Everything is made fresh daily, including breads and pastries, and many ingredients are local, from the goat cheese from nearby Dublin to Mr. Hennington's own fresh herbs, tomatoes and peppers. Highlights are everywhere. A Texas take on chicken Kiev is a flattened and rolled breast of chicken surrounding goat cheese flavored with buttery tarragon sauce with an anise zing. The wood-grilled salmon with a beurre blanc glaze, resting on a ragout of fennel, sweet peppers and roasted tomato with fresh chervil and chives sprinkled on top, is a lovely song of tastes served with a medley of seasonal vegetables. Tender Australian lamb chops are topped with a creamy wild mushroom sauce flavored with shallots.
Sliced mushrooms rest on top of the silky dark brown sauce.
This is about as good as it gets. Smaller offerings include the Exotic Garden Greens Salad, an honor roll of crisp mixed greens sprinkled with strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, mango, papaya, avocado, toasted pecans and sliced red onion. Don't ever miss one of pastry chef Terry Huffman's desserts, either. Or the Sunday buffet, with fresh salmon cakes, chicken enchiladas, huevos rancheros, roast beef, even pasta. Heck, take a vacation to Granbury just to dine here.