For quite a few years I have wanted to go eat at The French Laundry. To me it just seems like it would be one of the most amazing food experiences I could or will ever have. Growing up I was never a finicky kid. I would try almost anything and even if I didn't like it I would try it again just to make sure. I loved cooking for myself getting creative in the kitchen.
One summer while home alone and bored I got together with some of the local neighborhood kids and started up my own restaurant. I would made little bite size portions of various lunch items and seat them and charge them money for it. Sort of an amuse bouche of pb & j and mac and cheese. I made up menus and the whole bit. I remember my mom wondering why I was going through the food so quickly.
Another summer between 8th and 9th grade I believe I again was bored and decided to make croissants from scratch. I loved the time it took to make them and layering, folding and rolling ofnthe butter layers. The best thing is they looked and tasted as close to perfect as you could get. Yum!
So, I've always had this love and appreciation of food from an early age. So many celebrations, events, birthdays and even deaths bring food into the inner circle. I try hole in the wall restaurants and I try dress up restaurants. Street vendors, food trucks, chef's tastings - I'll try it all. So, for me at the very top has been Thomas Keller's French Laundry located in Yountville in Napa, California. I had originally wanted to go for my 40th birthday a couple of years back. That didn't pan out due to not enough foodie friends wanting to go or willing to drop a fair amount of cash on one meal. Now, ready to turn 43 I realize that I really need to go, if only once to try it out. I'd like to go with someone who would appreciate it as much as I would and who isn't a picky eater. That being said I don't know if that's going to happen anytime soon and I may have to venture forth to this restaurant on a weekend trip alone. A little sad as one of the great joys about trying new food is talking
about new food. That's part of the whole experience, don't you think?
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Funny the things I learn about my own sister by reading your blog! Of course, with me being almost 13 years older, I was gone when much of this was going on. You were so much more adventurous than I!!
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