Seasons 52 Rolls Out New Springtime Menu: We Got A Sneak Peek

By Shannon Armour Wed., Mar. 28 2012 at 11:00 AM

Categories: First Taste

Last week, Seasons 52 at the Biltmore debuted brand new springtime menu additions and invited us to lunch on their front patio to check it out. And for the sake of the blog, we went and stuffed our faces with a couple plates of their guilt-free eats.

Haven't heard of Seasons 52? It's a pretty cool concept restaurant that serves healthy plates of modern cuisine all under 475 calories and changes up the menu four times a year to incorporate the tastes of each season. This spring, the Season 52 chefs put ingredients like artichokes, vine-ripe tomatoes, creamy Hass avocados, tender young lamb, and crisp snow peas to work in flavorful dishes.

Lunch started off with a plank of artichoke & goat cheese flatbread with baby spinach, fresh tomatoes, and balsamic onions as well as a plate of tangy artichoke stuffed artichokes leaves. The flatbread was crisp, and the toppings complemented each other nicely -- but the stuffed artichoke leaves were far better in terms of flavor. I could eat an entire plate of those suckers.

Next up was a delicious salad of peppery arugula with ripe avocados and firm tomatoes tossed in a creamy dressing and topped with a balsamic glaze and slightly charred bruschetta.

Columbia River Steelhead Trout with spring veggies, rice, and lemongrass sauce and a tasty dish of spicy snow peas and shiitake mushrooms were part of the main courses. Both were quite good, but the grilled lamb t-bone chops with fresh asparagus and truffle mashed potatoes stole the show. The lamb chops had been seared perfectly, and the truffle mashed potatoes were made with non-fat sour cream to keep them healthy without losing creaminess or flavor.

As if all that wasn't enough, our friendly servers dropped off an entire tray of the restaurant's Mini Indulgences. The tiny cups were filled with everything from carrot cake to key lime pie to triple chocolate rocky road -- and we ate every single one of them.

Our favorites were definitely the not-too-sweet mango cheesecake, the mellow carrot cake, and the rocky road.

Check out the full spring menu here and then find a dinner date and head to the Biltmore for one of those lamb t-bones.

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