Taking a break from the humdrum of writing a dissertation "Doug" and I packed up and decided to check out the Williamsburg Winery and their fine dining restaurant Cafe Provencal.
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| Doug strapped in and ready to go! |
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| There were lots of grapes on the vines. |
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| The winery's wines have won lots of awards, and they had a Melot I actually liked. I am generally a white wine person. |
Once our tour of the winery concluded, headed over to Cafe Provencal for dinner, which began with an amuse bouche crostini of roasted pork and pickled onion.
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| Smoky meat and crunchy bread. Yum! |
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After the amuse bouche, I had a baby spinach and arugula salad with wild mushrooms, bacon, goat cheese, and a grainy mustard vinaigrette.
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| The bacon chunks were big and meaty... |
We shared a bottle of Governor's White from the winery. One of my favorites from the tour and tasting.
For the main course, I had the pan seared duck breast with green beans, and a ragout of cannellini beans with house made sausage.
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| This was really filling, but delicious. |
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For dessert, I had the panna cotta with pistachio ice cream.
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| At this point I was in a food coma...but I now have to make panna cotta at home. Disregard the fork marks in the panna cotta :) |
At the end as a palate cleanser, we were given a small scoop of chestnut ice cream. This meal was amazing, and I would definitely adventure back.
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