Welcome to the Rhododendron Cafe~

We are featuring the cooking of the Mediterranean -  including Italy, Greece, Middle East, North Africa and more.

We will also be open Tuesday ~ February 14th, for Valentines Dinner from 4 pm ~ 9 pm.  We do take reservations on all holidays for parties of 2 or more (normally just for parties of 5 or more).  Please call 360-766-6667 – Wed – Sunday for a reservation!

Following is our Valentines Dinner Menu for this year  ~ Click on the menu for a look at the full version.

Here is our Valentines Dinner Menu

Thanks for the Great turnout this weekend~  It is so great to come back from our winter break and see all our Rhody friends and it really does make us feel great being back open.  We continue on this week with cooking from around the Mediterranean ~  with a heavy emphasis on Italian Cooking this week -  as well as Greek Moussaka~  We have been getting in some beautiful produce from Hedlin Farms and Aslan’s How and the oysters this time of year are beautiful.

Special Note:  We will be open for Valentines Dinner on Tuesday, February 14 and are taking reservations for 2 or more!  Also… the Rhody Too Gallery next door will reopen Friday, February 3 ~  All Jewelery will be 20% off through the month

Read on for this week’s specials and we look forward to seeing you in!  Salute’ ~ Don, Carol, and the Entire Rhody Crew

Mediterranean Cooking~  Week 2 Februry 1st — 5th,  2012    

Lunch:

Grilled Panini with Parma Prosciutto, roasted peppers, Pesto, & Provolone

Braised Red Cabbage with French Chevre, apple, toasted walnuts

Fontina Burger  ~ 1/3 pound organic beef with Italian Fontina Cheese

Dinner:

Pollo Saltimbocca – Breast of Chicken with fresh sage, prosciutto, marsala wine sauce over Penne
Greek Moussaka with potatoes & Vegetable
Grilled Petite Tenderloin  with Gorgonzola, Caramelized Onions, & Demi Glace
Pan Seared Wild Gulf Prawns with wild boar bacon, tomato, garlic, rosemary & spinach, Served on Saffron Rice

Saturday & Sunday Brunch:

Carbonara Scramble—Egg scramble with spaghetti, prosciutto, pancetta, garlic, and parmesan

Eggs Florentine -  English muffin, sauteed spinach, poached eggs, Alfredo sauce

Italian “French” Toast stuffed with sweet ricotta and dipped in Amaretto batter;  maple syrup

Well ~  like they say – time flies when you’re having fun…. But we are excited to jump into 2012 and see our friends and family at the Rhody Cafe!  We had a great R & R and Carol, Don and Staff ventured far and wide -  Colorado, Maui, The Big Island, California, and more! 

We really do appreciate being able to get away, do some exploring and relaxing, do some much needed maintenance and contemplate the past year and get ready for the next! Thank you for that and We are ready for 2012.

Through February we will feature the cuisines of countries around the Mediterranean.  This is a fun and varied month with lots of classic dishes as well as  some exotic fare from North Africa, Turkey, etc.

Special Note:  We will be open for Valentines Dinner on Tuesday, February 14 and are taking reservations for 2 or more!

Also… the Rhody Too Gallery next door will reopen Friday, February 3 ~  All Jewelery will be 20% off through the month

Read on for this week’s specials and we look forward to seeing you in!

 Salute’ ~ Don, Carol, & the Rhody Crew

Mediterranean Cooking  Week 1 ~ January 27 – 29

 (this first week we are open Friday, Saturday, & Sunday - We will be open Wed – Sun starting next week)

 Lunch:

Grilled Panini with Parma Prosciutto, roasted peppers, pesto, & provolone

 Lamb Burger with Hummus

Grilled Eggplant & Portabella Panini with roasted peppers, Fontina, Italian Salsa Verde

Dinner:

 Pollo Saltimbocca – Breast of Chicken with

 fresh sage, prosciutto, marsala wine sauce over Penne

 Moroccan Lamb  Tagine with pear, apricots, tomato, on couscous

 Grilled Petite Tenderloin with gorgonzola, caramelized onions & demi glace

Local Rock Fish with Italian Salsa Verde, Saffron Rice

Saturday & Sunday Brunch:

 Eggs Italian~ English muffin, Italian sausage, poached eggs, marinara

Greek Scramble with shrimp

Ricotta Waffle with fresh pear &  pure maple syrup

Ethnic Odyssey 2012 ~ our 29th Year!

 Explore the World with us as we feature a different cuisine each month !

 February:  Cooking around the Mediterranean    Featuring Greece, North Africa, and more!

March:  American Regional Cooking    A tour of some of our own Cooking styles !

April:  Spain and Portugal    Regional Cooking throughout the Iberian Peninsula

 May:  Lands of Spice    From South of the Border to India & Asia

 June:  French and European Cooking    Culinary tour of Western & Northern Europe

July:  Island Cooking    Caribbean, South Pacific, Hawaii, and More

August:  Skagit Harvest  &  Northwest Cooking    Featuring the Bounty of Skagit & the Northwest

September:  Middle East and Africa    Exotic flavors from Persia to South Africa October:

Wild and Exotic and Foods of Fall    Foods of Autumn Harvest,Wild Game, and Mushrooms

 November: Best of the Rhody    A selection of Rhody Favorites from the last 29 years

 Each year we close from the Week of Thanksgiving
through January -  We will reopen Friday January 27th 2012

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays!

Don, Carol, and the Rhody Staff

Ethnic Odyssey 2012 ~ our 29th Year!

Explore the World  with us as we feature

a different cuisine  each month !

February:  Cooking around the Mediterranean

   Featuring Greece, North  Africa, and more!

March:  American Regional  Cooking

   A tour of some of our own Cooking styles !

April:  Spain and Portugal

   Regional Cooking throughout  the Iberian Peninsula

May:  Lands of Spice

   From South of the Border to India & Asia,  

 June:  French and European Cooking

   Culinary tour of Western & orthern Europe

July:  Island Cooking

   Caribbean, South Pacific, Hawaii, and More

August:  Skagit Harvest  &  Northwest Cooking

   Featuring the Bounty of Skagit & the Northwest

September:  Middle East and  Africa

   Exotic flavors from Persia to South Africa

October: Wild and Exotic and Foods of Fall 

   Foods of Autumn Harvest, Wild Game, and Mushrooms

November: Best of the Rhody

   A selection of Rhody Favorites from the  last 29  years

Yep!  We are still open – but only for a few more days !
We want to thank you all for your patronage over the year(s) and we really appreciate being able to take this time from the Week of Thanksgiving through January to not just get some R & R but to work on new ideas for the coming year!
We want to wish you all Happy Holidays and we hope we will see you when we reopen – Friday, January 27th 2012
The Cafe and the Rhody Too Gallery will be closed through our break.
Thanks again~
Don, Carol, and the Entire Rhody Staff!

Lunch Specials:
Cajun Pasta with choice of Veggies, Grilled Chicken or Garlic Prawns
Burger Specials Bacon & Jarlsberg
BBQ Pork Loin Sandwich
Dinner Specials:
Paella Dinner for Two ~  including shared tapa and dessert ~   $52 for Two
Jagerschnitzel  -  Pork with bacon, mushrooms, sour cream-wine sauce
Grilled New York Strip Loin with Gorgonzola & Wild Blackberry Demi
Cajun Pasta with choice of Veggies, Grilled Chicken or Garlic Prawns
….. And more!
Week Three   ~  Saturday & Sunday Brunch ~ November 19 & 20
Eggs Dungeness ~ house made English Muffin, Crab,  House Hollandaise
Huevos Rancheros ~  Tortilla, Refried Beans, House Smoked Chorizo, poached eggs, Roasted Tomato Sauce
Finnish Pancake with Marion berries and syrup

Two More Weeks!

Yes ~ We are still open and going into our last 2 weeks of our
year – before our holiday break.

Both the Rhododendron Cafe and the Rhody Too Gallery will be closed after Sunday November 20th  until we reopen in 2012 on Friday January 27

This year our last day is, as always the
Sunday before Thanksgiving  and we will close after Brunch at 2 pm.
So…. Come on out and try….”The Best of the Rhody”

~ we are featuring some of the favorites  from the past years.

Thanks again for your support over the years -  making this our 27th year of business!

Read on for this week’s specials…..

Thanks for being a
part of the Rhody Family and we look forward to seeing you in!

Don, Carol, and the entire Rhody Staff ……
Carol, Beth, Hailey, Karissa  in the Dining Room
Don, Julie, Austin, Ben, Tim, Rachel, Owen, Etienne in the Kitchen
Jonelle, Ben, and Tim in the Garden
Jolene at theRhody Too Gallery

November 2011 ~ Best of the
Rhody

Week Two: November 9 – 13
Lunch
Specials:
Kona Burger with teriyaki glaze and grilled pineapple
Chicken Tarragon Sandwich with grilled caramelized apple aioli
Gothberg Chevre on mixed greens, balsamic vinaigrette, braised red
cabbage, diced apple, candied pecans ~ served with grilled baguette

Dinner Specials:
Paella Dinner for Two ~  including shared tapa and dessert ~   $52 for Two!
Cajun Pasta ~ Penne with choice of chicken or prawns with mushrooms & Cajun spices
Five Spice Duck with jade rice and orange-ginger sauce
….. And more!
Saturday & Sunday
Brunch ~ November 12 & 13
Eggs Italian ~ house made English Muffin, Italian sausage, organic eggs, tomato sauce
Joe’s Special ~ Scramble with ground beef, spinach, mushrooms, garlic, & parmesan
Pumpkin Waffle with candied pecans, cinnamon butter & maple syrup

Thanks again for your support over the years -  making this our 27th year of business!

Read on for this week’s specials…..

Thanks for being a part of the Rhody Family and we look forward to seeing you in!

Don, Carol, and the entire Rhody Staff ……
Carol, Beth, Hailey, Karissa  in the Dining Room
Don, Julie, Austin, Ben, Tim, Rachel, Owen, Etienne in the Kitchen
Jonelle, Ben, and Tim in the Garden
Jolene at the Rhody Too Gallery
November 2011 ~ Best of the Rhody
Week One: November 2 – 6
Lunch Specials:
Fall Pasta ~ Penne tossed with Italian Sausage, butternut squash, apple, toasted hazelnuts, and garlic-sage butter
Burger Special with wild boar bacon & smoked gouda
BBQ Chicken Sandwich with grilled Walla Walla sweet onions
Gothberg Chevre with mixed greens,wild boar bacon, green house tomatoes, and a
warm sherry vinaigrette ~ served with grilled baguette   $14
 Dinner Specials:
Paella Dinner for Two ~  including shared tapa and dessert ~   $52 for Two!
Fall Pasta ~ Penne tossed with Italian Sausage, butternut squash, apple, toasted hazelnuts, and garlic-sage butter
Mess o’ Memphis Ribs ~  with House BBQ sauce, roasted garlic mashers
Grilled Medallions of Beef Tenderloin with gorgonzola and wild blackberry demi glace
Week One  ~  Saturday & Sunday Brunch ~ November 5 & 6
Dungeness Crab Benedict ~ house made English Muffin, organic eggs, crab, hollandaise
Rhonda’s Omelette – bacon, avacado, tomato, cheddar cheese
Pumpkin Waffle with caramelized apples, cinnamon butter & maple syrup

Well October is coming to an end – and we will continue to feature wild and exotic foods – some local and some from afar.  Our Cascadia Mushroom Ragout has been very popular – with a combination of wild Chanterelles along with Cascadia Farms Shiitake and Oyster mushrooms.  Our Fall Pasta is always popular and we are doing a couple of dishes featuring Wild BoarBacon!

Of course we love to feature the local produce this time of year with all the fall apples, squash, beets, potatoes, and even late harvest tomatoes, salad greens & summer squash out of our garden and greenhouse
….. and of course local shellfish is at it’s peak as well.  Wild and Exotic mushrooms are also at their best this time of year.  Our “Wild and Exotic” side ranges from Local to Utah to Texas, and Florida -  We have a great purveyor of “exotic” meats – located in Utah where the Elk is farm raised. Most exotic meats available are farm raised with the exception of “wild boar” which is allowed to free range.

Read on for this week’s specials…..

Thanks for being a
part of the Rhody Family and we look forward to seeing you in!

Don, Carol, and the entire Rhody Staff ……
Carol, Beth, Hailey, Karissa  in the Dining Room
Don, Julie, Austin, Ben, Tim, Rachel, Owen,Etienne in the Kitchen
Jonelle, Ben, and Tim in the Garden
Jolene at the Rhody Too Gallery

Cooking Wild & Exotic and Foods of Fall

Week Five: October 26 -
30
Lunch Specials:
Fall Pasta ~ Penne tossed with Italian Sausage,
butternut squash, apple, toasted hazelnuts, and garlic-sage butter
Burger
Special with caramelized onion & smoked gouda
Dijon Chicken Sandwich with
wild boar bacon & arugula-walnut pesto
Gothberg Chevre with mixed
greens,wild boar bacon, green house tomatoes, and a
warm sherry vinaigrette ~
served with grilled baguette   $14

Dinner Specials:
Paella
Dinner for Two ~  including shared tapa and dessert ~   $52 for Two!
Fall
Pasta ~ Penne tossed with Italian Sausage, butternut squash, apple, toasted
hazelnuts, and garlic-sage butter
Blackened Breast of Chicken with roasted
red pepper splatter, smashed potatoes
Wild Mushroom Ragout with wild
rice-Quinoa pilaf

Week Four  ~  Saturday & Sunday Brunch ~
October 26  -  30
Eggs Austin – House English Muffin with wild boar
bacon, poached egg, jalapeno hollandaise
Wild Joe’s  – Wild Boar sausage
scramble,  exotic mushrooms, spinach, garlic, & parmesan
Pumpkin Waffle
with cinnamon-ginger butter & maple syrup
Finnish Pancake with Marion
berries and maple syrup
  

Read on for this week’s specials…..

Thanks for being a part of the Rhody Family and we look forward to seeing you in!

Don, Carol, and the entire Rhody Staff ……
Carol, Beth, Hailey, Karissa  in the Dining Room
Don, Julie, Austin, Ben, Tim, Rachel, Owen, Etienne in the Kitchen
Jonelle, Ben, and Tim in the Garden
Jolene at the Rhody Too Gallery
Lunch Specials:
Fall Pasta ~ Penne tossed with Italian Sausage, butternut squash, apple, toasted hazelnuts, and garlic-sage butter
Burger Special with caramelized onion & smoked gouda
Dijon Chicken Sandwich with wild boar bacon & arugula-walnut pesto
Gothberg Chevre with mixed greens,wild boar bacon, green house tomatoes,
and a warm sherry vinaigrette ~ served with grilled baguette   $14
Dinner Specials:
Paella Dinner for Two ~  including shared tapa and dessert ~   $52 for Two!
Fall Pasta ~ Penne tossed with Italian Sausage, butternut squash, apple, toasted hazelnuts, and garlic-sage butter
Grilled Elk Strip Loin with wild blackberry demi glace, roasted garlic mashers
Wild Mushroom Ragout with Wild Rice-Quinoa Pilaf
Week Four  ~  Saturday & Sunday Brunch ~ October 22 & 23
Smoked Salmon Benedict – House made English muffin, organic eggs, hollandaise
Ben’s Omelette ~ wild boar sausage, sautéed apple, onion, gorgonzola
Pumpkin Waffle with cinnamon-ginger butter & maple syrup

Thank You for being part of the Rhody Family!  We are excited to showcase our October Feature of all things wild, exotic, and of course foods of Autumn.  Of course the Northwest is blessed with a lot of farm raised and wild foodstuffs (Shellfish, NW wild caught seafood, mushrooms, etc), but we are reaching out to our friends at Valley Game & Gourmet as well and will be featuring a variety of game meats including Elk, Bison, Alligator, Wild Boar and more!  We hope you will come in and enjoy some the offerings of this very special month of “Wild & Exotic and Foods of Fall” !

We continue to get beautiful tomatoes from our green house ~ along with last of summer squash, spinach and other salad greens, beets, onions, edible flowers, apples, and herbs. We are happy to feature wild and exotic mushrooms from Cascadia Mushrooms, Taylor clams and oysters, Penn Cove mussels, local apples, and Wild Boar from Valley Game.

Paella Anyone?
We are proud of our Paella -  a traditional Spanish rice dish ~ featuring local seafood, house made chorizo, and chicken.  We feature it all the time on our regular menu and we have been also featuring a special “Paella Dinner for Two” on our Blackboard which includes a tapa to start out with and then a Paella Dinner for Two  and all finished off with a special dessert ~  all for $52 for Two!  There are lots of tempting things on our October Menu – and we continue to feature our Paella as well!

Read on for this week’s specials…..

Thanks for being a part of the Rhody Family and we look forward to seeing you in!

Don, Carol, and the entire Rhody Staff ……
Carol, Beth, Hailey, Karissa  in the Dining Room
Don, Julie, Austin, Ben, Tim, Rachel, Owen, Etienne in the Kitchen
Jonelle, Ben, and Tim in the Garden
Jolene at the Rhody Too Gallery

Cooking Wild & Exotic and Foods of Fall

Week Three: October 12 – 16

Lunch Specials:

*Fall Pasta ~ Penne tossed with Italian Sausage, butternut squash, apple, toasted hazelnuts, & garlic-sage butter
*Elk Burger with caramelized onion & smoked gouda
*Dijon Chicken Sandwich with bacon & arugula-walnut pesto
*Braised Red Cabbage with Chevre –  tossed with local winter pear, red onion, balsamic  vinaigrette;  topped with warm Gothberg Chevre & grilled baguette   $14

Dinner Specials:

*Paella Dinner for Two ~  including shared tapa and dessert ~   $52 for Two!
*Fall Pasta ~ Penne tossed with Italian Sausage, butternut squash, apple, toasted hazelnuts, & garlic-sage butter
*Pan Seared Wild Boar Loin, crimini mushrooms, & stone ground mustard sauce
*Wild Mushroom Ragout with Wild Rice-Quinoa Pilaf

Saturday & Sunday Brunch ~ October 15 & 16

*Eggs Chanterelle ~ House made English muffin, sautéed chanterelle mushrooms, organic eggs, hollandaise
*Wild Boar Scramble with spinach and smoked gouda; roasted new potatoes
*Sweet Ricotta Crepes with caramelized apples, cinnamon syrup, & crème fraiche