Restaurant Reviews Rhode Island – Trafford

I am inclined to frequent highly satisfying and familiar places and while I did have a hankering for some Lobster Fritters from the Boat House, we decided to head to Warren for this week’s Restaurant Reviews Rhode Island – Trafford was our Sunday summer waterfront dining destination.

 

Nothing too extravagant this week, I ordered a Trafford house red sangria which was refreshing and not too sweet.  Ernie requested a local favorite, Narragansett Del’s Shandy.

 

 

 

To begin our food fiesta, we shared a beautiful summer salad with baby spinach, mozzarella, chopped pecans, blueberries and superbly ripe strawberries, dressed in a poppy seed vinaigrette.  Neither of us are big fans of dressing and we found this one to be an elegant vinaigrette that was delicious and light, and a splendid complement to the amalgamation of flavors already on the dish.  The stuffed quahogs were savory and nicely spiced with red and green peppers, although a little heavy on the bread stuffing and less heavy on quahog.

 

For his entree, Ernie ordered the dish that is always tempting to me, fried clams.  Of course I warned him that I would have to try just one and he professed his “I don’t share” routine.  When our dinners arrived, Ernie offered the first clam off of his dish to me.  Okay, everybody say “aww”.  The batter was delicate and the clams delightfully sweet. The french fries and cole slaw were both good.

Our bartender recommended his favorite dish, the Stuffed Cod with Lobster, and that is exactly what I ordered. The cod was fresh and filled with seafood stuffing and a generous portion of fresh lobster tail and claw.  The drizzle of lobster cream sauce was almost enough.  The fingerling potatoes and fresh green beans were nicely cooked but could have used some additional flavor.

Moving on to dessert, the options were interesting and included one of our dessert standbys, creme brulee.  The one on today’s menu had a twist of caramel and orange, which sounded very intriguing.

We ended up ordering a dessert which was the Trafford recipe of a Hummingbird cake. Part carrot cake, part German chocolate cake, the dessert we selected was not on the standard menu.  It was quite possibly the largest plate of dessert I have ever received and for certain it was way more than two people could possible eat. The cake was full of things like walnut, coconut, carrot, other ingredients that make it a cake and a cream cheese frosting.

We are clearly good eaters and we had a lovely time on the outdoor patio.  I’m sure we will be back to Trafford again soon.