Ghost Ranch Restaurant is a full service restaurant located in Tempe Arizona just past the Ikea and serves Modern Southwest Foods. The decor is bright and rich in Southwest style. There’s big glass garage doors all around that let in lots of bright light during the day. There’s terra-cotta hanging fixtures, naugahyde covered chairs, large roomy tables, a wooden ceiling and a lively looking colorful bar in the center of the restaurant.
We started with the Chips, Salsa and Guacamole Appetizer.
We received two kinds of chips that seemed free of grease and were lightly salted. The guacamole was very fresh tasting, chunky and nicely seasoned. It was difficult for me to eat the green salsa because it was acidic tasting past my comfort zone…..However the red salsa was delicious and taste like it was made with dried chile pods.
I was torn between a few dishes and my server steered me to the Steamed Chile Relleno. He said the other dishes weren’t as special and the Chile Relleno involved more technique.
I received two (impossible to find) Chimayo Chile peppers. Stuffed with Mushroom Duxells (reduced mushrooms, stems, onions, butter). The Chile Peppers rest on a bed of chile enhanced goat cheese sauce and were adorned with raw leek salad. The flavors were spot on with a nice warm gentle yummy heat. All the flavors were harmonious. I was impressed how they got the chile so dry……usually roasted chile peppers keep leaking liquid forever. The chile held the duxelles in like a blanket. I LOVED the dish but you know me if you read my reviews…..I have to tell The Forking Truth………The one thing that should change about this dish would be the leek salad…..flavor-wise it was delicious but it was so tough it was almost impossible to eat….maybe either fried leeks or a different vegetable would work better.
My husband had the Chile Colorado Braised Pork Chimayo Chile.
It’s a make your own Taco Plate with hand made tortillas on the side.
He said he enjoyed every thing and every thing was well seasoned. He also said his plate was a little short on pico for his tacos and he wished the tortillas were warmed slightly.
We decided to try the Burnt Banana for dessert.
This was a plate of cold sliced bananas, with a little crumble, caramel, pop corn and creamy ice cream. I don’t know why this dessert is called Burnt Banana..?
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