This past weekend our foodie friend Danny, came up to visit. Danny visiting means that Sam and I budget out calories carefully the week prior to his arrival so that we can partake in the gluttony of great food. Last year we gorged ourselves in San Francisco for the entire day, and followed it up with Bi-Rite. This time we were planning a trip up to Napa.
Ben stopped by our house and being that I was the designated driver, we carpooled up to Mustard’s Grill in Yountville to meet up with the rest of our drinking party. Mustard’s Grill was delicious. (As usual!) and I was eagerly anticipating the lemon lime tart for days already.
Lots of people = lots of variety of dishes!
Sam started his Saturday morning out with their house special Bloody Mary it came with an adorable double shot glass filled with a beer chaser:
The rest of us got started on the onion rings. This time around they weren’t as crisp as our last visit… and they were also slightly soggy and greasy. I inquired about that and the manager promptly gave us new ones. After realizing that the fryer wasn’t set as hot as it should have been. Whoops!
Ben, Sam and I had the famous pork chop. I was slightly disappointed after all the hype about their pork chops. Martin’s West still had the best pork chop I’ve ever tasted. I wasn’t a huge fan of their mustard sauce either. Overall it was a solid pork chop, delicious in its own right.
I also got a side of the corn stix. They were pretty flavorful but overpriced for what we got:
Stan had the house special burger… Which was a ground lamb burger. He also wore a black shirt which made photographing his lamb burger a lot easier. Thanks for wearing a black shirt!
Danny had the fried rabbit. He also claims that the cuter the animal; the more delicious they are. I have to admit, that held fairly true until I thought of the time I had roasted wild boar belly in Taiwan. That was super yummy. And wild boar isn’t cute. Not. At. All. He also wore a striped shirt. Which added a bit of color in the my food picture. Not sure how I feel about the stripes in the pic though…
Danny’s brother, Bobby had the BBQ pulled pork sandwich. It was served with some awesome looking chips!
We finished off lunch with the famous lemon lime tart… with the amazing brown sugar meringue that’s akin to the culinary beehive hairdo.
After Mustards Grill, we waddled our happy selves over to Castello di Amarosa.