Hello everyone. Hope all of you had a great Valentine's weekend. I did catch up on my lost sleep. That was one of the plans for this year. You can only catch up on so much lost sleep, when you have a toddler at home. We don't exchange gifts as such. This year, I repurposed an existing table and gave it a Valentine's Day befitting make over. You can read about it Here. Its a great Valentine's Day DIY .
Brunch and lunch did not quite happen, so we made reservations for Dinner. As we always try and explore a new or unexplored joint (by us) , whenever its a special occasion, this time we headed to Mission Farms. Our dinner address: TAVERN at Mission Farms. We generally love Mission Farms and the restaurants there and keep going back there ever so often.
What we wore? We all had our touch of Red. It was a cold evening and we needed some warm food in our bellies fast. It was a conscious decision not to drink outside at night as we wanted to head home and make ourselves some special cocktail. Post coming up on Sunday on the special cocktail.
Tavern at Mission Farms serves up American cuisine. They have a bar area and a large dinning space and some private dinning areas. I loved the ambiance . The dim yellow lights, the big wall of wine bottles and the crackling fire at the fire place added to the romance of the evening. The servers were well informed and very friendly.
We started off with an order of Chili Seared Jumbo Shrimp with green chili cheddar grits cake and barbecue butter sauce. It was topped with a roasted corn pico de gallo,which added the right crunch to it. This was definitely a pick for Main course , if you take my word. I would go back next time, and order this for lunch. It was a modern spin on the traditional Shrimp and Grits. The Shrimps were seared and I loved the char on them. The grits cake was luscious and the barbecue butter sauce with green chili, brought it all together. Although it was served it a wedge of lime, I preferred it better without adding anything.
Our daughter wanted to have her favorite- Macaroni and Cheese with a side of French fries. She was not interested in her fries, which Mommy and daddy offered to polish off as she worked on her dinner.
For our main course, my husband decided to order from the Special Menu of the Day. He settled for the Lollypop Lamb Rack served with heirloom potatoes and crispy cauliflower. It was a big portion for sure. For a man who loves his meat, his only complaint was that it had too many vegetables. Point noted.
I had my belly half full from the lovely appetizer and the fries discarded by my daughter, which I had been munching away to glory. Looking for what would be a smaller portion size, I noticed their section called, 'Hand Helds.' I ordered a portion of their STEAK TACOS . Two tacos of flour tortillas, pepper jack cheese, roasted corn pico de gallo, chipotle aioli, which were served with black beans and chili lime slaw. Just the right flavor profile and serving size for me.
If you know my daughter, you know her sweet tooth. She kept asking for Chocolate Cake , the moment we had stepped in to the restaurant that evening. So we asked our server to get us some of their Tripe Chocolate Cake . What came to our table , was the tallest slice of cake I have seen. Just check it in comparison to our two year old's face. Their menu described it as Tall, Dark , and Delicious and it was every bit that. It was very rustic, very old school and very delicious. Three layers of decadent chocolate cake which was super soft with some very tasty chocolate buttercream frosting.
My favorite picks of the night were surely our Appetizer and Dessert, which shined over the main course of our choice. A nice place for a family meal together.
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