| fried tofu |
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| dinner: chicken tortilla soup from tacubaya |
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Nov 23, 2009
11-19 cold cuts
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lunch: cream of greek lemon chicken soup, bresaola citterio dried cured beef, vella dry jack cheese, garlic aloli, egg salad
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| same as lunch, with corn soup |
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11-16 bresaola citterio
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Bresaola Citterio Sliced, cured salami, cheese, fatted calf bacon, egg salad with ground lemon chicken
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| italian wedding soup |
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11-15 Jamón Ibérico de Bellota
| spanish ham, jamon iberico de beloota, basil leaves, puffs |
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| movie night at stacy's, baked vegetarian lasagna, meatball, corn soup, |
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| liao-ting tofu |
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Nov 17, 2009
11-13 the FRENCH LAUNDRY !!???!!!!
| lunch: sushi monster in belmont, |
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| chicken katsu |
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| avia hotel in napa, afternoon small tasting, with wine |
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| the french laundry dinner. reservation at 6 pm, sat down at 6:40pm |
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the cheese puffs, one puff ball each person; each ball about 2 cm in diameter. one bite, puff... it's gone. best cheese puffs though
. 7:50 pm, first bite of the nite, was very hungry |
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| crispy crunch cone of something yummie, two bites, and it's gone. about one index finger length |
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CARDOON GRATIN :
Sunchokes, Niçoise Olives and San Marzano Tomato Compote
. 8:02 pm .. so hungry still |
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fresh baked warm bread from buchon. two types of butter, one from vermont, one from petaluma
. 8:11 pm, not super famished anymore |
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“VOL AU VENT DE LÉGUMES D’AUTOMNE”:
Romaine Lettuce, Sugar Snap Peas, Radish, Burgundy Truffle and Port Wine Reduction
. 8:23 pm, still hungry at this point |
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“CÈPES À LA GRECQUE”
Celery Branch, Garlic and Meyer Lemon
there was a decision to make, eating all in a single bite? or cut it up and eat small bites to drag it longer. it was really yummie, but small, like 4.5 cm (2 inches)
i ate them all in 2 bites
. 8:23 pm |
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| preview of the fish dish, before it's on the plate |
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mushroom, broth was good, but not super duper amazing taste, like most other dishes
. 8:53 pm |
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| more fresh baked bread, at 9:13 pm |
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roasted cauliflower, best one
i would love to make that roasted cauliflower puree if i know how. the thinly shaved cauliflower is actually crispy
. 9:16 pm |
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egg, with truffle oil, and a potato crisp with a stick of chive in it
the thinnest potato chip ever
. 9:58 pm |
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| show off white truffles in a box, they let ppl to sniff it from the box, before they are shaved into a dish |
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shaved white truffle from alba, italy
served on mascarpone cheese on white polenta, a $150 dollar worth of white truffle polenta!!!
. 10:19 pm. not hungry after this dish |
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SALMON CREEK FARMS PORK BELLY
Pumpkin Purée, Black Trumpet Mushrooms, Granny Smith Apple, Watercress and Brown Butter Jus
super crispy skin, but instantly shredded to pieces when poked with a fork. amazing taste and texture
the pork square is about 6cm width (2.4 inches)
. 10:32 pm... starting to get full |
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HAND-ROLLED PARSNIP “AGNOLOTTI”
Brussels Sprouts, Pearl Onions and Black Truffle
. 11:01 pm |
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manchego cheese
. 11:23 pm. |
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FRENCH TOAST SHERBET
Concord Grapes, Pili Nuts and Blis Maple Syrup
the sherbet tastes like french toast, a tiny real french toast under it, a small amout of syrup is drizzled over it
. 11:50 pm .. feeling stuffed |
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“OPERA CAKE”
Praline “Namelaka,” Milk Granité and Coffee Ice Cream
some crunchy cookie bits int the middle
the white stuff is shaved ice
. 12:01 am.. really stuffed, can't even finish that super kewl cake |
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something at the end, a bunch of candy / cookies thingy
. 12:12 am... so stuffed, and tried only 3 items out of the tiered tray |
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all sorts of chocolates...
so stuffed that i only tried half a bite of the mint chocolate
. 12:16 am |
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