| | took a weekend trip up to wine country... mainly to relax, eat, taste some wine, and get away...
using the trusty michelin guide, picked 3 restaurants to dine at:
descriptions will be short, because it's late and i'm tired, but pictures for all to see and drool over
saturday lunch:
bouchon (of thomas keller fame), yountville, ca, 1 michelin star
main entree was the cote de boeuf for two, it was awesome, they brought it out before the chef sliced it and diced it, and i wish i really took a pic of it, but oh well, i forgot to.. sadness... anyways, had parsnip puree soup, mussels, the cote de boeuf (22-24 oz ribeye, served with creamed spinach, bone marrow bread pudding, and forest mushrooms)... was too full for dessert, but picked up some goodies from the next door bouchon bakery...
afternoon: wine tasting
really only went to two wineries, tried to go to another one, but it was by appt only:
pictured are plumpjack & sterling
plumpjack is really small, just a small tasting bar and gift shop, but we ended up picking up a bottle of their cade sauvignon blanc as it was really good... sterling is much more grand, a full fledged self guided walking tour throughout the winery, you need to take a tram up as well, which provides beautiful views, and included with the tram ticket/wine tour, they give you a taste of 5 wines... and also gave us some chocolate truffle samples
dinner:
k&l bistro, sebastopol, ca, another 1 michelin star rated restaurant
let me try to recant: fritto misto, french onion soup, tomato bisque, goat cheese salad, skate
no dessert, because we were too stuffed
sunday brunch:
el dorado kitchen , sonoma, ca, michelin rated, but no stars (hey it's hard enough just to get in the guide)
meal was: schramsberg brut rose (had to order since i was denied the tour of the schramsberg winery), truffle fries, curry fritto misto, fried egg pizza, beef hash & poached eggs, once again, skipped dessert as we were way too stuffed (see the trend).
that about rounds up my epicurean endeavors, but to sum it up:
bouchon was awesome, best steak (that had sauce poured all over it) i ever had, pricey, but worth the experience i suppose
k&l bistro was good, but nothing too spectacular (maybe we were too full), prices are very reasonable here
el dorado kitchen, excellent brunch, truffle fries are perhaps the best french fries i ever had.. tastes like they're fried in truffle oil with parmesan sprinkled on top. yum yum yum. the rest of the food was great too , but after we got through the fries & curry fritto misto, it was really hard to put down the rest of our meals, but still grrrrreat. sonoma is a cute little town too, it's right on the downtown square, lots of shopping and other restaurants and such to explore
and as for wine tasting, i still am trying to learn how to appreciate it... i guess i'm just not that hardcore, and i like the tamer stuff.. i.e. i think the sauvignon blanc is better than a chardonnay, and prefer the cabernet vs the merlot... or perhaps the explanation is i'm just weak sauce
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