Today was Todd's (coworker) birthday, so I made Pioneer Woman's delicious carrot cake cupcakes! I made these for Easter this year and they were so good, so I couldn't resist making them again! If you make them, I filled each cupcake half way with batter and baked them for 16 minutes at 350 degrees.
For lunch, Todd chose to go to the Le Cordon Bleu student-run restaurant, Technique. We're working at a bank that's basically in the same parking lot as the culinary school, so we figured it would be a quick, fun lunch. We should have known that this wasn't going to be a quick lunch because: 1) There were 9 people in our party, 2)When we got there, we found out it was only the second day of service, and 3) There was a notice on the menu that said that if we had time constraints for lunch, we should inform our waiter. None of these raised any red flags in our minds...
We arrived at noon and were promptly seated. Then the waiter took our drink order and brought us bread. Then he brought us more bread. Then he asked if we were ready to order. It was 12:30. Everything on the menu sounded delicious. I had a hard time deciding what to get. There were 3 appetizers to choose from - fajita pizza, margherita pizza, and fried goat cheese salad. There was also a duck soup. For the entree, the choices were roasted chicken with goat cheese risotto, lamb rack chop with mashed potatoes and zucchini, and pasta carbonara. Dessert was either brown sugar cake or raspberry sorbet. I got the fried goat cheese salad, lamb rack chop, and raspberry sorbet. The salad was delicious. There's nothing better than fried goat cheese! And the lamb was cooked perfectly, seared on both sides with a tasty grill crust.
The raspberry sorbet was also good, but I could have done without it. The prices were pretty reasonable, $5 for an appetizer, $8 for an entree, and $3 for dessert. I don't think there's another restaurant in Dallas where you can get lamb for $8! They also serve dinner and you can get a 3-course meal for $35. My only complaint would be...from the time we sat down to the time we left, it took TWO HOURS. Talk about S-L-O-W service!! But the food was delicious and the experience was definitely one of a kind! I'd go back. And I'd recommend you to try it sometime! But make sure you have plenty of time for lunch. Or wait and go towards the end of the semester...
Le Cordon Bleu Dallas
11830 Webb Chapel Road
Dallas, Texas
Reservations: (214) 647-8500
