In late September, I enjoyed a marvelous girl's trip get away with my Best Girlfriend, Karma. We saw so many cool things that I had never seen before. One of our main reasons for going towards Asheville was to see the famous Biltmore Estate. Many people suggested that we try the Stable Cafe after our tour, and so we did. Made from an old horse stable (or so the story goes), it is really a large airy space with individual stalls with four tables apiece. After our friendly host showed us to our table and we had satisfied our thirst with iced tea (so many steps and hallways in that house!)...we spent a good fifteen minutes discussing the menu. Karma decided on the chicken salad sandwhich and fries and I got the house salad with homemade cheese buttermilk dressing. For starters we had corn bread and the fried green tomatos. Now for those of you who are fans of fried green tomatos you know that you either do it right or you do it wrong...but these folks did it right. Our tomatos arrived lying innocently on a bed of succotash salsa, and had been dressed with fresh goat cheese and then drizzled with a chipolte mayonaise. Only complaint? Only three maters...but, we made do...My salad was generously infused with garden greens, veggies, sprouts and this wonderful creamy cheese dressing. As usual we did halfsies...I got half of her sandwhich and she got half of my salad. With the corn bread and tea refills...we left two happy girls...on to the winery, where we tasted some killer wine..and also some that tasted like Drain-O....ssshhhh...don't tell mom..
