October 16, 2017 Lunch – Jambo. Dinner – the Range

October 16, 2017 Lunch – Jambo.  Dinner – the Range

Another full day of travel and food.  Breakfast was a few bites of a cold bagel, because we were on the move early because we had agreed to meet Amy for lunch in Santa Fe at noon.  We drove across the gorge and along the West Rim Road to Pilar where we stopped at Stephen Kilborn’s studio.  After crossing the bridge high in the canyon on the way to Pilar we saw a small herd of desert sheep, all ewes and babies as far as I could tell and the second ones I have ever seen in the wild.

Rebecca had her picture taken and bought a small bowl for $30.00 at Kilborn’s.  We then drove into Santa Fe.  Our first choice for lunch, Thai Vegan, was closed so we went to Jambo, wonderful restaurant that specializes in third world cuisines.  Amy and I ordered chicken shish kebabs onl couscous garnished with string beans, feta cheese and sautéed onions.  Suzette ordered a bowl of black bean and sweet potato soup, Elaine had a lamb sandwich, Billy did take out again, and Rebecca did a combination plate with goat stew and chicken curry, rice and lentils.

I enjoyed the chicken kebabs.  They were fruity and a little spicy.
The soup was interesting also, also slightly spicy.


One of the things I most admired about Jambi's was the thought and creativity that went into the presentation of the dishes, as you can see from the photos below.

                          From left to right, Rebecca, Billy, Suzette, Amy, and Elaine

                                    The combo plate of goat stew and chicken curry with rice and lentils

The lamb sandwich

                                         The black bean and sweet potato soup

                              The chicken shishito kebabs on couscous with green beans. And feta

After lunch we drove to Stephen’s Consignment, where Rebecca purchased two mirrors that had been made for and hung inBishop’s Lodge until it was remodeled a few years ago.

We drove to the UPS store at Zafarano  and Rebecca shipped the mirrors to her apartment in NYC.

We then drove back to downtown and parked at the Water St. lot and Rebecca bought a Pasqual’s calender for 2018.  Then we walked to the Fine Arts Museum, but it was closed, so we retraced our
steps and took seats on the patio of Gruet’s Tasting Room at the St. Francis Hotel and whiled away an hour sipping champagne.

We then drove back to Albuquerque and after a few minutes rest we picked up Willy at the corner of Tingley and Central and went to the candy store and met with Andres and Debbie to inspect their progress in opening and their plans for their restaurant.

Afterwards, we drove to the Range on Rio Grande just north of I-40 for dinner.  I ate my favorite, country fried steak,  a large breaded pounded round steak with mashed potatoes and lovely steamed slices of zucchini, yellow squash, and onions with a bowl of thick white sauce and a bowl of wonderful  thickened red wine and mushroom brown sauce. Willy ordered striped bass served on pea purée and a bed of marsacapone flavored risotto.  His striped Bass was two sautéed planks of fish on a bed of risotto surrounded by green pea purée.  Suzette ordered Trout garnished with sun dried tomatoes and capers, which was lightly sautéed and delicious and Rebecca ordered green Chile stew.

The Striped bass on marsacapone risotto surrounded by green pea purée

       The Sauteed Trout garnished with sun dried tomatoes and capers on steamed slices of squash

The green chili stew

Again considerable thought and creativity went into the presentation.

After dinner we took Willy home and saw his apartment and then drove home and went to bed.

Bon Appetit