most wonderful birthday

i was feeling a little down about my bday since i was getting one year older. i remember when i was younger, i'd look forward to getting older. now it's completely reversed! however my awesome friends and family made me completely forget about feeling down. diana organized dinner at Alexander's and it was AWESOME! it truly was the one of the best dinners! however i'm not sure if i will get the same dinner if i return. hah. DC knew the owner, I knew him through the connection of his architect, and diana had gotten the same person waiting on us as her previous dinner there. therefore we got free cocktails, special treatment, free champagne and a plethora of little tasters - amuse bouche, palate cleansers, tiny dessert cups. fabulous! me, hunny and will shared the 2lb rib eye and a whole bunch of other sides - squash, truffled macaroni and cheese, spinach and truffle fries. mmmmmm. after all the food and dessert, we also had the sassy apply cotton candy! yummmmm! i LOVe cotton candy! i always get it when i see it being sold. and the apple taste was sooooo much better than the other blue and pink kinds! and THEN afterwards cindy planned an AWESOME gathering at santana row. just close friends, nothing too crazy - just how i wanted it. although unfortunately dinner lasted so long - from 9 until 11:30 and some people left before I was able to get to Sino. sorry!! i had no idea dinner was going to last that long! nor did i have any idea that Sino did last call at 11:30. sux! but it's was ok since we migrated over to vbar where i had more drinks and just had a great time hanging out with good friends. :) couldn't have asked for anything better. it was a perfect nite!

and THEN hunny surprised me and took me to Gary Danko on Monday - the day of my real bday. he was so sneaky, told me that we were going to my fav restaurant - the House. i kinda knew something was up but didn't think too much about it. my hints were - he took baby number 2. (he never drives baby number 2 to the city! it stays in the garage!) he knows i'm awful with directions so he parked and said we had to walk over a hill. i knew the House was not near any water areas so i thought this was strange. He also told me to wear a dress, but i thought this was because he maybe had something planned after dinner. as we were walking and talking, all of a sudden he turns and stops. i walked right into him because i didn't know he was planning on stopping. and what do my eyes see? Gary Danko's sign! this is my first time there. sooooooo yummmmm. and sooooo fancy! i had some tissue i used in the bathroom and i didn't know what to do with it! i almost stuck it back into my purse because everything was so spotless i didn't want to mess up anything. i threw the tissue into what i thought was the garbage can - a wooden box like thing with what looked like a marble bottom. there was even a special hook to hang my purse so it didn't get in the way. dinner started with a potato truffle amuse bouche. The rest of my menu is as follows.

Risotto with Lobster, Rock Shrimp, Fall Root Vegetables and Sage Oil
Roast Maine Lobster with Yellow Chanterelle Mushrooms
Quail Stuffed with Porcini and Foie Gras with Sweet Potato, Brussels Sprouts and Pomegranate Gastrique
Baked Chocolate SoufflÈ with Two Sauces
Wine - it was so superb that i had the waiter write it down for me so it can me MY wine. However i will have to post the name later because i forgot what it's called. hehe.

i loved th lobster risotto appetizer. YUM! loved the flavor and the little rock shrimp it had in it also. for the roast lobster i wanted to lick up all the puree it came with - but i didn't. ;) also loved loved loved the quail i had. the flavors were so rich and i even liked the pomegranate - i normally have a rule - no fruits with my meats! my souffle was delish with the two sauces. since there were two sauces - one was chocolate and one was sort of creamy - it was not overly sweet and tasted just right. hunny's dessert was also really good too! we both were intrigued by the fact that it had different stages of taste. first you taste coffee, then vanilla, then salt from the vanilla salt. i'm not nearly good enough with words to describe the dinner. imagine an orgasm in your mouth and that would be about it. haha.

i'm hungry now...


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