Thursday, June 28, 2012

Dining with a tortured goose, finely now it's illegal

ok, the night of tortured geese is over, and it was wonderful, we started out with a nice amuse bouche of prosciutto, and crème fraiche, on a blini, compliments of the chef thank you very much, then rolls with fresh creamery butter, and a european cheese platter, with the most amazing dutch cheese, tasted slightly of apricots, really great, as well as the other standards like brie, camembert, and gruyere. We both ordered the duck confit with foie gras, which becomes illegal in California saturday, so there doing a brisk business. This came on a bed of stewed potatoes and onions, very very tasty, you quickly learn why its referred to as goose butter, and the duck was pull the bone out, melt in your mouth amazing. My dear love had a glass of Gewürztraminer while I had sprite, ok, I got a few looks but I don't drink much, truly spectacular dinner. For dessert she had a triple chocolate mousse, white, milk and dark chocolate layers, and I had a macaroon platter of mixed flavors, coffee, chocolate / caramel, pistachio, raspberry, and classic, which was almost like whipped cream. We both had glasses of twenty year old port, wow, did it have kick, but went from a burst of bright plum to a sweet soft light prune flavor. All this for only 160$ with tip, not bad considering its soon to be illegal, so for now never again in the state of california can you eat that delicacy called foie gras, or as I call it the bulimic goose who forgot to purge.

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