Andy Perugino's - Tilapia in a Beurre Blanc Sauce

Andy Perugino's

258 Charles St., Luzerne

570.288.5337

The NEPA Taster has arrived in the Wilkes-Barre area (Kingston to be exact)!  The last few months have been super busy studying for a big test, taking said test, and then moving out of my house in Scranton and setting up shop down here in Kingston.  Did ya miss me?  Hopefully, I will now be able to return to about a post-a-week schedule.  I'll certainly miss my green ridge pizza meatball subs, the burrito's at Chicano's, and the coffee and chicken salad pita from Zummo's.  More importantly I'll miss the friends that I shared those meals with who are staying in Scranton or moving elsewhere throughout NEPA.  But the move offers a chance to try new subs, new burrito's, and new coffee places.  Additionally, there are some old friends who I'll certainly get a chance to know better.  While moving is certainly a pain at times, I really enjoy the excitement of a new place and the change in routine that goes along with it.  Anyway, this isn't a dear diary blog so on to the food...   

Monday night after an exhausting day of driving back and forth from Scranton, unpacking, and tracking down a desk on Craigslist (which turned out to be a steal IMHO) one of my new roommates and I decided we badly needed some food.  With both of our stomachs rumbling and glycogen stores running on low we had neither the will nor the mental capacity to think clearly about where we wanted to eat.  So we loaded up Yelp, entered our address and headed to the first place open on a Monday night.  This led us a few blocks away to Andy Perugino's.  

The restaurant had a classic feel with dim-lit lighting, an older crowd, a handwritten specials chalk board, and flowers and a candle at every table.  Very romantic for two sweaty dudes looking for some chow.  The seating area was pretty ginormous with just few tables occupied
and a group of about 15 elderly women in a back room all wearing funny pink hats.  Not sure what exactly was going on back there.  

After looking through the menu, I was feeling fish and was thinking about going for the flounder stuffed with crab meat.  When I asked the waitress to describe it a little more she happened to use the word mayonnaise about 3 times.  I don't necessarily dislike mayonnaise in certain situations and I am sure it tasted great, but decided to change plans and went with the Tilapia in a Beurre Blanc sauce ($17.95) served with rice pilaf off of the specials menu.  

Wikipedia has just taught me that Beurre Blanc is French for "white butter" which I probably could have guessed..heh.  The butter sauce was really nice and I could find no fault in either the way the fish was seasoned or cooked.  It wasn't the biggest of portions but with the rice pilaf side and the salad to start it was very satisfying.  The menu seems pretty extensive and I look forward to trying a few more dishes.  PS sorry for the crappy photos it was a lil dark in the restaurant, probably shoulda tried the flash.  

Anyways, please shoot me a message with recommendations of fun places to try in the area.  And more posts coming soon...

Keep eating NEPA!