The French Laundry, Yountville, California

Photographs from my meal in California  , Yountville at The French Laundry  on  October 12, 2011.

Late season tomatoes from the garden

The gardener was throwing these out, so I had to help him ...

These tomatoes made it from the vine, into my car, and onto my flight back to NYC

Amuse bouche: Gruyère gougères

Amuse bouche: Salmon cornets

1st Course: La soupe de musquée de provence

2nd Course: Oysters and Pearls

3rd Course: Sashimi of pacific kahala

4th Course: White truffle custard

Brioche

5th Course: Salad of air-cured wagyu

6th Course: Hand-cut tagliatelle with white truffle

7th Course: Columbia river sturgeon confit à la minute

8th Course: Sweet butter-poached Maine lobster mitts, sautéed foie gras

Salts

9th Course: Scottish red-legged partridge

10th Course: Rib-eye of Elysian fields farm lamb

Bread for cheese course

A table at The French Laundry

11th Course: Tomme brûlée

12th Course: Persian lime sorbet and coconut granité

13th Course: Coffee and Doughnuts

14th Course: S'mores

Petits fours: pot de crème

Assorted chocolate truffles

Mignardises

Take home shortbread cookies

Inside the kitchen of The French Laundry, after hours

Portrait of Chef Corey Lee

Entrance to The French Laundry