Mom, Suzy, Kim and I were lucky enough to get tickets to Rich's restaurant for French Night. It turned out that Rich was the student in charge that night of the whole restaurant!
The menus were beautiful.
The server brought out the pre-appetizer: raw meat and raw quail egg. Wow!
Being brave.
Suzy ordered escargots (snails), and they came tucked inside a mushroom. They weren't bad, and the broth was delicious.
Kim won't be requesting them from the Canon Center anytime soon, though.
Kim and Mom with their fried frog legs. Seriously. Which, not disappointingly, tasted similar to chicken.
Suzy's first taste of roquefort cheese. Can you say STRONG flavor?
(Suzy would probably add the word "feet" to the description of that cheese.)
Wikipedia describes it as having "distinctive veins of green mold." Where's the mild cheddar when you need it?
Melt-in-your mouth beef tenderloin! Topped with a mild white fish and amazing hollandaise sauce.
I can't remember the name of this peasant soup. It had lamb, white beans, and lots of other stuff.
Delicious halibut, hollandaise sauce, wild rice, and the most artistic broccoli you've ever seen. (Not pictured very well here, sorry.)
Kim got the duck. It had a yummy orange glaze and was really tender.
The night's official sous chef, Rich, running the show very competently in the kitchen.
DESSERT!!!! (insert drool here) Dessert. Was. Unbelievable. Mom and Kim got the chocolate mousse.
Suzy loved her creme brûlée.
My apple-pastry was beautiful, and I literally wiped that platter clean looking for any remaining trace of that out-of-this-world caramel/butterscotch sauce.
The whole gang.
It was a great night. The food was amazing. Rich was amazing. And Suzy, amazingly, could jump this high for a picture after eating all 5 courses.
