| Tierra Sur Restaurant
Review
On
the very eastern edge of Oxnard, in one of the most unlikely of places -- at
least from my point of view -- is one of the very neatest restaurants at
which I have had the pleasure of having dined: Tierra Sur. From the Herzog
winery Website, I have lifted the following quote:
"... inside Herzog Wine Cellars new state-of-the-art
winery, is Chef Todd Aarons’ second incarnation of Mediterranean
influenced seasonal cuisine, this time utilizing California’s local
produce. Chef Aarons is a veteran of Zuni Café in San Francisco and Savoy
in Manhattan, and is now returning home to California to make Tierra Sur
his new abode."
Believe me when I tell you that everything about Tierra Sur,
from the appetizers to the the fine wines from the cellars of Herzog, is top
notch. Lauren and I had stopped at the Herzog wine Cellars building a day
earlier just to do a tasting and to check out the winery - a kosher winery
by the way - and, after looking at the menu and speaking with some of the
nicest people that I have yet encountered (especially at a winery), we
decided that we would return for dinner...
...Upon returning the next evening, we were seated at a four-top
- one of only about a dozen tables in the whole place - that was covered
with a starched and pristine white cloth; fresh cloth napkins were folded at
each place, and a single flower and a candle graced the austere table.
A basket of warm bread was brought immediately, along with glasses of ice
water. The menu was a plethora of items that I would generally not
expect to see... all of them a study in mouth-watering masterpieces from
Executive Chef Todd Aarons...
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Ralph Pancetta
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