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Quoted message said:What's the Memorial day line up for everyone?
Everybody's menus sound great. We're having friends over this
afternoon. We'll grill a spice-rubbed flank steak and slice it thin for
fajitas w/ grilled onion and peppers and all the fixin's. Plus, bean
dip and chips, corn and tomato salad, and fresh fruit. Ice cream cones
(cookies & cream) for dessert. Sangria, beer, soda.
Last night's dinner was a good one -- my in-laws unexpectedly offered to
babysit (yay!) and so Bob and I went to one of our favorite restaurants,
L'Auberge Chez Francois (in the Virginia suburbs of D.C.). We like to
dine on the terrace there -- it's very peaceful, with lots of trees, a
babbling fountain, the restaurants herb garden, and a handful of
widely-spaced tables scattered about.
While we perused our menus, we nibbled on bread -- they had a yummy rye
bread w/ an herbed cottage cheese, a raisin walnut bread, and a
wonderfully crusty, dense peasant-type bread.
For starters, Bob had a tuna tartare martini -- the tuna was mixed w/
lime juice, and topped w/ vodka sour cream and caviar. I had
boulliabaisse, which came with to-die-for buttery croutons. That was
followed by a little piece of quiche, and then a salad of mixed greens
and sprouts, roquefort cheese, a few caramelized apples. Tasty. Mango
sorbet topped w/ a candied violet followed. Then we got our entrees...I
had Dover sole topped with onions, tomatoes, mushrooms, spinach and
lobster, with potatoes and asparagus on the side. The fish was seasoned
really nicely, and all the ingredients tasted wonderful together. I had
a glass of Reisling. Bob had lobster (shelled) with a delicious
butter/sauterne sauce and tropical fruit. Everything was yummy. They
brought us a side dish of root vegetable puree, which was nicely sweet
and tasty, but we didn't eat much of it...we were running short on space
by that time.
Dessert was a little disappointing -- the restaurant no longer serves
the mixed berry/sabayon gratin that we usually order there (oh well, I
can make it at home). So I had the plum [censored] with cinnamon ice cream,
which was not as good as it was last time I had it there, and Bob had
creme caramel, which he liked.
It was a gorgeous night, and I would've been happy eating PB&J on that
quiet little terrace.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
