While searching on Yelp for someplace for dinner, i came across Farm. It looked like a great french inspired breakfast brunch place that just started dinner service on fridays and saturdays with a prix frixe menu. In fact, the website has the owner’s words saying she wants visitors to share the experience of being in the South of France.
Our reservations were at 8 last night on what became a rainy cold palm springs night…i got a confirmation call ensuring that i knew that the night would be cold and they were booked up inside and that i would be dining on the patio.
I wish I would have taken more pics…there is great attention to detail in the patio with french music, colors, flowers, the furniture…it was quite lovely. We even had Laguiole knives at our place settings, as well as another with my entree.
We started with drinks- the Penicillin and theFrench Monk–i had two of those! And jim had the Julia Cornell as round two.
While these cocktails were great, i think there is a huge opportunity for an aperitif menu including a Aperol spritz, Campari spritz, Kir, Kir Royale, even some house made aperitifs like the prosecco and blue curacao we had in Paris….
I knew going into it that there would be a prix fixe for the night…and just like in France, we were greeted with a chalkboard with the night’s choices
Being allergic to gluten and sesame…jim was lined up with the beet salad, the salmon with sauce on side, and the glace…while i went straight for the tomato tartar, beef bourguignon, and the crepe.
We received bread with viengar and olive oil after ordering
The small round rolls were perfect! Crisp on the outside and nice and tender on the inside…i ate them all by myself!
The amuse was a lovely round of asparagus balasamic with feta
Up next were the salads
The salads were both
wonderful…the beet was more of a carpaccio and I loved the tarragon in the sauce with my tomatoes.
Intermission was a palate cleansing lemon sorbet
Now for the main event:
Boef bourguignon
Salmon with Mandarin Sauce
Both dishes were excellent…the beef was flavorful and fall apart tender with a fork and yummy!
Finally, dessert
Citron crepe
Vanilla ice cream with a shot of chambord
The crepe was perfect…it had these citrus “caviar” flavor bombs (a la molecular gastronomy style) and Jim said that might have been the best vanilla ice cream he has ever had.
Everything we ate was spot on great and the service was impeccable. My two comments are:
The menu was not what i expected…i was so excited by a southern France experience that I wasnt looking for a curry dish or a teryaki chicken dish…the food and drinks have so much potential to match the space and the atmosphere…i expected pissaladiera, socca, polenta, lapin…
And, if there are only three tables in the patio…really, if you identify yourself as the owner and ask about the experience of one table, it’s glaringly obvious when you dont ask the other two tables.
Overall, we truly enjoyed our food and cocktails…its just wasnt the french experience we expected.
Brian and Jim Eat 