Julienne

They bought a 58 pound lamb and have been cutting it up and doing awesome things with it for the past few days.

The special of the night was lamb mixed grill. Lamb ribs, lamb kefta and lamb something-or-other it was on a skewer and yummy.
There was also a menu item for lamb carnitas.
And the next night it would leg of lamb.

Coincidentally, I’d recommended Julienne to some friends celebrating a birthday, and this was before I even knew about the lamb nirvana. That must have been a nice surprise for them.

Some changes I should note:

* mailing list, as noted before. If you want a heads up on all the new things happening with Julienne get on their mailing list.

* tasting menus are now for the whole table. When I came here some of us ordered a la carte, some got a tasting menu and all our tasting menus were also different.

I love their Natura water. It turns tap water into fizzy or still filtered water. It’s also on the house.

In addition to the mixed grill, we also got the foie gras and doughnuts ($13), and the pheasant duo: braised thigh, pan roasted breast, fried polenta (so creamy inside!) green olive-tomato-Vermouth sauce. So good, and $21.

Dessert was the maple creme brulee, although I hemmed and hawed over the “coffee and doughnuts” where the coffee was coffee pot de creme. The custard was soft and not cloyingly sweet, the burnt sugar was hard and thick. Yum! And of course there was real coffee.

A red wine called l’Hiver was recommended to go with the lamb course and it was lovely and smooth. Thanks for that!

ps. looks like they’re having a special dinner on halloween night.
The 3 course tasting menu, with wine pairings, for $45. It is normally $45 for the tasting menu alone, and wine is $18 more. Good savings there, and the wine pairings we’ve had have been spot on.

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07 February 2009

Julienne
138 E Canon Perdido St
Santa Barbara, CA 93190
restaurantjulienne.com