We both flew to Sacramento last weekend. Eric was buying an oz winebar (a very fancy device that preserves opened bottle of red and white wine and dispenses wine by the glass) for one of his new projects....
Weather was gloomy, cold and foggy... After Eric sealed the deal and pre-conditioned the unit for shipping, he suggested we drive to Napa since we were not that far, and off we drove.....
We arrived in Yountville an hour and a half later and decided to have an apéritif at Bistro Jeanty, then dinner at Thomas Keller's Bouchon....
I honestly do not see what the hype is all about.... I swear.... And it has nothing to do with my being French and chauvinistic....This place is a joke.... an utter farce!
The nerves these people have!!!! Salmon rillette... awesome.... everything else, grossly overpriced crap, delivered with a pompous, condescending attitude. Thank goodness the staff knows the menu and the sommelier knows his turf inside out.... It was so bad that we sent half of our plates back..... the onion soup was a total abortion... it tasted like half way reduced beef demi glace.... the escargots were hiding underneath what looked like puff pastry sponges, soaked with lukewarm butter... I could go on and on , but truly, I would waste my time....
The whole thing set us back $300 and change. The only nice thing about it is that it once again enabled me to see how far we are with the Paris Bistro....
On our way back out of Sacramento, we were bumped out of our flight and had to wait almost 4 hours until the next one... Most fortunately, the Sacramento airport has a small treasure right in its terminal: a wine bar called Vino Volo, which serves small plates and wines by the glass as well as wine tasting flights... This place was an oasis of quietness,and civilization... No crybabies, no trashy folks (they congregate at the fast food joints on the other side of the terminal) what a way to get bumped!!! what an amazing way to wait for a flight...
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