The Palette From Art Institute of San Diego

The Menu

Lunch                                                          Dinner

The Food

Who's Watching Who?

It is so awesome to watch how the kitchen staff brings your dinner into production.
From the large glass windows you get to watch as the students prepare your meal! But who's watching who? The student chefs also get to watch something too... YOU! From your expressions to clean plates!

All the food prepared was excellent! My top three favorite things were 'Barbecue Chicken Tostada', 'Baked Tortilla Soup' and the 'Chocolate Lava Cake'.

The rolls were so cool, it had hints of jalapenos in it. And the 'Corn Crust' and halibut was so yummy. The fisssssh was cooked to perfection and seasoned perfect! Also seasoned and cooked perfectly was the 'Chicken Mole', rice and all.

All in all it was a fun and exciting experience. Go check it out sometime.

The Palette located at Art Institute of San Diego

7650 Mission Valley Road

San Diego, CA, 92108

Reservations - 858.598.1405

Lunch - M.T.W 11:30am-1:00pm

Dinner - M.T.W 6:30pm-8:00pm

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Fine Dining With The Art Institute of San Diego

Last week I took part in the Art Institute of San Diego's class final. For twenty five dollars (that went to charity) we dined on a seven course meal. Each course was based on a different countries. The meals were small but ever so tasty... hence the fine dining part.
I tried everything from the fissssh to the blue cheese spread, there wasn't anything I didn't like and my favorite was dessert plate.

The Menu

The first course a soup shooter with three layers at different temperatures.

1st. lima beans (hot), 2nd. butternut squash (Medium), 3rd. sweet corn whip (cold)

The Salad

The Walnut was amazing! It also included a fig, kumquat, a sherry vinaigrette, and blue cheese whip inside of a crouton cone.

Ground nut soup

This was served with sort of like a peanut butter whip in the center of the bowl and then the servers came around and poured chicken broth over the top,
give it a little stir and enjoy.

The Fissssh!

I'm not a big fish eater but I did enjoy this. The fish and rice were cooked perfect and I loved the red bell pepper it was paired with.

Limoncello sorbet and blood orange granita

This was a nice palette cleanser.

Pork Entree

This was my favorite!

I loved the spiciness of the spiced-rubbed pork paired with the habanero salsa, It had just the right amount of spice. It was served over a very yummy black bean rice.

Also there was a shreaded pork in a lovely marinade, served with plantain chips.

Dessert

1. Brittle eclair and peach sauce

2. Shortbread cookie with blue berry reduction 

3. Chocolate mousse cookie with my favorite raspberry sauce

Pink Peppercorn And Thyme Soda!

Excellent table settings and center pieces!

Thank you Pat & Morgan for the invite!
Thank you to Morgan, Patty and Tim for the great company!

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