this restaurant calls themselves “most romantic” restaurant in carmel, and i’d say i agree. this french farmhouse style restaurant is full of intimate little nooks and crannies, both indoors and outdoors on one of a few porches and patios. this includes the van gogh room where you can dine at the actual table vincent van gogh ate at in the final months of his life. it would be a great place to eat for a special occasion. on the food tour, we got to try a dish we hadn’t ordered before: gnocchi casanova, aspinachgnocchi made from a dough blend (pate a choux) not potatoes, so it was surprisingly light and fluffy, and of course, delicious.