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| - My fiancee and I visited Lon's at the Hermosa on a Friday night in June to celebrate our anniversary and was a perfect location for a little romance under the calm, star-cloaked Arizona sky in a pocket of wilderness within the sprawling Phoenix metro.
Lon's provided one of the most inspired meals I've had in quite a while, beginning expeditiously with a world-class wine list, representative of various renowned grape-squeezing regions as the Pacific Coast, Italy, France, Argentina, Chile, Spain, Portugal, Australia and New Zealand. After a quick consult with a very capable sommelier who spirited us with an impressive explanation of Portuguese reds, we agreed on a bottle on Golfo [?], which may or may not be the correct name, as it smartly inoculated us after two and a half glasses each. Mmm!
In place of a starter, we ordered two unique salads: Mine was a seared duck salad on baby greens with toasted pine nuts an a white vinaigrette. It was ingenious ... but not quite as ingenious as the scallop salad my fiancee had. They were absolutely the best-prepared scallops either of us had ever experienced.
What is even more amazing is that the salads were surpassed in flavor by the entrees, which sometimes flops as a headliner to gourmet starters. Not the case here. My sun dried tomato crusted rack of lamb was prepared excellently and the crust paired with the tender, juicy lamb chops (4) was easily skyrocketed into the top 3 list of things I've ever tasted. The goat cheese herb grits were a perfect, and light compliment .. and something I've truly never seen on a menu before, much less experienced by taste.
My fiancee's grilled filet of salmon with blackberry barbeque glaze was very much an original as well. Even for someone who is not a gigantic fan of salmon, such as myself, really enjoyed the complexity of flavors. She very much enjoyed it.
For dessert, we had the sorbet sampler as a means of cooling off from our frenetic eating/drinking pace. Although very delicious, it was a mistake on my part as there was a sampler of tiramasu/creme brulee/pote de chocolate. Ugh. What was I thinking bypassing this delicious plate of hyperglycemia? Well, there's always next time.
It also must be noted, the stellar service we received. The server was absolutely charming, gracious, and accommodative, referring to us by name, refilling our water/wine glasses, and supervising small touches like fetching the sommelier and informing the pastry chef that it was our anniversary [with that information, they gave us a chocolate script 'Happy Anniversary' on our dessert plate - nice touch].
Overall, it was a place worthy of a very special occasion, and one which I would not hesitate to return to so that we can experience the rest of their impressive menu.
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