While walking around sassy Solvang, one logical task is to figure out the dinner spot. Being a typical Danish tourist town (?!?), there were mostly places you'd expect. Then we happened on a place that looked like it was dropped out of LA - root 246. We went in, looked at the menu (mmm, Maytag blue cheese souffle), and asked about reservations. Openings at 5:30 and 9:00. Hmm, must be popular...we picked 9. Arriving on time, we were warmly greeted (guess they didn't know that I'm nobody, although maybe they read st's recent reviews of her HK show), and he said we had a choice of two tables. The first was in the kitchen. Now I know that is kind of an old sitcom joke about being a really bad table, but this is a shi-shi place. I immediately said, "we'll take it." They walked us around the place showing the various dining areas, then we went back to the kitchen where there was a single square table with settings for 2. We had a view of all the action, and the head chef was there tonight calling all the shots. Kinda like being in our own Food Network show. Bon a petite.
view from the table, Flying Goat pinot noir, '06
duck four ways
three cheese plate (mmm, Humboldt Fog) with blood orange and balsamic marmalade
sirloin tip satay with pineapple, thai chili paste, orange, lemon sauce
black bass, pan seared, mushroom risotto with peas
Guinness short ribs, mashed potatoes
strawberry sorbet with blood orange and grapefruit gastrique
