Le Sans Souci is a French Style full service family owned restaurant located in Cave Creek Arizona. They offer lunch, a regular menu, inexpensive early bird specials, inexpensive 4 course brunch, and inexpensive four course dinners. (at this time August 2022 subject to change the 4 course brunch is only $20.50 and the 4 course dinners aren’t so much more and are far less than even restaurant week pricing at around $27.50)

They start you off with complimentary thin crisp bread, butter, and soft Arizona style bread.

For the 4 course Sunday Brunch ($20.50 subject to change) They start each person off with a tasting plate of smoked salmon, pate, avocado, shrimp, hard boiled egg, tomato, cornichon pickle and rice crackers.

Second course is a cup of soup.

Above is French Onion (with cheese $1.00 extra) and soup of the day (watercress soup…..taste very verdant)

My husband had the veal scaloppini a la Francaise.

Lemon, white wine, butter and capers on pounded tender veal. The entrees also came with braised cabbage, broccoli, and French style potatoes. This is not too shabby either.

I tried the grilled salmon with olive oil. I asked for medium but it was prepared well done.

The salmon had nice grill marks and the skin and most of the bloodline was removed. It also was a bigger portion than I expected.

For dessert we shared the banana cake and the chocolate mousse cake.

They taste like lots of Cool Whip to me on not the best cake. It might be better to pay extra and get the soufflé. I noticed the table next to us got one of the soufflés.

On a different visit we tried the 4 course dinner specials.

They come with a soup or fruit cup, salad, a choice of fourteen different dinners, and dessert.

We started with cups of vichyssoise and French onion (slight extra charge for French onion).

Next course was salad.

My main was the filet of sole meunière (lightly floured fried in butter with lemon).

It’s a larger portion than I was expecting. It’s not fish house quality but everything seems fresh tasting. The broccoli was prepared tender crisp and the zucchini was prepared very squishy.

My husband went for the beef brochette (tenderloin and bacon in mushroom sauce).

He said that it was pretty good.

Desert was a Napoleon and strawberry shortcake.

The desserts are neighbor or relative quality but hey….. four courses only were around $27.50 each.

Maybe I should have paid extra and tried a soufflé…..?

4 course brunch $20.50 and 4 course dinners (around $27.50) Yesteryears Prices! It’s cheaper than Restaurant Week every week! (even if you pay extra for a soufflé!)

www.LeSansSouciRestaurant.com

7030 E Bella Vista Dr Cave Creek AZ

480-488-2856

Everything is subject to change.

Dynasty Chinese American Restaurant has recently opened in Cave Creek Arizona. They serve mostly Chinese-American favorites but they also offer other unique dishes like crispy Brussels sprouts, truffled filet mignon, and black truffle fried rice.

They are newly opened and on the day of my visit they are without a sign….The previous restaurant in that spot was J Chen and you see that very clearly where the sign was removed.

We walked in and were greeted ad seated quickly.

We started out by sharing the crispy Brussels sprouts.

The Brussels sprouts were crispy and tasty. They seemed like they were free of oil. They also gave us a very large portion and we sure didn’t mind taking some home for latter.

I was going to order the black truffle fried rice. I was told that they didn’t have truffles today but would have some tomorrow. I was thinking about ordering the sizzling sea bass but I didn’t know if they would do fish well so I thought for my first try here I’d try the Szechwan garlic chicken.

The chicken is masterfully moist (yeah!) vegetables are tender crisp. It has a nice heat to it. This is a very large portion….It is flavorful but it does run sweet.

My husband tried the kung pao with chicken, beef, and shrimp.

All the proteins are tender and moist. It is flavorful, a bit spicy, and it also runs sweet.

Went back for a second visit.

Started with the vegetable rolls.

They are expertly fried and are ever so slightly garlicky….

This time we got the black truffle fried rice with added chicken.

It does have a nice black truffle aroma….It’s really different. Most of the rice is steamed but some of the rice is crunchy and there’s soft fluffy egg. The chicken is very moist and tender. It’s subtle with truffle taste….I smell it more than I taste it until I hit a cluster of truffle dust. It’s also a little peppery. It’s really different…Never had a fried rice like this before.

We also shared the black pepper filet mignon. It comes out on a sizzling hot bubbling skillet. The filet is mixed with tender crisp red bell peppers and onions.

The filet is tender like butter. Honestly you can cut it with your fork. The sauce is slightly garlicky but you taste more black pepper like you should.

They have a sign now.

Dynasty Chinese Restaurant – Newly Opened in Cave Creek

29850 N Tatum Blvd Cave Creek AZ

480-513-8398

I haven’t found a working website.

Everything is subject to change.