Cuisine:

• American
• Others

Saddle Peak Lodge Description:
Offers outdoor dining with a romantic ambience and a good view and has a fire place. Good for weddings, rehearsals, anniversaries, corporate dinners, and all day retreats. Private rooms are available.
Before it became a restaurant, this century-old log building was first a Pony Express lodge, a hunting lodge, and then a bordello. It has become a favorite destination for Angelenos to escape the city for a romantic dinner or weekend brunch in Malibu Canyon. It is easy to understand why: the unique dining rooms boast rustic fireplaces and beautiful antlered animal heads; there's a bar bedecked with vintage guns and fishing rods; the upstairs library dining room has a view of the surrounding peaks; and the waterfall on the terrace is bordered by cactus and aromatic plants. Young, talented chef Adam Horton serves a cuisine in accordance with the sophisticated mountain retreat feel of the place, like in his amuse-bouche, an heirloom tomato soup with crème fraîche ice cream, or smoked salmon served on a fluffy blini topped with caviar. Continue with the hamachi sashimi served with garlic chips and melon cilantro vinaigrette; the cauliflower soup; or the hand-cut Kobe beef carpaccio, seasoned with piquillo peppers, fried capers and mustard vinaigrette for appetizers. The milieu calls for game for main courses, such as the tender New Zealand elk tenderloin with celery root, grilled ostrich tenderloin "Rossini" or Nebraska buffalo served two ways. Horton also does very well with seafood, especially his delicate butter poached lobster with citrus marinated green papaya and roasted line-caught salmon covered with fresh peas. We recommend you end your leisurely meal with the semi-sweet chocolate ganache, the apple terrine with cookie crust or the coffee soufflé. All of the entries on the interesting 50-page wine list, save the sparkling and dessert options, are completely American.


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