Posted by admin at December 21st, 2008

With all the interest about cooking and “foodies” these days, I had given up on finding fine dinning in North County SD.

How wrong I was.

LD and I were making decisions on dinner last night and were strolling Grand Ave. here in Escondido to get a sense of where we should eat for the night. We happened on “Tango On Grand” which was in the midst of other eateries in the area.

Last February, we had plans for “Tango On Grand” but my bout with a bug put the kibosh on that rather quickly.

Fast forward to last night. The nice hostess encouraged us to “give it a try” while we perused the menu. So…off we went into Tango Land.

Wow! It was quite the evening of gastronomic faire. Everything was prepared quite nicely, flavors were abundant, the service impeccable, presentation was fanciful and sophisticated, and the food was delicious.

If you go, remember to try the “Prix Fixe” menu which is only $30 per person.    Our first course was a very traditional Caesar for me (real anchovies and egg yolk) and LD had a yummy cheese souffle with toasted walnuts and cranberry sauce.  The chef sent over an “amuse bouche”  of toasted french bread, cream cheese and salmon which was quite the tasty morsel. 

Course II  for me was a  bold tri tip which melted in your mouth with two types of potato presentations — French milled and twice baked.  LD had a nice swordfish on top of bed a lightly steamed edamame. 

Finally, dessert was heaven.  I had a triptic presentation of  a lemon soufle, lemon meringue tart, and lemon ice cream.  It lifted the pallet and was a nice way to finish off an otherwise substantial second course.  LD had an apple crisp with a real apple fritter in a carmel apple reduction.    Wow. 

It was a great way to get our holiday week off to a rousing start.

Run, don’t walk, to “Tango On Grand”.