Yesterday, April 8, 2009, Hershey Farm's new $9.99 Menu Meals Menu began and I decided to bring my friend Nicole along for the experience. First I should explain how the $9.99 Menu Meals work. When seated by the hostess, ours was a friendly girl named Courtney, you are given the traditional Hershey Farm menu as well as the feature Menu Meals Menu. A quick scan of the menu lets me know that this is a great value. For just $9.99 you are given a choice of one of 4 tasty looking entrée's, a side, homemade dessert and drink. It is rare to find a meal for less than 10 dollars that includes a drink these days. The entrée choices were, steak tenderloin with parmesan peppercorn sauce, fresh baked salmon, Cinnamon apple pork loin, or a French dip sandwich which is actually only $8.99. Our waitress, Linda, took our order. Nicole chose the steak and I ordered the French dip sandwich.

After a brief wait our food appeared and it looked good. The melted cheese on my sandwich was just enough and Nicole's steak was tender and rich. Her mashed potatoes were actual potatoes, creamy and smooth. This was a lot of food for lunch but we managed! Linda came around again when she noticed our empty plates and took our dessert order. We both chose Hershey Farm's homemade chocolate cake. Other choices included apple pie, shoofly pie, and carrot cake.

As this image shows the cake was excellent, very moist, with three layers and just the right amount of chocolate taste (as if there is such a thing as TOO much chocolate). Pleasantly full I was happy to see that our total, with tax and gratuity was still under $25.00. I will have to bring another friend to try the Fresh Baked Salmon and Cinnamon Apple Pork! For lunch or dinner I would definitely recommend trying Hershey Farm's New Menu Meals. Delicious.

If you have any questions about Hershey Farm's Menu Meals call 1-800-827-8635 x716