I wanted to use Christian's birthday dinner in New Mexico as an excuse to try something a little fancy and fun, so I made reservations at Sazon months in advance after reading about this James Beard award winning restaurant specializing in moles and all around delicious food. After wandering around a few more art galleries in town and grabbing a pre-dinner drink by the fire at La Posada de Santa Fe, we wandered over to Sazon where we were immediately seated in the low-lit and art-filled dining room. I worried before we went that the restaurant would be too "fancy" for us, but we had the best waiter that made the whole experience fun and every dish we tried was even better than the last. You start the dinner with a tasting of 5 different housemade moles, then use that as a base to order your main dish with a choice of proteins for the day. We also went a little overboard with appetizers and the like, but paired with tasty margaritas and knowing we probably wouldn't be back, we didn't regret anything we tried. At the end of the meal we forced ourselves to eat dessert {one complimentary and one because it just sounded that interesting} and stumbled our way back to the hotel for one last margarita by the lobby fireplace. It was such a fun birthday celebration for my honey and I'm so happy we could spend it in Santa Fe!
mole sampler
sopa de amor {chef's soup} - so many flavors and textures going on with this one and it was amazing
yellow fin crudite + bone marrow
happiest when eating marrow straight from the bone
pork loin with mole
duck "enchiladas" with mole
princesa dessert with berries and cream
dulce sinfonia - I don't even remember what was in this, but something about jalapeño ice cream and chilies and caramel - it was the craziest mix of flavors and textures in a dessert but absolutely delicious
full & happy
xoxo,
stephanie marie
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