The Restaurant at Meadowood (AKA - the other Michelin 3 Star in Wine Country)
 |
| Walkway to The Restaurant |
 |
| The Restaurant at Meadowood |
 |
| MrP at the start of the evening |
 |
| "Pillows on a Pillow" Cheese Filled Heaven that was served on a pillow |
 |
| Frozen Radish Shoots with Iced Gelee (another "wish we'd written it down moment) |
 |
| Clam with spinach, then lightly "breaded" before being baked (hard to describe, but tasty!) |
 |
| Goat Cheese Custard with Chives and Caramelized Onions |
 |
| Fresh out of the oven Pain au Lait with cream butter that featured floral petals within |
 |
| TannyP and MrP's First Course Crescenza Agnolotti with Broccoli, Bantam Egg, White Truffle Nage paired with a Chassagne Montrachet White Burgandy Chardonnay |
 |
| Fresh Baked Sourdough Roll |
 |
| TannyP Second Course Cobia in Kale Ash with Pumpkin, Gastrique of White Soy and Maple, Quince paired with a Cold Heaven Voignier |
 |
| MrP Second Course - Butter Poached Veal Chop with assorted Roots and Tubers paired with a Vietti Barbera D'Alba |
 |
| Wines paired with Cheeses |
 |
| MrP Third Course La Jeune Austise with textures of Apple, Herb Ash, Sassafras Honey paired with a Terre de Rouge Muscat |
 |
| TannyP Third Course Abbaye De Belloc with Pear, Macadamia Nut, Nasturtium paired with a Rolly Gassman Alsace Reisling (isn't this the coolest cheese presentation?! I hope to find this and serve it at my next wine & cheese night!) |
 |
| Bread served alongside cheese course |
 |
| Palate Cleanser Buttermilk Sorbet with Wheat Crisps & Dehydrated Strawberry Meringues |
 |
| Lubbers |
 |
| TannyP Fourth Course Pears from the Garden with Parmesan, Caramel, Rosemary paired with a fortified wine (no picture or notes showing the wine or vintage) |
 |
| MrP Fourth Course Milk Chocolate with Burnt Orange, Maple, Pecan paired with a fortified wine (no picture or notes showing the wine or vintage) |
 |
| Mignardises Mint Cream Truffles |
 |
| Mini Ice Cream Sandwiches Mini Toast & Jam served on living moss from surrounding forest |
We felt compelled to try Meadowood after eating at various Michelin starred restaurants, including other three starred restaurants - The French Laundry, Daniel and Le Bernardin.
The meal was excellent, please don't think it wasn't... but truthfully the experience and food were better at some of the other places and if you really want to get MrP fuming, charge him $16 for still water, then another $12/pot for tea (which we each requested peppermint tea after supper - we could've easily shared a single pot, but they brought us one each).
Alas, we loved our visit to Napa and San Francisco and coming home to -4 weather was less than inspiring. The 23 bottles of wine did, however, inspire us to finally order a lovely wine rack, which MrP put together tonight. YAY! Unfortunately, we discovered our basement is a lot warmer (and less humid) than we thought, so we still may have to invest in a cellar (if you're reading this, MrP, I'm not opposed ;-Þ )
And so this finishes our trip....until we leave for Chicago on November 11th! In the meantime, I've got some craftiness to share.
