Last weekend, my mother-in-law, sister in-law and I flew to New Mexico to spend 3 days hiking, exploring, eating good food, drinking fine wine, and relaxing at a desert spa. Oh, how I love a girl's only weekend. :)
We arrived early Friday morning where I ran into the musician Ian Moore at the Albuquerque airport! What a way to start the trip off! After I stopped gushing to him about how I love his music, we loaded into a rental car and drove to the canyons where we hiked for a few hours. The views were breathtaking and the sun felt so nice on my face.
Saturday we drove from Albuquerque to Santa Fe where we spent the morning in a desert spa called Ten Thousand Waves. There were heated meditation rooms, warm foot paths, natural spring pools, and a lovely massage that helped worked out any knots I've gathered during yoga practices and canyon hikes.
After all that...we were starving! We had heard about a small little restaurant called Vinaigrette, so we thought we would give it a shot. Holy cow was it good! I'm not one to eat a salad as a main course but this place was amazing! I ordered the "Can't Beet It" salad (big surprise, since beets are my favorite veggie). It was a mixture of spring greens (grown in the restaurant's garden), arugala, roasted beets, goat cheese, toasted pecans in a light vinaigrette. And since I wanted some protein with lunch too, I added the Duck Confit to the salad,
The last time I ate duck was in Paris back in 2001. I don't remember much of the meal (I didn't pay much attention to what I was eating back then) but I do remember not liking it very much. So I was a little nervous about ordering duck with my salad but happily I can report, I loved it! It sort of tasted like dark chicken meat...very juicy and full of flavor but not overly gamey. And it was the perfect addition to the salad.
With my salad I had a glass of pinot grigio (light and crisp, a perfect compliment to the salad) and some lemon water.
Never in my life did I expect to eat such great food in Santa Fe, but this place was amazing.
http://vinaigretteonline.com/
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