Inna's Birthday Dinner at Bouchon

For Inna's Birthday, I took her to Bouchon, a Michelin 1-star restaurant in Yountville, CA. I made dinner reservations in advance for 15:15 using OpenTable.com.

When we arrived on Saturday, at 15:15, our table was ready, and we quickly sat down. We ordered the following items from the Bouchon menu:

Appetizer

• Liver Mousse (Patte)

Salads & Soups

• Salade Maraîchère au Chèvre Chaud (mixed greens, warm goat cheese & herbes de Provence with red wine vinaigrette)
• Soup du Jour 

Entrees

• Coquilles St. Jacques (pan-seared sea scallops with crispy hen of the wood mushrooms, celery branch & pickled shallot beurre blanc)
• Pâtes du Jour (with truffles)
• Steak Frites (pan-seared flat iron steak, caramelized shallots & maître d’hôtel butter, served with French fries)
• Pommes Frites with Truffles

Dessert

• Brownie
• Financier (pineapple upside-down cake)

Our dinner started with Liver Mousse. It was delicious when spread on small breadsticks. The raspberry jam was simply divine.

Inna's soup du jour was extraordinarily delicious, and my Salad Maraichere (with goat cheese) was incredibly fresh and delicious.

Inna's Coquilles St. Jacques (scallops) were marvelous. They were some of the best scallops I've ever tasted. I wish we could cook them like that at home.

I selected the Pasta with Truffle, and it was delicious. I have never tried truffles, and I really liked the flavor truffles brought to the pasta.

 

Inna and I shared the Financier pineapple upside-down cake with coconut ice cream for dessert. It was splendid.

Dinner at Bouchon was fantastic! We hope to be back again (and soon).