Cyrus, Healdsburg report w/ pics
We went to Cyrus to celebrate hubby's birthday. I've been wanting to eat here forever and finally did. Very easy to make reservations. I just picked up the phone & someone answered right away!
If you need to cancel your reservation do it 24-hrs before your dinner or you're out $50pp. They call you a few days before too, that's nice.
Cyrus is close to Healdsburg Square so you can park once - lots of FREE parking on the streets, hang out around the Square, and walk to the restaurant.
The restaurant is next to the Les Mars Hotel $475-$950 a night Dec-April1, higher April 2-Nov.
We were seated at 5:25pm, our reservation was for 5:30pm. We both did the Chef's Tasting Menu at $130pp. It's 8 course meal of little, little food but was full after all the courses. 5-courses of savories, 1 cheese course, & 2 dessert courses.
Save room for their homemade breads - yummy. Goat butter or cow butter & 2 kinds of salts. I liked the cow butter better.
Our menu:
Canapes -tiny tuna thing
Amuse Bouche - small bites of sweet, salty, sour, bitters.
1. Ikejime Tai w/ Asian Pear & Soy Truffle Sauce
2. Tagliarini w/ sugar pie pumpkin coulis & pepitas, egg yolk
3. Turbot w/ bacon braised savoy cabbage, pinot noir fumet
4. Duck w/ hen of the woods, potato rosti
Amuse Bouche - palate cleanser - like a tiny sorbet thing.
5. Wagyu beef w/ baby turnips, kinoko-mushi broth
6. A selection of artisanal & farmhouse cheeses w/ breads & fruits
7. Verjus sorbet, quince riesling soup w/ crystallized picholine olives
Birthday surprise: I knew about it from Michael Bauer so had to see for myself. It's some fancy gimick: 4 warm chocolate chip cookies in a glass container & a helium balloon on the outside. He does something and cocoa powder gets sprinkled around on top of the cookies & the ballooon deflates. Very cool!
8. chocolate almond "sponge cake" w/ blood orange, chestnut gelato
Mignardises - Candies, cookies, & brownies to take home in nice Cyrus boxes & a nice bag.
Hubby got a 3 course wine pairing $42 thought he thought was just ok.
Cocktails: should have gotten one since they are famous for them, $12 ea.
Our total $325.41 Before tip.
Time it took: 2 hrs, but we eat fast..maybe longer for others.
Recommended especially for Birthdays!
Closed for break: 1/5-15, 2009.
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Cyrus Restaurant
29 North St, Healdsburg, CA 95448
By hhc
on Jan 5, 2009 07:00 PM
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So, how was the food???
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Food is good at Cyrus & I recommend going at least once.
Favorites: breads, cow butter, duck w/ foie gras, & Wagyu beef.
Correction:
Canapes -were the small bites of sweet, salty, sour, bitter flavors: cups of soup, warm pretzels.-nice
Amuse Bouche - small tuna dish - tasty
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Wow , I had a totally different experience when I went for my birthday. We had the Chef's tasting menu as well. They had truffles at that time and the server was pushing them way too much, it pretty much ruined the dinner. My birthday surprize was a gummy square with a candle stuck in it. Fun times. Maybe they have improved.
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Boston Hound here coming in for the weekend of the 17th. We were there in October; had a great meal. I just looked at the website to see if the menu had changed, and it looks like the whole format of the menu is changing when they re-open on the 16th. It looks like they've simplified by setting tasting menus (5 or 8 courses) with 2 options for each course. Less flexible than before, but the real bummer is that I see no foie gras in sight. Anyone know about this?
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