Best Dish in NC Winners Crowned

After considerable tasting, eating, devouring, nibbling and savoring, the 2010 winners of North Carolina's Best Dish competition were announced earlier this month. In the Fine Dining category, the winners were:
1st Place: Ashten's (Southern Pines) - Asparagus strudel, NC mountain trout salad, Council Farms egg drop soup, braised rainbow farm lamb shoulder, pecan polenta cake with strawberries
2nd Place: Table at Crestwood (Boone) - Field greens with almond encrusted goat cheese, tomato bisque with crab and basil salad, Hickory Nut Gap Farms rib-eye with summer squash fries, cheese cake with wild berry compote
3rd Place: Deluxe (Wilmington) - Phil's soft shell crab


And in the Casual Dining category, the winners were:
1st Place: Bistro 42 (Asheboro) - Tapas style tasting menu that included pork and shrimp spring rolls, savory lump crabmeat cheese cake with pecan short crust, ox tail (beef) agnolotti with beurre fondue, and lavender-lemon curd with fresh N.C. berries, cantaloupe, honey dew, watermelon and Chantilly cream with fresh mint
2nd Place: Kornerstone Bistro (Wilmington) - Roast peach, chevre and microgreens salad, chilled cantaloupe, N.C. crab and country ham soup, Dogwood Farms duck and pork confit roulade, fig chutney and summer vegetables, peanut panna cotta with peanut brittle crust and local honey
3rd Place: Yancy House Restaurant (Yanceyville) - Smoked trout brushetta, rustic Tuscan tomato and bread salad, red onions, goat feta cheese, toasted herb Italian bread with balsamic dressing, black/red drum topped with shrimp and crab, lemon meuniere sauce and microgreens served with summer squash gratin, peach hand pies, blackberry ice cream with blackberry wine sauce