Hidden away between The Domain and Burnet Road is the Texas Culinary Academy, which boasts two restaurants. We visited the more formal of the two, Ventana, for dinner a couple of weeks ago. The restaurant is staffed by students in both the front of the house and in the kitchen.
Students heading home
The healthy-looking herb garden
It's an official Cordon Bleu school
Appetizer: chicken kabob with quinoa
Appetizer: Catfish beignets
Salad with fried goat cheese
Salad with pickled onions
Snapper
My shrimp linguine - prepared at tableside!
Gnocchi with spinach and mushrooms
The menu is prix fixe at 2, 3 or 4 courses, so it's a lot of food for a pretty good price. We were happy with the food and it was interesting to try something new. The building that houses the restaurants is the same building where the classrooms are, so you can walk around and get a sense of what it would be like to be a student. There's also a store for supplies, and a large window display of decorated cakes with varying degrees of absurdly ornate icing.
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