{"id":14186,"date":"2011-12-27T23:34:03","date_gmt":"2011-12-28T05:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=14186"},"modified":"2018-07-18T20:18:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T02:18:49","slug":"tomme-santa-fe-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=14186","title":{"rendered":"Tomme  &#8211; Santa Fe, New Mexico (CLOSED)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<figure style=\"width: 475px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 475px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 475\/356;border: 4px solid black; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/nm\/american\/Images\/Tomme01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"356\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Tomme: 229 Galisteo Street at West Alameda in Santa Fe<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">As the end of an year draws near, the inclination to reflect on the closing year seems natural.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Auld lang syne practically resonates from the pages of most<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0 periodicals as they reflect on the year that was with writers providing their year-end retrospectives.\u00a0 Quite naturally my favorite reflections are of New Mexico&#8217;s continuously evolving, culturally vibrant and deliciously diverse culinary scene.\u00a0 Several of my favorite writers&#8211;and readers&#8211;provided an year-end snapshot of the very best dishes they had during 2011.\u00a0 You can read the latter starting <a title=\"Bruce Schor's: Top Ten Dishes in 2011\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?page_id=432&amp;cpage=1#comment-24634\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">There&#8217;s generally a wide diversity of opinion among restaurant critics and diners as to what constitutes the &#8220;best dishes,&#8221; so it behooves us all to pay attention when consensus or near consensus is achieved by any one dish at a restaurant.\u00a0\u00a0 Most of my astute readers who contributed their top ten dishes of the year agree on the greatness of <a title=\"Blade's Bistro\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=3252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blade&#8217;s Bistro<\/a>, <a href=\"..\/?p=331\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mary &amp; Tito\u2019s<\/a>, <a title=\"Budai Gourmet Chinese\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=9008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Budai Gourmet Chinese<\/a>, <a title=\"Torinos @ Home\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=6377\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Torinos @ Home<\/a>, <a title=\"San Pedro Middle East Restaurant\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=9809\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Pedro Middle East Restaurant<\/a> and <a title=\"Jennifer James 101\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=437\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jennifer James 101<\/a>.\u00a0 These are all easily among my favorite restaurants and shouldn&#8217;t be missed.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 460px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 460\/345;border: 4px solid black; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/nm\/american\/Images\/Tomme02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"345\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The interior at Tomme<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">When two of my very favorite food writers in New Mexico (or anywhere else, for that matter) waxed poetic about the best dishes they had during 2011, my interest was more than piqued because two of their anointed dishes came from a relatively new restaurant in Santa Fe.\u00a0 Because those writers are so highly credentialed and have national profiles, their opinions warranted not only my attention, but a visit to the restaurants they declared as having some of the very best dishes they sampled during 2011.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">My friend, the scintillating author and four-time James Beard award-winner Cheryl Jamison reflected on her favorite dishes in the <a title=\"New Mexico Magazine: Tasting NM\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nmmagazine.com\/tastingnm\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tasting NM blog<\/a> she debuted in November, 2011.\u00a0 One of her favorite dishes for 2011 was the &#8220;pozole&#8221; at Tomme in Santa Fe, a late-comer to the Santa Fe dining scene which launched in September, 2011.\u00a0 She lauded the &#8220;<em>mini-souffle of hominy in a light sauce sparked by red chile and topped with a tangle of pulled pork<\/em>,&#8221; rhapsodizing on how Chef Brian Rood &#8220;<em>took a beloved everyday dish and delighted diners with a witty new play on it<\/em>.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 465px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 465px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 465\/219;border: 4px solid black; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/nm\/american\/Images\/Tomme03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"219\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Slow Braised Short Rib Gougeres: Point Reyes Blue Cheese, apricot gremoulata<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">In the December, 2011 &#8211; January, 2012 edition of <a title=\"Local Flavor Magazine\" href=\"http:\/\/www.localflavormagazine.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Local Flavor Magazine<\/a>, renowned chef and writer <a title=\"Chef Johnny Vee\" href=\"http:\/\/chefjohnnyvee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnny Vee<\/a> put together his list of dishes which wowed him during the year.\u00a0 One of them was the fried chicken with braised greens, potato croquette and brown gravy at Tomme (pronounced Tum).\u00a0 He described the &#8220;<em>down-home classic<\/em>&#8221; as &#8220;<em>anything but rustic with impossibly crunchy poultry<\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0 He had me at fried chicken.\u00a0 Any fried chicken sufficiently worthy of making it to such an acclaimed writer&#8217;s &#8220;best of&#8221; list is a fried chicken we had to try.\u00a0 Not even in the Deep South (which we called home for eight years) did we encounter fried chicken worthy of such an accolade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Tomme, named for a fairly generic class of cheeses produced in France, is anything but generic.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a modern bistro offering a melange of sophisticated dishes at very reasonable prices.\u00a0 It&#8217;s high-end quality with affordable prices.\u00a0 The menu is relatively small&#8211;a handful of appetizers plus a soup of the day, fewer than a dozen entrees and a small number of desserts.\u00a0 One promised constant is the restaurant&#8217;s playful take on Southern fried chicken.\u00a0 Situated on the southeast corner of Galisteo and West Alameda, scant blocks away from the famed Santa Fe Plaza, Tomme is attractive in a sort of minimalist way with nothing to distract you from the cuisine.\u00a0 That&#8217;s the way it should be.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 465px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 465px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 465\/375;border: 4px solid black; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/nm\/american\/Images\/Tomme04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"375\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Southern Fried Chicken: Hand mashed potatoes, bacon braised kale<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">With your focus squarely on the menu and not on a distracting milieu, contemplating your dining options is sheer pleasure.\u00a0 You may ponder how, or <em>if<\/em>, a restaurant can successfully execute such a mishmash of upscale and fusty dishes or how the moderate price point will translate in terms of quality.\u00a0 Mostly, however, you&#8217;ll probably deliberate the place of fried chicken on other than a fast food menu.\u00a0 Despite the small number of options on the menu, you&#8217;ll be hard-pressed to decide which to have and which to hold off until a future visit.\u00a0 Our decision not to have pozole during our inaugural visit was based on the fact that we were all &#8220;posoled&#8221; out from the Christmas season, but we look forward to sample it next time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Our inaugural appetizer choice was <em>slow-braised short rib gougeres<\/em> (a French style of savory pastry made from choux pastry and some type of cheese).\u00a0 The cheese used is <a title=\"Point Reyes Cheese\" href=\"http:\/\/pointreyescheese.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Point Reyes<\/a> blue cheese, a creamy, pungent, full-flavored blue cheese.\u00a0 The short ribs are shredded into tender tendrils of moist, thoroughly delicious beef.\u00a0 The shredded beef is sandwiched in between the\u00a0 choux pastry puffs and topped with an apricot gremolata, a sweet-tangy garnish.\u00a0 Served three per order, the gougeres may resemble roast beef sliders, but one bite confirms this is an elegant and sophisticated starter.\u00a0 The melding of strong blue cheese and unctuous shredded short ribs is particularly notable.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 465px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 465px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 465\/322;border: 4px solid black; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/nm\/american\/Images\/Tomme05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"322\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Steak Frites: Pan seared strip loin, pommes frites, haricot verts, house made tamarind sauce<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">The <em>Southern fried chicken<\/em> also manages a surprising level of sophistication and not just because the comforting crunch has its genesis in a wondrous panko breading though that&#8217;s a refreshing difference.\u00a0\u00a0 Tomme serves a three-piece boneless, all white\u00a0 array of pulchritudinous poultry truly befitting of consideration for anyone&#8217;s top ten list.\u00a0 It&#8217;s juicy and tender without being greasy.\u00a0 Reflective of an evolving menu, our chicken was served not with a potato croquette as was Johnny Vee&#8217;s, but with hand-mashed potatoes and bacon-braised kale.\u00a0 The kale is not nearly as &#8220;iron&#8221; bitter tasting as some kale.\u00a0 Attribute that to the transformative nature of bacon which improves everything with which it comes into contact.\u00a0 The mashed potatoes are creamy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">A more conventional bistro offering, <em>steak frites,<\/em> is very well executed, a pan-seared strip loin served with pommes frites (French fries), haricot verts and a housemade tamarind sauce. \u00a0 Prepared at a perfect medium, the strip loin is tender, juicy and tasty.\u00a0 The housemade tamarind sauce proves a perfect complement for the steak, blending the sweet-tangy-sour flavors of tamarind with the savoriness of a great steak sauce.\u00a0 The haricot verts (very small and slender green beans) are crispy and fresh.\u00a0 The pommes frites are among the very best in New Mexico with a twice-fried texture and perfect level of saltiness.\u00a0 Ketchup need not rear its presence anywhere near these fries.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 455px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 455px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 455\/394;border: 4px solid black; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/nm\/american\/Images\/Tomme06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"394\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Poached Pear: Smoked chevre ice cream, orange chutney, tarragon syrup<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Though the fried chicken may not make <a title=\"Gil's Top Ten Dishes for 2011\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?page_id=432&amp;cpage=1#comment-24693\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my top ten list<\/a>, there is one item on the Tomme menu which just might supplant one of my choices.\u00a0 It&#8217;s the <em>poached pear<\/em> dessert pairing a smoked chevre (goat cheese) ice cream atop an orange chutney with sliced pears over a tarragon syrup.\u00a0 The pears are poached in wine and honey, a combination which bring out the natural sweetness of the pears while imbuing them with richness and sophistication.\u00a0 The chevre ice cream lends a savory tanginess to the sweetness of the vanilla while the orange chutney adds a punchy zest.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Tomme is an exciting change of pace from the highly regarded, high-end genre which dominates the Santa Fe dining scene.\u00a0 With its whimsical menu touches and working class prices, it promises to go far&#8211;undoubtedly to many more top ten lists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Tomme<\/strong><br \/>\n229 Galisteo Street at West Alameda<br \/>\n<strong>Santa Fe, New Mexico<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>LATEST VISIT<\/strong>: 27 December 2011<br \/>\n<strong># OF VISITS<\/strong>: 1<br \/>\n<strong>RATING<\/strong>: *<br \/>\n<strong>COST<\/strong>: $$<br \/>\n<strong>BEST BET<\/strong>: Slow Braised Short Rib Gougeres, Southern Fried Chicken, Steak Frites, Poached Pear<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the end of an year draws near, the inclination to reflect on the closing year seems natural.\u00a0 Auld lang syne practically resonates from the pages of most\u00a0 periodicals as they reflect on the year that was with writers providing their year-end retrospectives.\u00a0 Quite naturally my favorite reflections are of New Mexico&#8217;s continuously evolving, culturally vibrant and deliciously diverse culinary scene.\u00a0 Several of my favorite writers&#8211;and readers&#8211;provided an year-end snapshot of the very best dishes they had during 2011.\u00a0 You can read the latter starting here. 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