All That Jazz
Latitudes Cafe
Milford 831-9888
Before your taste buds get juiced up over these photos stop and think about the underlying theme, the music behind the menu, the decor that surrounds the room. Stop and think about not just what your eating... but why. Why? Jazz.
Yep it’s all about the jazz. The “little Milford Latitudes that could”, just did and their toes are still tapping. After all, why not wash down a spicy Ahi Tuna taco with a little gin & juice infused with the live jive of fresh jazz? Latitudes didn’t scrape the bottom of the jazz scene to grab these cats either, they book 1st rate jazz bands like Ashley Martin and Finale Quartet (photo: Jerry Robinson) & many more.
(photo: Jerry Robinson) & many more.
The soothing sounds of live jazz make the perfect accompaniment to the fantastic food. Our guests really enjoyed the music even though they had never listened to live jazz before. We munched our way around the table stealing fork fulls of this and that while the band jammed on some Sinatra... it couldn’t have been better. Dinner & jazz at Latitudes, it just fits.
The jazz is free, the food you have to pay for. Just what do you get for your money? Real food made by real chefs. This is as good as it gets. Take a look at these dishes, Fish Tacos, Martini Chicken, Crab Nacho and Baked Salmon (left to right). We can’t offer scratch & sniff pics but if we could, you’d be hungry.
First off, around here fish tacos are hard to come by. Tostados serves the authentic version, Latitudes serves the their cheffed up version and aside from those two I don’t know where else to get any at all. You may remember, we ate some real fish tacos at Tostados back in December and quickly made room for an article right after. Latitude’s tacos are no exception. Big chunks of sushi grade Ahi Tuna grilled with secret spices and served on a warm grilled tortilla with avocado pico de gallo. Simply irresistible.
These tacos are so good one guest who doesn’t like fish on tacos (or tuna at all for that matter) was chopping away delightfully after being told they were chicken.
”Are you sure this is chicken” she asked. I replied “What... the tacos, no that’s um... Ahi tuna” “I guess I like Ahi tuna then..” was her only retort. Bottom line, if someone has tacos on their menu and they don’t look like this... forget about it. Just because it’s called a taco don’t make it so.
Martini Chicken. The most fought after dish on the table. First because it was chicken (two diner’s meat of choice), second because it’s addicting. Chicken breast, lightly Penko breaded, fried crisp and then sauteed in a vodka cream sauce. Again, all I can say is, it’s addicting.
Sweet Salmon, spaghetti squash & green bean almondine. Sounds like a song huh? Once again a dish that had “chicken” eaters eating fish, leftover fish that is (I tore this one up personally). Succulent Salmon, savory spaghetti squash and slightly crisp green bean almondine. This is the kind of meal where when your done you sigh, and think, whew... this is how the rich folks must eat. All I needed after this plate was more gin & juice and a comfy seat by the band.
I still managed to finish off what was left of that Crab Nacho though. Mounds of screamingly fresh chilled crab layered between warm tortilla crisps topped off with a fruit salsa. The salsa gave the dish a nice bright finish and went down perfectly as my “dessert”.
After dessert, I shot a quick video of the jazz band to give our online readers a little taste. If it’s the food you want to taste, you’ll have to do that in person.
Evidently it’s not all about the jazz. The kitchen makes their own music as well, you can’t hear it but it’s there for you to enjoy when the plates hit the table.
