I took Mike to a Bday lunch at Cork Tree in Palm Desert today. Although we have been there many times for dinner - they have only just recently opened for lunches this season. Click below to see the menu.
http://www.thecorktree.com/lunch.html
We sat on the patio, which as it turns out, we had to ourselves for most of our leisurely visit. The weather being so gorgeous was just a bonus. Our waiter John recommended the Veal Bolognese over papardelle with manchego cheese - and I promptly stopped reading the menu. The portion could have fed me for two days, but I had a blood test today and had been fasting so I "made it happen", so to speak.
To start we also shared the ahi poke - delicious enormous chunks of untouched ahi and whole quarters of beautiful pristine avocado - not the usual eviscerated mass sold around town. Mike was intrigued by the burger topped with blue cheese butter and braised short ribs, it didn't disappoint.
Chef Herve sent out an amazing banana - cheesecake - brulee concoction for us that we were too full to eat but managed to devour nonetheless. It inspired a dessert I will create for a private wine dinner tomorrow night. Thank you chef.
With beverages our check was under $50.
It's great to have a menu like this available for lunch at these prices - let's support this, OK??
One tip though - if your wine tastes run esoteric and outside of California - BYOB and pay the corkage =)
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