Elements Restaurant is located at the Sanctuary Camelback Mountain Resort and Spa in the Paradise Valley part of Scottsdale Arizona. The executive chef is Celebrity Chef Beau Macmillan who has been showing up on various Food Network TV Shows for many years now. The food that is served at Elements is Seasonal Asian Inspired American Food. The menu changes regularly.

Upon arrival you stop at the valet. You are only steps away from Camelback Mountain but you are a lot closer to Elements….I recommend if you are hungry to go to Elements.

Here’s the lobby between the Elements Restaurant and the Jade Bar.

Elements offers formal modern dining rooms with stunning picturesque views of beautiful Paradise Valley.

This was the view from my table. It’s just the beginning of monsoon season and we were having a very rare June Rain Today so the outdoor patio was empty.

We ordered and soon someone starts us with hot crusty chewy sourdough bread and sweet butter that’s embellished with crushed seaweed and sea salt.

The combination is appetizing and resistance is futile.

The salt and pepper on the table appears to be fresh ground and is displayed in a Ying and Yang Plate.

I went with the recommended Tea Brined Fried Chicken Thighs.

My plate is bright and colorful. Everything looks scrumptious! I have the most moist tender chicken you can imagine. It has this incredibly light textured and crisp batter coating that seems free of oil.. Underneath is a flavored oil and a sauce with gingery Asian Flavors. The sauce is  mild and a bit sweet but the flavors are delicious. My plate also contained pickled watermelon that was light and sort of was a break that cut the rich parts of this dish. This plate also contained sprouts, shreds of carrots and fried green beans. In the center of the plate is this scallion sticky rice that is unexpectedly delicious.  This rice has a firm but chewy texture similar to risotto. The rice is almost creamy but what makes it special are those sauces underneath that make it super scrumptious! There are delicious flavors going on here.  As you can see it’s a very large portion. I would have had two meals if it didn’t taste so great AND IF I didn’t share……….

My husband tried the Feature of the Day….it was a Beef Tenderloin in hoisin and five spice with green onion sticky rice, celery, charred cauliflower and peanuts.

The beef seemed like a high quality and was tender like butter with flavors that were delicious. I do note that this plate was smaller in size compared to the Tea Brined Chicken Thighs. For me it would be enough food though.

The dessert menu sounded too great to turn down. My favorite dessert was on the menu so we tried a Lemon Meringue Pie.

It’s a little different with toasted coconut and a coconut brown butter crust.

Ummmmm It’s really great…….The meringue is good as sometimes meringue can have an unpleasant egg white taste.  The lemon curd has the correct amount of sweetness and tart lemon flavor. The crust is delicious and is good enough to be make into some kind of biscuit or cookie. It is way too thick (maybe 3/4 inch on the bottom) so I couldn’t eat much of it but flavor wise is was unusually delicious.

Our server was helpful and made good suggestions for us. She was also efficient and other members of the staff also checked on us.

I’d say Elements at Sanctuary at Camelback Mountain is Worth a Fork!

www.SanctuaryCamelback.com/dining/Elements

The Forking Truth is that EVERYTHING is subject to change and your experience may or may not differ.