Ok, one more regret
Posted on Mon March 08, 2010 in Life
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To make up for all my regrets (forgotten and not forgotten) we went to Osteria
Mozza in LA for dinner Saturday night with friends. We were celebrating our
friends birthday, and as you might guess we had just a little too much to drink.
But so what, you only go around once in life, so you might as well do it with
gusto, and besides, we had a good reason this time.
Suffice to say,
dinner was good. We had a good time, and I would go back.
We
started off with a Proseco as a celebratory gesture, followed by a 2003 Domaine
Serene, Mark Bradford Vineyard, Pinot Noir, and a Howell Mountain Cabernet with
the main course (corkage is only $20 per bottle), and ended with a 13 year old
Rip Van Winkle rye (whiskey), which surprisingly was better than expected.
Oh, and the food was good as well. I could elaborate extensively, but I
don't want to bore you too much. So I'll just touch on it briefly.
We started off with a selection of mozzarella from the mozzarella bar, then
had a little gnocchi and goat cheese ravioli, all of which were excellent. We
then had our main courses which, with the exception of mine which was little
tough [yet still extremely flavorful], were all enjoyable. Then of course there
was dessert, which for me was not very memorable. We really didn't need it, and
I was more focused on the rye anyways.
The best part, at least the
most exciting, was Nancy Silverton and Mario Batali were both there. Nancy was
even working preparing mozzarella plates, and Mario, while all I observed him
doing was schmoozing with some of the patrons, was dressed the part down to his
signature Crocks. I didn't get to talk to him, but he was standing about 3 feet
from me, and he even brushed up against my friends shoulder as he walked by. I
think my friend may have the shirt framed [just kidding].
My only
regret this time is I wasn't able to go for a bike ride Sunday morning. I was
just a little too hung over (and BTW, I wasn't driving), but I was easily able
to put that behind this morning.
I went for a 60 mile bike ride
including about 2000 feet of climbing.
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Roger says:
on March 18, 2010 at 04:23 PM
I have this place on my list to things to try while I visit California.