On Friday, we had dinner at The Kenwood Restaurant, 9900 Sonoma Hwy. Their 3-course dinner was $39.
Sliced bread with butter in upper left corner and flaked salt in lower right corner. Salt always makes everything taste better.
I wanted to try their duck liver mousse, so I ordered off the regular menu. Blood orange jelly, pickled shallots, chervil, black pepper, pickled vegetables, toasts for $10. I liked the flavor of the liver mousse but my sister thought it had been blended too smooth and she didn't like the orange jelly with the duck liver. I agreed that it was too smooth but I like liver and I liked this dish. The dish is large enough for 2 to share.
Spaghetti Western off the menu--$17. House made bucatini noodles, smoked "blue foot" chicken, baby artichokes, pea tendrils, cippolini onion, Wise Acre Farms egg and Estero Gold Reserve 18 month aged cheese. The pasta was al dente, the chicken had a nice smoked flavor but the artichokes were too firm in a pasta dish and the pasta was sitting in a pool of olive oil. Not sure why they added almost 1/4 cup of olive oil to the dish.
Marshmallow cream filled chocolate cupcake, dulce de leche ice cream, toffee sauce. This was expensive at $9. The chocolate cake was okay--nothing too exciting but I liked the toffee sauce.
The first course on the Restaurant Week menu was Warm Asparagus Salad. Roasted and Raw Asparagus, Asparagus Puree, Estero Gold Cheese Custard, Soft Cooked Wise Acre Farms Egg, Pickled Green Garlic, Pea Sprouts and Fava Leaf & Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette. I like anything with a poached egg on it.
The entrée on the Restaurant Week menu was Crispy Skin Trout. Pan Roasted McFarland Springs Trout, Rainbow Chard with Bacon & Shallot, Crispy Marble Potatoes, Fermented Carrot and Green Tartar Sauce. The trout was well made. There were no bones, the skin was crispy yet the flesh was moist. The tartar sauce was a nice accompaniment and provided just a slight zing.
The dessert on the Restaurant Week menu was Buterscotch Pudding, House-Made Sour Cream, Vanilla Cocoa Crumble. This was okay.
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