Tabu

Ashland, April 21—

A LONG DAY'S DRIVE brings us to the Shakespeare Festival here in Southern Oregon, where with one or two exceptions it's been difficult to find a really satisfying dinner. Today's attempt was back at Tabu, a "nouveau Latino" walkup just off the main street. We relaxed with a Caiparinha, small but refreshing, and a bowl of pretty good guacamole — if only they'd smushed up all the avocado, instead of leaving a couple of huge chunks at the bottom of the bowl.
Then I had a daily special: a lamb chop, with slices of leg, on a bed of polenta, accompanied by a rissole of julienned vegetables — zucchini, carrot, pepper. The lamb was honey-mustard glazed and dredged in chopped pumpkin seeds; I liked it.

Tempranillo