We celebrated his birthday Sunday (early -- his birthday is actually today) with the six-course chef's tasting menu -- complete with wine pairing -- at Restaurant Eloise in Sebastopol.
My favorite course: Sauteed sweetbreads in a Calvados (apple brandy) sauce with slices of bacon and apple, paired with a Riesling Spätlese (killing myself right now for not paying better attention to the producer and vintage, but I think it might have been the 06 Matthias Moeller, which is the only Spätlese on the Eloise wine list -- also wondering if the producer's name is spelled wrong -- Google only comes up with Matthias Müller). The dish smelled just like freshly-baked doughnuts, and the wine was absolute perfection with it. (I love how Riesling can have peach and ripe fruit notes with a teeny-tiny hint of petrol at the same time.)
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