Prasino is relatively new to St. Charles and boy do I have a mixed review. I was lured to Prasino because of my brother's review. He said he ate some of the best food he'd ever had here. Well I ordered the Seared Tempeh, which is a Korean dish. I love Korean food but I had never heard of this dish and decided that's what I'd order. Unfortunately this was the worst thing I have ever eaten in a restaurant. Part of the philosophy at Prasino is that they use local fresh foods and run a sustainable green business. Well this is a broth based dish and they made it with apple. The apple just gave everything a very odd flavor and it completely dominated the dish in a bad way.
For those not in the know Tempeh is a tofu dish. I will say the tofu was very unique. It contained whole soy beans and had a unique texture. If this is the one positive I pulled from this dish. Maybe if this dish were modified slightly I would have enjoyed it more.
My wife's dish was much better. She got a pork chop with a BBQ sauce made from Fitz's root beer. We also had a sushi roll. The roll was over priced but the quality was better than average but also smaller than average.
The other positives are that I loved the atmosphere and this seems like it would be a great place to grab a glass of wine. I don't drink wine or coffee. That being said I paid enough attention that I noticed that there were some people in there at least pretending to very knowledgeable and they were really enjoying themselves.
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