We are dividing our week here in Sante Fe between two hotels and settled in just north of town the other day at Bishop's Lodge, an Auberge Resort for our first three nights. I had heard great things about the restaurant here called SkyFire so we decided to try it our before our first opera.
The setting is very Sante Fe/Southwestern decor with woods and leathers chairs and woven fabrics with a large barroom one side and lots of outdoor seating.
We perused the pricey menu, and our server said the truffle bread was amazing, but we really did not want to fill up on carbs on an almost $20 plate(that much with tax and mandatory 20% service charge for sure!!)! Will chose the Tortilla Soup with roasted chicken and charred avocado which he loved, and I was thrilled with my Nopales Salad with heirloom tomatoes, red onion, cilantro, green chile, spicy hibiscus-oregano vinaigrette and of course the fabulous tender local Nopales cacti. Will had the Pazo de Brujas Albarino and I enjoyed the JL Chave Cotes du Rhone "Mon Couer" Syrah blend with my entree.
We had asked our server for a nice break it worked our perfectly. Will said the Barramundi a la Vizcaina sauce with confit potato and yellow drop chile was nice but the potatoes were a bore. My Lamb Chops with New Mexico inspired mole, peas and fava beans was a fabulous dish marred only by the fact that the chops were medium on the edge and closer to medium rare at the bone. I mentioned this to our server, and he immediately removed the charge. WOW! The sauce was slightly spicy and full of flavor and I loved the peas and beans to boot. My only regret was there was no bread to mop up the sauce and at these prices (mains from $45+) there should be some bread.
We split the yummy Braided Churros with chocolate ganache dip and caramel ice cream.
Overall, a good experience and the flavors here do abound, but watch your wallet!
