Artisan Bistro

My hometown has a delectable treat known as Artisan Bistro ; a California style French restaurant, boasting a former sous chef from French Laundry. My family loves to go for special occasions, the most recent one being that my sister and brother-in-law were in town! Ok fine, any time we have the excuse to go, we take it!

The presentation is impeccable, and really every bite is mouth-watering. From time to time they have a 'sunchoke' soup, which is out of this world:

Another soup favorite is the corn soup (with charred baby leeks, sautéed corn, huitlacoche, cilantro) pictured below next to some tempura vegetables:

Below is the sous vide chicken breast and thigh (with bhutanese red rice, broccolini, Romano beans, yellow wax beans, ras el hanout spice, roasted garlic jus), next to the sauteed John Dory (with orlotti beans, kale, artichokes, bouillabaisse consommé, fried sage, almond & rosemary vinaigrette):

Roasted pork loin over polenta (with black eyed pea, blistered corn & chard ragout, pickled chard, purslane, whole grain mustard jus) next to their farro 'risotto' (with nettle cream, royal trumpet mushrooms, fennel, roasted rainbow carrots, scallions, aged Pecorino cheese):

and last but not least, the lamb (with english peas, chanterelle mushrooms, baby spinach, summer squash, gypsy pepper emulsion and vadouvan jus):

As I said before, the presentation is just beautiful, but the real treat is the care and creativity of each ingredient!