And in the end, what else can you ask for from a weekend? Friday night we went out after work to have dinner at a new restaurant for us. The place was dark, and the seats had no backs, and they were playing traditional French music in the background. There were a few red flags, but despite that, it was a pretty good restaurant. Some of the food (like the ratatouille) had been pre-prepared, but we a delicious cut of duck that had been pan seared and served rare – and that was really good.
One complaint that I could make – not specifically about this restaurant – is the procedure for ordering a bottle of wine. In many restaurants they open the wine somewhere else, the proprietor tastes it themselves, and then they just pour the wine directly into both of our glasses. In this restaurant he poured it in and said, “A very delicious wine”, as if daring us to argue. As it happened it was a very delicious wine, but I’d prefer to make that determination. Not all restaurants do this, but it seems like it often happens when we order a bottle of vino. So no Michelin star for this guy.
The rest of the weekend was pretty low key. I stayed home and did some hiking, and Kuniko worked both day. Luckily next Sunday she’ll get a day off.
