valentine's day in Napa....

warning: this post contains lots of good food, so if your hungry you might want to look at this later...

first stop, lunch at Taylor's Refresher... yummmmmy

the weather was rainy and our flight was delayed for hours but we finally arrived.

cold and rainy but still beautiful

dinner time

michael chiarello, always wanted to see him in person and this is our second time...

soooo many choices....

vino

appetizer, artichokes and burrata cheese

short ribs for jeff and rissoto with salmon for me both were yummy...

side of polenta, it was super rich and good

desert, huckleberry bread and gelato, looks strange but taste good...

breakfast at bouchon bakery

ham and cheese croissant and coffee

jeff's favorite doughnut only made on the weekends...
the best way to start the day. we wish we had bouchon bakery near our house but jeff said if we did we would weigh 500 pounds and that would not be a good thing!!!

regusci winery

wine tasting

all good...

lunch, had to pick taylor's again... so good

the menu

waiting for our order

burger and tortilla soup... good on a cold day

more wine tasting at elyse, another favorite

dinner at our favorite french restaurant bistro jeanty...

yes, we ate all this food in one day!!!

sole, words can't describe how good this is

steak

frites (fries, french!!!)

simple ice cream and chocolate sauce...
our tummy's full after we ate all that food

Happy Valentines Day!!!
hope everyone had a lovely day...
finally went shopping, yippeee!!!sadly, didn't get this bag but a smaller one... oh so cute!!!
(i have a bag and shoe addiction)

valentine's brunch

a thomas keller restaurant.

we made reservations months in advance and were really looking forward to this!!!

the menu

kinda strange but salad was very good...

eggs benedict

grits

chocolate panettoni bread pudding
the most perfect valentine's day brunch...

one last stop before going to Airport...
the line was really long but we wanted to get one last thing for dinner when we got home...

we got ham sandwiches, chips and cookies, drove to San Francisco and few home...

our valentine's day dinner...

very yummy... a little picnic at home!!!
we love napa and wish we could live there one day but we have a long list of places we wish we could live...

bistro jeanty

Bistro Jeanty is one of our most favorite places. It's a small french restaurant in Yountville. The food is simple but we are always amazed how good it is. It seems like we always order the same things since we like them so much which makes it hard to get something new. Check out the Bistro Jeanty's website. It is really cute.

creme de tomate en croute

Creme of tomato soup in puff pastry
(they are famous for this)

salade au bacon et oeuf mollet

escarole, soft boiled egg with bacon dressing

sole meuniere

sole, mash potatoes with lemon-caper butter

special of the evening

flat iron steak with cheesy mash potatoes in the little pot

crepe suzette

warm crepe with orange butter