Hi - After being away for the past 15 years, I’ll be traveling to the Monterey peninsula next week. Would love some restaurant recommendations for lunch and dinner. Thanks in advance.
Not sure if this the best place to drop this, but I didn’t take any photos and don’t feel like doing a nearly in-full write up. I do feel compelled to post and say that Maligne absolutely fucking rules. I feel like it’s also punching well above its price point for the area.
We got the two salads, the crudo, the burger, chicken, and lamb. Had decent expectations based on everything I’d read online and was pleasantly surprised by every single one.
The one thing I’m sad about is they had a sweetbreads pot pie they just took off the menu that looked excellent
edit: i’m also really not doing this place justice. all their mains they do over a huge wood fire setup in an open kitchen, under a comically large hood, right next to the diners. it’s pretty small and intimate. it’s not at all gimmicky. and it was a welcome breath of fresh air in a town known mostly for tourist traps. this place would be impossible to get into if it was in LA.
