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| - Was not expecting this. I took a couple of my employees out for lunch nearby to a client site. We walked into a rather unusual environment--at that time, we were the only males in the place. I thought we had made a mistake, but the server welcomed us, guided us to a linen covered table, and handed us the one-page menu.
A bread course was brought to start, and we looked over the options. The special today was Steak and Mushroom Pie, an addition to the Chicken Pot Pie and the Beef Pot Pie. Not entirely a fan of pot pies, I am a fan of steak and mushrooms, so that had my choice out of the way. My guys ordered the Chicken and Beef variants.
My dish arrived with a delicious side Caesar with a dressing that had a rich flavour of mustard. And the pot pie was amazing--incredibly flakey and flavourful crust that I could eat as a cookie if it were flat and empty. But this was filled with tender steak cubes and button mushrooms Delicious!
I had the opportunity to purloin a few fries from my associate's plate. They were deliciously seasoned, putting many other fries to shame.
The attentive server offered us the choice of Cherry or Chocolate pie for desert. I refused, envisioning a standard sugar bomb that would drive me into a diabetic coma. Even homemade, cherry pies are usually very sweet. Then I saw a unique dish at the next table. It looked like an artisan crust with what could have passed for Creme Brûlée. This was the cherry pie, made with WHOLE, REAL, FRESH cherries, pitted and baked into a lightly sweetened custard.
I handed the server back my bill and asked her to bring a slice with 3 forks. She did better than that, dividing the pie between 3 personal plates. This pie was amazing! My biggest regret was asking for 3 forks!
They also sell some of their scratch cooked dishes at the farmer's market on Saturday. I contemplated buying a whole cherry pie (either cooked or ready to cook) but I knew it would be gone before sundown.
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