Pumpkin Perfection at Atlas

Yesterday I went to the first round of tastings at Atlas Foods for the menu coming up on the 10th, and boy did it feel like fall. The lunch menu is getting a beautiful salad that showcases that everpresent fall fruit, the apple, along with blue cheese, walnuts, and an odd but tasty pairing, sauteed sage shrimp. The two staff favorites were also fall oriented, actually, both were pumpkin flavored! Oh what fun it is to have gourds in season.

This is the Pumpkin Pasta. Big flat ravioli made by La Pasta and filled with pumpkin and cheese. On top is a yam cream sauce and the crowning touch was the pumpkin seeds. Toasted and liberally sprinkled on top, this added that fall crunch to this wonderfully delicious dish. The staff was impressed. But then we moved on to dessert and we were way more than impressed.

This creamy pumpkin cheesecake, I belive I may have heard someone describe as “perfect cheesecake.” I know I was ready to fight someone for the last bite of ours. This is the version with the fresh whipped cream on the side and the pomegranate molasses (we tried a few set ups). But the one thing that was the same through out was the amazing taste of this delicious cake. I’ll be counting down to the new menu next week.