Show The Luring Ambiance of Shallow Shaft By Rebekah Contributing Writer Restaurants with a certain style can bring you back again and again Altos Alta's Shallow lures with its natural ambiance The restaurant is on the left of the road leading up Little Cottonwood Canyon The style is first felt as you walk up their wooded flight of stairs into the cozy yet elegant room overlooking overlooking overlooking over over- looking the resort This is a place for forthe forthe forthe the truly romantic at heart ski bum You are seated in the chair lift seats for two surrounding a burning candle and fresh wild flowers The wooden interior with its artistic artistic artistic ar ar- ar- ar displays of ski photos and antiquated antiquated antiquated anti anti- skis gives a feeling of hiking through the beauty of the canyon it it- it self We drank raspberry iced tea as we savored the descriptions on the menu Many dishes offered fruits and dried fruits combined in a different way for a fresh rustic rustic rustic rus rus- tic taste On the menu is a quote from Chef Garling proclaiming his original style My technique is French but Ive I've been inspired by the robust flavors of Americas America's Southwest Southwest Southwest South South- west and the Pacific Northwest We decided on pizza although theirs is no ordinary pizza They make interesting originals such as Just North of the Border mesquite smoked chicken black beans roasted chilies pine nuts tomatoes onions and mushrooms Although the pizza is the I best in the canyon Shallow Shaft offers many other dishes Evidence of the meat fruit-meat style is seen in the pork tenderloin braised in apple cider and balsamic vinegar with fresno chilies and sun- sun dried cherries The atmosphere dessert has choices of provocative chocolate- chocolate macadamia nut tart or something a little more rustic like the fresh apple cake with hot caramel sauce I |