The Girl & The Fig - Sonoma

This was a great Monday.

Up at 6; blogging until 9; breakfast at Meadowood (amazing Salmon Benedict!!!); quick stop at Sunshine's market for some essentials we forgot and off to The Girl & the Fig (Sonoma) to meet one of my husband's clients who is from the area.

I've been wanting to go to The Girl and The Fig for years, but it is a long drive from our two overnight locations (Rutherford or Healdsburg) and we never seem to time it right for lunch. I'm glad we waited to go with a local though because we never would have known that they were known for their cheeses. I would have been tempted with the Salmon Nicoise Salad had I not known better.

So the three of us split a tray of 6 different cheeses, ranging from the basic goat cheese to a gruyere with black peppercorns and everything in-between. The fig cakes, sliced thin, paired perfectly with the mild bleu cheese; the apples with the triple cream was divine. Accompanying the cheeses were caperberrys, pickles and olives. All three of us selected the sweet corn and saffron cold soup to accompany our bread and cheese feast.

We dined outside on the patio. Quiet and serene, this is a perfect retreat from the busy winery bustle and the crowds of Sonoma Plaza. I would definitely return for lunch or dinner.