Top O' The Cove's award winning cuisine includes such delectable classics as:
-Confit of Duck Leg served with Armagnac and walnut sauce.
-Cotes D' Agneau, or oven roasted rack of lamb, with roasted garlic and rosemary sauce served with herbed potato puree.
-Sashimi De Thon Au Poivre, a blackened Ahi sashimi with lite soy, pepper and spicy Asian greens and rich smoked corn chowder made with sun dried corn.
The deserts are to die for. I especially like the "Box," a wafer-thin marbled chocolate box filled with white chocolate mousse and fresh fruit. I also tasted a version of the classic French, Tart Tartin, It came with caramelized apples on a bed of puff pastry served with fresh vanilla bean gellato, a must to end a lovely dinner.
The wine cellar contains more than 16,000 bottles with over 1,000selections include 42 wines available by the glass. It's won many international awards, and offers diners a chance to compare different wineries' approach to the same varietal glass by glass.
Last visit we opted for the Sunday brunch, a wonderful way to start an enjoyable day. We heard from our waiter that the Chef was eating cold peach soup in the kitchen. So we wheedled two plates full and got the recipe as a bonus. It only calls for the best perfectly ripe peaches, peeled and pureed with "just enough" champagne and a bit of thick cream. A wonderfully simple example of cuisine actuelle! This came along with a plate of tiny muffins and a variety of breads.
For brunch I ordered the Maryland lump crab cakes made with fresh Blue Crab meat served with a wonderful rich Dijon mustard and tarragon cream sauce sided with lovely tiny vegetables and black rice. My husband was talked into the Lamb T-bones marinated with rosemary and roasted garlic and served with creamy polenta, a presentation which we agreed was the best lamb ever. Add the superior bread, and the wonderful fresh baked cinnamon sticky buns, the nice selection of fresh fruits and the never ending champagne and you a wonderful day that may, if you linger, require a designated driver. An answer to this delightful problem is simple. It's called "shopping." That's a blood sport in upscale La Jolla.
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