The Grill at Meadowood

900 Meadowood Lane
St. Helena, CA 94574

Occasion: Wining and dining day in Napa! 05.29.11 We all got the three course menu for $49, which was a pretty good deal, since I got to sample my +1's meal!

Foie Gras Torchon

Look at the presentation! Very nice!  A big and generous slab of this foie gras pate.  I liked eating it spread on complimentary bread.

Dayboat Scallop Ceviche

with lime, cilantro and tortilla rounds

I love ceviche and they definitely did not disappoint here.  Generous portions; enough for two to share without fighting over the last bite.  It was good eaten by itself, but was also delicious when spread on the tortilla rounds.

Pan Roasted Monkfish

with saffron, meadowood garden spring brocolli and butterbeans.

Another very delicious dish they served.  Monkfish has a natural saltiness to it, which added to the flavor of it.  I really enjoyed the beans; both the taste and the texture; very soft in the inside.

Beef Tenderloin

with black truffle gnocchi, morel mushrooms and asparagus
My favorite thing on this dish were the gnocchi.  It was nice and chewy and the flavor of the black truffle along with the mushroom, complemented the meat very well. 

Caramelized lemon brioche

with a honey ice cream and a meadowood garden citrus marmalade
This was probably my favorite dessert.  It kind of reminded me of a french toast of some sort with a custard like texture that was topped on the brioche bread.  Brioche bread is great for soaking up the flavors of the marmalade as it is thicker than most breads.

Chocolate Delice

with cocoa almond cake and a pomegranate granita

I love just about anything with almond flavor.  I think it might have been the cocoa almond cake that made it as good as it was.  I'm not usually a big chocolate cake person, but I actually enjoyed this!

Roasted apple torte

with cream cheese frosting and caramel ice cream

I've never been big on apple desserts, though I have had some really good ones.  This did not do it for me.  Apple chunks were too big for my liking and too tart, which was good to have a sweet cream cheese frosting and the caramel ice cream to pair with it.