The ambiance at Hen of the Wood is cozy, with exposed brick and stone. A dozen or so tealights were tucked into nooks on the stone wall and there was also an incredible waterfall behind the tiny restaurant. Lovely!
I neglected to take photos, but I'll do my best to describe what we ate.
We began our meal with Hen of the Wood's homemade bread (soft and very fresh), then split an appetizer of duck sausage with polenta and a duck egg (served in a tiny cast iron pot), which was excellent. We each ordered one of the specials on the night's menu - slow cooked duck with homemade dumplings. A knife was not needed to cut the already tiny pieces of mouth-watering duck and the dumplings were small and out-of-this-world. They simply melted in your mouth.
For dessert, we split the beat cake with pecan ice cream. The presentation was notable and the cake was nice a traditional slice of cake, rather a circle of cake.
If we lived closer - i.e. not 500+ miles away - we'd be there more often!