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Another restaurant in the city
Some guests requested for a photo with Keiko – so I took advantage and took her photo too 🙂
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Anticipating the arrival of the summer weather and eyeing the frozen treats at Rustan’s!
Interesting 🙂
Yipee! 🙂
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We drove to the city to try SPQR Italian inspired cuisine
With a one Star Michelin Chef
In the back is an open kitchen where they sometimes have the chef cook as you sit in the bar they call it the Chef’s Counter and is only available upon request by reservation
Chicken Liver Mousse, Mulled cider marmellata and balsamic gelatina
Squid Ink chittara, calamari puttanesca and chervil
Suckling pork “porchetta” red cabbage, quince saba and caramelized pear
Ceal “due modi”, parsnip brussel sprout, fruit mostarda, sweet onion and black garlic
I love pasta so I had the Assagio di Primi. What amazing creations!! I love it when the chefs prepare something unique and from their own unique recipes!! See below the description of each dish and the presentation! LOVE!!!! I remembered Gaita Fores and wondered if she would like this and hoping she can make more pasta creations 🙂
I love how they served the tea
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We were in the Stanford area and looking for a place to eat and we discovered this place through Zagat our friendly companion:-) YUMMY!!!
Again Japanese – Sushi and Sashimi. The chef being an ex-Nobu
Oyster bar which was really fresh!
ANAGO!!
El Camino for me – YUM! I love this combination!!! This is all I ate and was happy 🙂
Black cod with miso
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Finally I get to try the food at Ikea 🙂
Cafeteria style
Wanting to try everything 🙂
When you don’t expect much from a place, you end up liking it even if it’s not extraordinarily good. It’s all about having NO EXPECTATIONs or managing your expectations
Swedish meatballs 🙂 Very famous!
Can be bought frozen to prepare easy at home
They really take food seriously here as they do with their home store 🙂
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Before dinner we had a little time to kill so we were hoping to see the Oxbow Public Market
Unfortunately they were closed that day 🙁
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This place was open! Looked really interesting and nice! But we were saving our appetite for dinner
We checked out the shops nearby
Loved this store!! Fatted Calf
Freshly made beef jerky
They have a short menu which they just prepare on the spot when you order
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After dinner, our server took us to the kitchen for a tour 🙂
Previous entry: The French Laundry March 10, 2014
As you enter, In the middle of the kitchen is this table. This is how they manage everything that is being served. The head of the kitchen is like a conductor standing on his table and orchestrating the meals of all the diners in the place
It’s so clean and organised! There is a station for each dish in the menu
I love the signs all over the kitchen
There is a TV that is live showing what is happening in the kitchen of Per Se in New York. And in Per Se they have a TV showing the kitchen in French Laundry
To make people happy, that is what cooking is all about!
Codes on the menu 🙂 for the staff
Our package from Bouchon Bakery 🙂 To take home
Previous entry: Bouchon Bakery by Chef Thomas Keller March 10, 2014
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This was our real reason for going towards Napa Valley. We drove around 2 hours from San Mateo to Yountville. We were so lucky to get a reservation at The French Laundry! What a blessing! Hoping we could come back and stay overnight to tour Napa Valley
Across the restaurant is the organic garden of French Laundry
The garden of the restaurant – How I wish they would convert it to more restaurant space so more people can dine without having a hard time reserving 🙂 or maybe even part of it 🙂
Love the flowers on the stairs
Love the laundry pin which they eventually gave to us as a souvenir
They had two menus – one vegetarian
And the Degustation. One of the most unforgettable meals I have had in my lifetime 🙂 What a great opportunity and blessing this is! Grateful!
Bread basket – you can take as much as you want 🙂
Love the butter!! At the end of the dinner, they give you a folder and it includes a list of all their purveyors
The photos will show the complete meal with all the supplements
Assortment of desserts! I wish I got all the names. This is the most desserts I have ever had in my life! And it was amazing until the end
Wow!! Chocolates!! Again take as much as you like! Peanut Butter & Jelly, Salted Caramel, Cashew and Passionfruit, S’mores, Dark Chocolate Mint, Hazelnut and Dirty Martini
We could not finish everything, it’s a good thing they gave us this bag
with our menu and giveaway which was shortbread in a French Laundry tin can 🙂
The book of Purveyors. It’s so nice how Chef Thomas Keller gives importance to this. He even printed a nice booklet
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