Ad Hoc and Addendum

Dinner at Ad Hoc and Addendum in Yountville is always a delightful evening of culinary delights

To celebrate Sara’s first trip to Napa Valley, I tried to get seating for us at The French Laundry while on an international flight, technically above Iceland. But, due to the wifi delay, all times were scooped up in a nanoseconds.

Getting seating at Ad Hoc was a MUCH better choice for us. Delightfully, this dinner was my third seating at Ad Hoc and her first. It was everything I wanted it to be for her. I made sure we had a great table with a great view for her to take everything in.

I couldn’t talk the waiter into getting us an order of off menu fried chicken this time (last time, I did. Darn!) But, dinner combined with the wine pairing…… we weren’t complaining at all.

We started with dual Empress 75s and continued with the wine course paring. Dinner for the evening was the following:

Waldorf Salad

Walnuts, pickled grapes, blue cheese, apple, celery creamy dill dressing

Grilled Flatiron Steak

Brussels sprout gratin, fork crushed potatoes, hobbs’ bacon maitre d’ hotel butter

Carr Valley Bread Cheese

Green tomato jam
In visiting Per Se, Ad Hoc and French Laundry, I must say that Keller restaurants are the only places in which I look forward to the cheese courses.

Caramelita Bar

Butterscotch sauce, vanilla ice cream

Our wine pairing was perfection:

Sauvignon Blanc, Illumination by Quintessa, Napa/Sonoma 2021

Burgess ‘Contadina’, Napa Valley 2016

Sangiovese, Castello Romitorio, Chianti Colli Senesi 2019

Madeira, Rare Wine Co. ‘New York Malmsey’

As always, with every time I visit, an outstanding meal and a good time was had by all.

Previous visits to Ad Hoc and Addendum were just as delicious:

TFL Garden Tomato Salad

Knoll farm’s figs, pickled yellow onions, jalapeño peppers, radishes, frisbee, torn croutons, basil pesto

1855 Black Angus Grilled Flank Steak

The French Laundry garden vegetables, Anson Mills polenta, tzatziki sauce

Hook’s Triple Play Extra Innings

Roasted mix nuts, mixed berry jam

Dark Chocolate Brownie

Salted caramel ice cream

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