The Pony Room...Rancho Valencia Resort
Anyone been yet?
Saddle me up to this place..menu looks great with solid cocktails.
Love the remodel..
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We had lunch at the Pony Room today. Perfect. I had the Quiche Lorraine and Tomato Soup with Parmesan crouton like Beach Chick did. Anything but boring. Husband had a wood-fired lamb pizza and beets with burrata. Excellent wines on tap, including a frizzante. One of the most beautiful hotels I've ever seen. I want to live there but I'll settle for a regular lunch date.
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foodiechick
Jan 22, 2013 01:19 AM
So glad you liked it, I had the same longing to live there as well. We should meet there for lunch someday, with Beach Chick and her DH...except it was me, foodiechick that posted the review (it is ok, Beach Chick and I are two chicas cut from a similar cloth). ;D
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re: foodiechick
Gosh, Foodie! I apologize. I KNEW it was you posting and my fingers typed it wrong. But I do think of you two chicas as cut from the same sunny cloth: happy positives to my usual negative.
And thank you again for steering us to such a lovely afternoon. I wish the Rancho Valencia all the best in its new incarnation as one of the most classically beautiful and truly elegant places in San Diego.
(And yes. Some day I'd love to share a glass and a meal with my anonymous friends.)
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Beach Chick
Jan 19, 2013 07:20 AM
Giddy up..
Veladora menu looks delicious..breakfast, lunch or dinner..
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foodiechick
Jan 20, 2013 12:46 PM
Perfect day to relax in the beautiful, peaceful setting. Felt like we were somewhere other than San Diego. The renovation of the property is really well done. The Pony Bar decor reflects the riding theme without being too obvious or over the top and the the main dining room at Veladora feels upscale but not stuffy.
We sat outside on the patio overlooking lush views of the flora and fauna of the hills of Fairbanks Ranch and ordered lunch from the Pony Bar menu. We started with the charcuterie board, which at $22 was a little pricy, but worth every penny as it was one of the best I have had in San Diego. Eight thin, crispy, garlicky crostini served with VERY good chicken liver/port mousse pate, prosciutto, sopresatta, chorizo and salami, pickled onions, olives, cornichons, roasted red peppers and grain mustard.
We each decided on one of the "trio" lunch offerings. My better half ordered the diestel farms turkey panini (sort of a club with avocado, bacon and havarti) that came with a small, perfectly dressed mixed, spring greens salad and a cup of soup. They always offer tomato or soup of the day which was a very well executed cream of carrot.
I ordered the trio that included salad, cream of tomato soup (garnished with pita squares and parmesan cheese), and the quiche lorraine. I know, sounds a little boring, but it was the best quiche I have ever had. A very large wedge (and thick - about 3-inches tall) of warm, moist and creamy custard of eggs and emmenthal cheese in a well-made buttery crust, generously flecked with sharp, salty, applewood smoked bacon. While the tomato soup was pretty standard fare, the quiche was worth the price of admission.
We will be back, and next time I am going to take a spin on the beautiful croquet lawn.
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DiningDiva
Jan 21, 2013 10:07 AM
Do you know who's in the kitchen. Your lunch report sounds fantastic...especially with the weather we're having right now.
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Beach Chick
Jan 19, 2013 05:52 PM
Can't wait to hear all about it..
If I wasn't playing tennis, would of love to have met up with the chica..
Thinking next week before Torrey Pines..
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