L'Augerge Carmel | Celebrity chef in Carmel | 5 star service

Menu

Executive Chef Christophe Grosjean prepares fresh from the garden and farm contemporary California cuisine with European influences, offering a dining experience akin to a Michelin starred restaurant. The 12-table restaurant features an underground wine cellar that was constructed beneath the inn's courtyard to house the restaurant's 4,500 bottle collection. The wine list features great wines from around the world but especially wines from Monterey County, California and France.


Restaurant L'Auberge Menu

In Central California and the Salinas Valley, the vegetables reflect the rhythm of the seasons more abundantly than perhaps any other region in the country. This menu is designed primarily with the local farmers’ markets in mind; the freshest seasonal produce is then paired with the meat, if any, and is specifically chosen to complement the delicate flavors of the vegetables. 

Wild Watercress & Oysters
vichyssoise, crème fraiche, sea beans, poached beausoleil oysters

Radishes & Cobia
avocado purée, meyer lemon vinaigrette, cucumber, sashimi

Little Gem & Eggs
little gem salad, carrots “de nantes”, leeks, duck ham, fresh hen eggs

Beets & Prawns
red beet risotto, chioggia, asparagus, Hawaiian blue prawns

Zucchini Blossom & Goat Cheese
goat cheese stuffed zucchini blossom, tomato confit, basil vinaigrette

Green Asparagus & Black Truffle
jumbo asparagus, parmesan foam, soft quail egg, black truffle vinaigrette

Potato & Dungeness Crab
purple potato, rouille, lemon grass, dungeness crab bisque

Artichoke & Abalone
artichoke barigoule, bacon, wild green onion, slow cooked abalone

Fava Bean & Halibut
fava bean, green garlic, local morels, olive oil poached halibut

Aprium & Foie Gras
Aprium, vanilla gastrique, marocona almond, seared foie gras

 Ramps & Squab
turnip puree, blue foot mushrooms, foie gras stuffed leg of squab, squab breast

Spinach & Veal
potato gnocchi, bloomsdale spinach, mousseron mushroom, veal strip loin 

Swiss Chard & Kobe Beef
white swiss chard ragout, beurre rouge, bordelaise jus, waygu top sirloin

English Peas & Lamb
english peas, parsnip “fries”, braised lamb shank, roasted lamb loin

Cheese
pascal bellevaire cheese selection, raisin bread, seasonal accompaniment

Rhubarb
soup, sour cream sorbet, cinnamon marshmallow

Chocolate
ganache, banana, vanilla bean ice cream

Strawberry
confites, shiso ice cream, orange blossom milk, toasted brioche

Chocolate
Hot chocolate mousse, griottes, praline ice cream

3 selections • 69 dollars
4 selections • 89 dollars
  5 selections • 110 dollars

A chef’s tasting menu can be created for the entire table • 150 dollars per person
Wine pairing available with four-course, five-course and tasting menu

Executive Chef – Christophe Grosjean
Pastry Chef – Ron Mendoza

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Wine Pairing Menu

United States    California
2005 Brander Vineyard § Sauvignon Blanc § au Naturel § Santa Ynez Valley

Deutschland    Mosel-Saar-Ruwer
2006 Fritz Haag § Riesling Spätlese § Brauneberger Jungfer Sonnenuhr

United States    California
2006 Acvs Vineyards § Sauvignon Blanc § McFadden Vineyard § Potter Valley

France    Côte-d’Or
2006 Les Héritiers du Comte Lafon § Macon-Uchizy § Les Maranches § Macon-Villages

France    Jurançon
2004 Charles Hours § Clos Uroulat

United States    California
2006 Tantara Winery § Pinot Noir § Solomon Hills Vineyard § Santa Maria Valley

United States    California
2005 Antiqv2s Cellars § Syrah § Pisoni Vineyard § Santa Lucia Highlands

Australia    Victoria
2007 Innocent Bystande § Pink Moscato § Yarra Valley

France    Languedoc-Roussillon
2003 Domaine du Mas Blanc § Banyuls Blanc § Vin Doux Naturel

L’Auberge Carmel Wine Pairing ·  Eighty Five Dollars

Wine Director
· Thomas Perez

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