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Monte's
Californian Korean
The chef ran serious fine-dining kitchens before landing in Montecito with a farm-to-table California restaurant that slides Korean technique into the rotation without making a fuss about it. Most of the produce comes from their own regenerative farm, so the menu shifts with what's ready. The bone-in pork chop katsu, breaded with panko and puffed wild rice, is the clearest sign of where both traditions end up when nobody's grandstanding.
The awards strongest first
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
One number, weighted & current 69
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Bone-in pork chop katsu
“Perhaps the best example of the Cal-Korean mashup is the bone-in pork chop katsu, breaded with panko and puffed wild rice and topped with Korean mustard cone cabbage slaw.”
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Locally caught halibut crudo
“Kick off the meal with locally caught halibut crudo with broccolini or prawn toast with charred lemon aioli and house-made prawn furikake.”
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Prawn toast
“Kick off the meal with locally caught halibut crudo with broccolini or prawn toast with charred lemon aioli and house-made prawn furikake.”
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Carrot cake
“A slice of carrot cake reveals three layers filled with apple cream frosting and topped with roasted carrot puree.”
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