BREAKFAST
From the Cheap-Hotel-On-The-Road Files: 2 bad hotel Decaf Coffees with Half-and-half ....
.... and an ingenious microwaved Scrambled Eggs with Manchego Cheese and Half-and-half.
Skinny Bride Mission Recipe: Microwave 2 whole eggs, 2 egg whites, 1oz manchego cheese and 2 Tbs half-and-half for 2 minutes. Scramble with a fork and gobble up.
Skinny Bride Mission Recipe: Microwave 2 whole eggs, 2 egg whites, 1oz manchego cheese and 2 Tbs half-and-half for 2 minutes. Scramble with a fork and gobble up.
MORNING SNACK
1 Cheesestick.
LUNCH
4oz dirty processed Turkey, (don't do this brand! It tastes like chemically-enhanced ham. So wrong). 1 oz Manchego Cheese, half an Organic Red Bell Pepper and 1/4 Avocado.
All of this was on the side of a road in the middle of nowhere. We took the backstreets cycling from Napa and Sanoma and ended up cycling for about 3 hours.
All of this was on the side of a road in the middle of nowhere. We took the backstreets cycling from Napa and Sanoma and ended up cycling for about 3 hours.
AFTERNOON SNACK
Sanoma was such a cute town. We stopped into The Girl and the Fig for an Organic Earl Grey Tea with Cream (me) and a beer (Dave).
Another half a White Grapefruit from yesterday's winery.
We attempted to return our bikes in Sanoma and find a bus back to Napa, but they don't exist. So to ensure I had the energy to ride back, I shared a Dark Toblerone with Dave.
Now you may be wondering why I'm apparently falling off the wagon with caffeine and chocolate again so soon?
Well something amaaaazing happened yesterday ....
Now you may be wondering why I'm apparently falling off the wagon with caffeine and chocolate again so soon?
Well something amaaaazing happened yesterday ....
.... We were cycling through the Napa Valley and ended up in Yountville: home of the famous sister restaurant of Per Se in NYC: The French Laundry. This place is so high end and so popular you have to book 2 months in advance to get a table. It's also extremely posh with a dress-code involving thousand dollar suits.
I was a disheveled mess. I'd cycled in the sun for 5 hours, drunken wine, been through a sugar crash and back again, but for some reason I had the balls to match into the foyer of The French Laundry with my grease-stained legs and sweaty top. I beautiful man in a pristine suit came to greet me. I asked him, as a long shot, whether there'd been any cancellations for the next 3 days. I also told him I'd been to Per Se last year and it was the highlight of my life.
His ears pricked up, and suddenly he found a space at 9pm the following night. Unbelievable! We had to rush out and buy Dave some $30 black shoes and he'll borrow a suit jacket from the restaurant, but we are golden tonight!
Anyway, the diet is on hold, and the real issue will be staying awake to finish our meal. Especially since we're running on East Coast time, (3 hours behind California). By the time we sit down to eat it'll be midnight in NYC.
Bring on the caffeine and chocolate!
I was a disheveled mess. I'd cycled in the sun for 5 hours, drunken wine, been through a sugar crash and back again, but for some reason I had the balls to match into the foyer of The French Laundry with my grease-stained legs and sweaty top. I beautiful man in a pristine suit came to greet me. I asked him, as a long shot, whether there'd been any cancellations for the next 3 days. I also told him I'd been to Per Se last year and it was the highlight of my life.
His ears pricked up, and suddenly he found a space at 9pm the following night. Unbelievable! We had to rush out and buy Dave some $30 black shoes and he'll borrow a suit jacket from the restaurant, but we are golden tonight!
Anyway, the diet is on hold, and the real issue will be staying awake to finish our meal. Especially since we're running on East Coast time, (3 hours behind California). By the time we sit down to eat it'll be midnight in NYC.
Bring on the caffeine and chocolate!
I had a 2% Fage and 1/4 cup Cacao Nibs + 1/4 cup Coconut Flakes to tie me over until The French Laundry late dinner tonight.
PRE-DINNER SNACK
Our reservation at The French Laundry wasn't until 9pm. By 7pm I was tired and hungry, so we stopped into a cafe and I had a Coffee with 1/2 cup of Cream ....
.... and half a plate of Steamed Vegetables with Butter.
DINNER
And The French Laundry Experience begins .... I forgot to take a picture of the amuse bouche. It was a delicious salmon and creme friache cone.
Dave went the Vegetarian Degustation and I chose the Chef's Tasting menu. We shared everything that follows ....
This is the Burnt Lemon Granita.
Dave went the Vegetarian Degustation and I chose the Chef's Tasting menu. We shared everything that follows ....
This is the Burnt Lemon Granita.
"Oysters and Pearls".
Gluten-free Brioche. Yummm! So springy and good. I had 2 and a half of these little scrumptious puffy balls of joy.
Halibut in Onion Risotto.
Pink Grapefruit and Celery with Baby Radish.
Stinging Nettle Omelette.
White Asparagus and White Truffles.
Baby Turnips with Compressed Pear.
Sweet Butter-Poached Maine Lobster Tail.
Something yummy with Chicken and Double Bacon.
Elysian Fields Farm Lamb.
Cacao Nibs with Onions and Turnips.
Felafel.
Cow Cheese, Olive Paint and a sweet Salsa.