点评:After we left the peaceful Mission San Juan Capistrano monastery within the valley of the same name we ambled a while.
It was a good spring like day for us. And we had food on our minds and one of our companions - a discerning wine focussed LA local - had this place in his mind. We could see why.
It was full covid alert in town with masks and hand sanitiser essential but this place was packed with happy smiling people - wine was flowing and great food smells were inviting. We were four and I guess got the last table.
We were in no particular hurry so we relaxed and we tried several white and red wines each; all were young and, most importantly, served properly. I prefer old world vintage reds that fill the mouth with a roundness and full body taste that wows like Châteauneuf du - Pape from the French village of the same name but what we had matched the lunch time food offerings.
All Châteauneuf du Pape labels have the papal keys on their labels - the keys of heaven and the symbol of Papal authority when the papacy was in France. I swallowed my way around the village many a time.
We opted for two flatbreads - Gorgonzola and apple and mushroom truffle - between 4 but our Danish companion added a turkey club mayo with bacon and fries to himself. He didn’t manage to eat all. As me mother used to say ‘your eyes were bigger than your belly.’
All the food was declared delicious, generous portions and the apple complemented the cheese (with red wine) and the truffle the mushrooms with (white wine).
The (black) truffle was a scent from flavoured oil but no actual truffle and it brought the taste to another level. The service was ace and the noise level reflected a bunch of folks having a darn good time. It was that good I can’t even remember the amount of the bill.
翻译:离开同名山谷内宁静的 Mission San Juan Capistrano 修道院后,我们漫步了一会儿。
对我们来说,这是一个像春天一样美好的一天。我们想到了食物,我们的一位同伴 - 一位专注于洛杉矶当地的挑剔葡萄酒 - 他想到了这个地方。我们可以明白为什么。
镇上的新冠病毒警报非常严重,口罩和洗手液必不可少,但这个地方挤满了快乐微笑的人——酒在流动,食物的香味很诱人。我们四岁,我猜是最后一张桌子。
我们并不特别着急,所以我们放松了,我们分别尝试了几种白葡萄酒和红葡萄酒;所有人都很年轻,最重要的是,服务得当。我更喜欢旧世界的复古红葡萄酒,它们让嘴巴充满圆润和饱满的口感,就像来自法国同名村庄的 Châteauneuf du - Pape 一样令人赞叹,但我们午餐时间的食物相匹配。
Châteauneuf du Pape 的所有酒标上都有教皇的钥匙——天堂的钥匙,是教皇在法国时权威的象征。我在村子里绕了很多圈。
我们选择了两种大饼——戈贡佐拉干酪、苹果和蘑菇松露——介于 4 个之间,但我们的丹麦同伴给自己加了一个火鸡俱乐部蛋黄酱、培根和薯条。他没能吃完。正如我妈妈常说的那样,“你的眼睛比你的肚子大。”
所有的食物都被宣布为美味,份量大,苹果与奶酪(红酒)和松露蘑菇(白葡萄酒)相得益彰。
(黑)松露是一种来自调味油的香味,但不是真正的松露,它将味道提升到了另一个层次。服务是一流的,噪音水平反映了一群人玩得很开心。太好了,我什至不记得账单的金额了。