sashimi with avocado, grapefruit and a Thai ginger-horseradish sauce. Start with one of Zoolu’s signature salads, like the char-broiled scallop salad, which features mixed greens with tomato, bacon, egg, roasted red pepper and a warm honey-mustard dressing. For entrées, try the baseball-cut swordfish, a house signature, in a lemon-caper butter sauce. Other intriguing entrées often available include the 20-ounce cowboy steak served with green peppercorn sauce and a horseradish mash, fresh ono charbroiled and paired with a soy-ginger sauce, and the salmon in a hoisin-plum barbecue sauce, topped with cucumber and zucchini salsa and accompanied by garlic mashed potatoes. There’s also a good selection of vegetarian items. Most of the desserts are memorable, especially the malted milk ball ice cream and the Zoolu chocolate cake. |
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