"That meal deserves a full blog entry"

[anghara]

So said rdeck as we returned to our lodgings from the fabulous restaurant where we had just had dinner.

So let me tell you about the meal.

rdeck had roasted portabello mushrooms in roasted garlic gravy. with a side of mashed potatoes. I had the pork chop, with roasted apples and onions and gouda rosti potatoes.

We both cleaned our plates.

rdeck was left shaking his head an muttering, "I GOTTA figure out how to do mushrooms like that." My porkchop kind of parted at the touch of a knife with no pressure exerted at all - and those potatoes were melt-in-the-mouth heaven.

Then we had the candy cap mushroom creme brulee for dessert.

We ordered one to share. In retrospect that was probably a mistake. We practically FOUGHT over it.
If it had been eaten by forks instead of spoons there might have been a nasty accident to report. As it was all I can tell you that we cleaned out the creme brulee pot. And I mean *cleaned*. This stuff is to die for.

I had a glass of Gewurtztraminer grape wine juice - not wine, JUICE - from this place, which, if you have the chance to get, you should grab with both hands because it was ambrosia. I regretted not ordering a bottle of the stuff and drinking it all down.

Then we walked home, in sea-mist, and the air smelled cool and briny and full of the promise of the sea. Streetlights looked adrift, haloed, casting odd soft shadows with no real substance onto the ground.

This place... is magic.

*Seriously*.

And tomorrow we go on to see the granddaddy redwoods, up in the Avenue of the Giants. It just get better...

Off to read a little in our magnificent brass bed, and then it's sleep-time. TOmorrow, another day awaits.

Comments

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Was it you I was talking to about the Navarro juice? I know I brought it up in conversation recently, and I can't remember with whom.

It is to ordinary grape juice what a porterhouse steak is to McDonald's.

[csinman.livejournal.com]

I'm going to copy your vacation and go eat at this place later, because your descriptions are very compelling. :D

[csinman.livejournal.com]

...And when the dessert shows up, I will make sure Seamus has a spoon and I have a fork. >:)

[towse.livejournal.com]

We did warn you about the crème brulée. Sounds like you had a nice trip up. We followed a couple days behind.

After sending you that direction and realizing the crème brulée was on the menu again, we made our plans and left as soon as we could manage it. Got back yesterday from two days in Fort Bragg. Two dinners at Mendo Bistro. Two beautiful days of sunshine followed by a jog north to Leggett yesterday morning and then south again home.

Hug Deck for me. Have fun at Orycon.