Cyrus*, Geyserville, CA – February 16, 2025

by 3gin3rd

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  1. **Bubbles Lounge:**
    Soup Billi Bi
    **Kitchen Table:**
    Canapés:
            Sweet: Chestnut Tea Cake, Fuyu Persimmon
            Sour: Huckleberry and Yogurt Halo
            Salty: Air Cracker, Époisses, Fig Balsamic Jam
            Bitter: Seaweed Butter and Radish Tart
            Umami: Adult “Oreo”  Foie Gras Torchon, Apple Butter
    Ossetra Caviar, Buttermilk Sherbet, Sea Lettuce, Egg Yolk Jam
    Suzuki, Blood Orange, Beet, Wasabi
    Chicken & The Egg 2.0: Chawanmushi, Fried Chicken, Black Truffle
    A5 Waygu, Yuzu Kosho

    **Dining Room:**
    Sobacha Epi, House Cultured Butter
    Nantucket Bay Scallops, Sunchoke, Potato, Black Sesame Miso
    Gochujang Glazed Baby Back Rib, Buttered Kimchee, Acorn Tartlet
    Shio Koji Aged Beef Striploin, Pickled Ramp Koshihikari Rice, Ponzu
    Mandarin & Sake Lees Sorbets
    Brown Butter Custard, Celery Root, Apple
    Mignardises:
            Sweet: Honey Nut Mousse, Candy Cap and Maple Chantilly
            Sour: Yuzu and Olive Oil Tartlet, Shiso Meringue
            Salty: Black Sesame Bon Bon, Toasted Rice Ganache
            Bitter: Earl Grey Canelé
            Umami: Dark Chocolate Seaweed Choquette, Sweet Soy 

    **Chocolate Room:**
    Hot Chocolate
    Sobacha and Golden Sesame Crunch Bar with Koji Caramel

    TL;DR – Had a very enjoyable progressive dinner at Cyrus this weekend. My favorite canape was the Salty one with the Époisses cheese since I that is one of my favorite cheeses and I love the funky, pungent, saltiness of it. I absolutely loved their chawanmushi which had a bit of fried chicken in it and microplaned Perigord truffle.

    In the dining room, the Gochujang Glazed Baby Back ribs were perfectly cooked and the meat was falling off the bone (I’m going have to try making some of this myself). For the desserts, I’m a sucker for canalé and the bit of earl grey frosting made it all the more delicious.

    My only quibble would be a bit with the pacing that made it feel slightly rushed and the ending in the Chocolate Room was a bit abrupt, but overall, it was very much what I would expect from fine dining.

    Long writeup and 79 pictures on my blog – [https://epicureanenthusiast.blog/cyrus/](https://epicureanenthusiast.blog/cyrus/)

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