the best restaurant in town is your table
custom menus cooked in your home, so you can pour the wine and enjoy your own party.
Hi! I'm a chef in Salado, Texas. I cook multi-course private dinners — sourced from farms down the road and cooked in your kitchen. I build the menu around your event, your guests, and your taste. Let’s plan make your table the best restaurant in town.
What I do
I'm not a catering company handing you a set menu and a stack of foil trays. I focus on seasonal and local ingredients. Every dish starts weeks before your guests sit down — sourcing the right local farm, picking the right produce, dialing a sauce until it's exactly right. This isn't food that arrives. It's food that's been considered. Your only job is to enjoy it.
Perfect for
Birthday dinners and milestone celebrations. Holiday gatherings. Intimate dinner parties. Backyard supper clubs. The nights you want to remember.
How it works
We talk through your event, your guest count, and any tastes or dietary needs. I design a custom menu and quote. On the day, I handle everything — shopping, prep, cooking, and cleanup — so the only thing you're responsible for is enjoying it.
Why you need Monk & Tiger
The best host is a present one. Nobody remembers the party where you spent the whole night in the kitchen. Hand me the food and you get to be at your own gathering.
Let's build your menu. Tell me about your event and I'll take it from there.
A monk runs through the forest, a ferocious tiger chasing close behind.
Running for dear life, the monk finally finds himself approaching the edge of a cliff. He cannot turn around, for he will surely be eaten. He cannot go left or right, for that will only delay the inevitable.
At the cliff’s edge, he sees an old rope hanging from the side of the cliff. He swings down the rope to escape, only to notice it dangles above 100 feet of vastness, and sharp rocks beneath. The monk hangs suspended between earth and sky. Above him, the tiger prowls. Below him, only death.
Just then, two rats race down the rope and begin to chew through the thick material. The monk’s heart pounds as the rope begins to fray, snap, and crack.
Death waits above and below. He is filled with panic and fear, but then—he sees it. A single strawberry, ripe and perfect, growing from a crack in the cliff wall. He reaches out, plucks the berry, and bites into it.
“This,” he says, “is the most delicious strawberry I have ever tasted.”
The story of Monk & Tiger reminds us that although we can’t control the craziness and chaos of life, there is something to savor and enjoy in every present moment.