For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to go to “French Laundry”. At one time it was the best restaurant in the U.S. for years. Now it is in the top five, and it’s one of the top 15 in the world. (At least according to one website.) Regardless, I have heard rave reviews about it, and can’t wait to go someday. The chef, Thomas Keller, opened a sister restaurant. They are both french, but “Bouchon” is more home style, whereas F.L. is fancy shmancy. I have the Bouchon cookbook, and it is so fun to flip through.
When we were in Vegas, Micah surprised me with a date to Bouchon. He arranged babysitting, made the reservations, and got us there in time. We had such a good time just hanging out sans kids and talking adult. Bouchon was delicious, and the presentation of everything was so fun. We stuffed ourselves with the tastiest bread and warm pistachios they brought out, then we each had a salad, then we shared the pork tenderloin, and finally filled up on our own desserts.
I’ll say that the bread, salads and main course were amazing. The desserts were a little anticlimactic. But all in all, it was such a fun surprise.
The paper wrapped around the napkin was the menu. Micah thought it was so funny that I loved how clever it was. It’s the little things!
The next day, I went to the Bouchon bakery to load up on french pastries. Micah says he is “frenched out”, but he certainly had his fair share of sampling for being so “frenched out”.
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