We ordered two dishes to share. First, a caesar salad (AU$9.95). Jac absolutely loved the dressing because it was particularly parmesan-cheesey. We both thought the bacon pieces were a good size and the croutons were extremely tasty, and I especially liked the inclusion of the hard boiled egg pieces. Jac rated this caesar more highly that the caesar salads at Dome in the city we had recently; I did enjoy the Leonardo’s caesar, but for me, Dome won hands down because it had shaved parmesan (shaved parmesan almost always wins!). I also didn’t care much for the pile of grated carrot and the garnish of snow pea sprouts on the side – I always think such garnishes are completely unnecessary on caesar salads – a good caesar should speak for itself. There ain’t no carrot or snow pea sprouts in a real caesar! Overall though, this caesar tasted pretty good and I would have it again (although next time I’m at Carousel with a hankering for a caesar salad I might go to Dome instead). Jac suggested I add a new subcategory of “Caesar salad” to my Favourites category, which I have done. I was surprised how many posts have featured caesar salad, just as I was surprised by how often I’ve posted about sausages!

We also shared a serve of nachos (also AU$9.95). The tomato salsa consisted of cubed tomatoes, green capsicum and onions. Jac wished there were beans in the sauce, but I quite liked it as it was – the cubes of tomato were just so juicy and sweet. The corn chips under the top layer were very soggy and impossible to pick up (definitely nachos that had to be eaten with a fork rather than fingers) and there was probably a little too much sour cream on the top – we’ve definitely had better nachos (such as the chicken nachos at Panchos) – but they were still yummy and we enjoyed them.