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fanelli

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  1. Made it to Redd for lunch yesterday and was very impressed in every regard. Friendly and professional service from the GM to the hostess to the five or so wait staff that brought our meals. The decor? If you like modern (and all four of us do) it is fabulous...has HHQ (high hipness quotient)...designed by famed New York design team Asfour Guzy...a couple of folks mentioned sitting at the bar instead of the dining room and I think that's a mistake...very comfortable room. Then there's the food and wine...the wine list while not super extensive is quite good...no problem finding a special bottle at a wide variety of price points...we had the Forman chardonnay with our first courses...tuna and hamachi tartare with apple mustard dressing (YUM), hama hama oysters with champagne mignonette, the freshest Romaine slad of all-time, and the lettuce cups stuffed with stir fried chicken in chili oil...each of these starters were delectable. On to the El Molino pinot noir which paired perfectly with my duck confit tartine with white bean puree...my wife loved her shrimp salad with butter lettuce, avocado and bacon while another in our party savored about her carmelized diver scallops dish. Can't say I tasted any of the desserts although the Meyer lemon panna cotta with citrus salad and blood orange sorbet was a sight to behold...I opted for the cheeses which come from Minnesota, Vermont, Central Alps and even California. I'm giving it a nine on a scale of one to ten...will gladly go back again...next stop? Press in St Helena.
  2. Tia Margarita on Clement and 19th has been an SF stalwart since the 1930s...I particularly like their "Tia Special Enchiladas" (onion and cheese)...the plates are HUGE and the maragaritas muy satisfying! - fanelli
  3. The view from Les Floret is beautiful, but if you have the time it's worth keeping on up the road past Les Florets for another mile or so: keep right at the col, and continue on until you get to a small picnic site on the right hand side of the road[*]. There's a footpath (signposted for the viewpoint) leading steeply up from the picnic site for about 100m and you'll come out on a small platform on top of the cliffs above Gigondas. The view is pretty amazing. [*] I use the term road loosely: it is unsurfaced and pretty rough in places. ← Just outside of Orange lies a most remarkable boutique hotel, Chateau de Masillan...a remarkable place to stay and even more remarkable place to wine and dine...an absolute can not miss (and yes, I've been to Les Florets in Gigondas) http://www.chateau-de-massillan.com/ - fanelli
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