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Mother’s Day 2019

H-town (Houston), I, Me, and Myself

I see a lot of memes and jokes about women never able to decide where to eat. That’s not the case in my household. I take charge of where to eat (and what to eat) at all times, ahead of time. With Mother’s Day, I picked and reserved our restaurant a month ago. La Table Chateau has the best Mother’s Day Brunch in Houston. It has all the good qualities of Quattro at Four Seasons but without the off-putting crowd. The only drawback is that it is a lot smaller so the bookings tend to be limited, hence the one month notice.

The day started with wonderful flowers.

  • The boys did a great job picking this arrangement. I love the colors and the flowery pitcher that I can use later.

They also dressed my favorite puppy, Cookie, in the cutest shirt that says it all.

I love mommy. I love you too, Cookie. Way to represent my puppy babies. I’m proud to be a puppy-mommy to all of you.

We then proceeded to La Table. The restaurant has two areas. La Table Marche is the ground floor where they have the bakery as well. The second floor is La Table Chateau, this is where the Mother’s Day Brunch is. When making reservations, you want to be seated here.

It starts out with family style breakfast foods including omelet, sausages, assorted breads, potatoes, fruits and pancakes. That alone is a feast in itself, as you can probably see.
This is the cheese and charcuterie section.
My favorite – the appetizer section. It has the humongous shrimp, smoked salmon, ceviche and OYSTERS!!! I had about 12 oysters. Dave thinks it will upset my stomach later. He still has no idea of the strength of my gut. There’s Ceasar and Greek salad too, which I totally ignored.
This is their amazing beef tenderloin. There is also leg of lamb and salmon that i didn’t take a picture of.
….and dessert!!! Creme brûlée with vanilla beans and chocolate mousse (not in picture). I normally don’t like chocolate fountain but i take an exception on this one. They use really good Belgian chocolate which pairs well with strawberries and madelines.
We picked up some cupcakes on our way home. Dave got me another bottle of 1996 De Venoge Louis XV, Brut. We had the same for New Year and it was excellent. So here’s me with all my loot.

I’m not doing any chores today, it’s a given. I’m spending the rest of the day with that bottle and cupcakes, on the couch, re-watching Game of Thrones. I love being a mom.

La Villa

I have been to the South of France as often as I’ve been to Paris (3x). It is that beautiful. With a beautiful city, almost always, comes fantastic food. La Villa features French Riviera cuisine. Two weeks ago, they featured their brand-spanking new chef, Kevin d’Andrea. He brought with him authentic creations that brings me back to many good memories that I spent in Nice, Cannes, Eze and St. Tropez.

Here’s a throwback pic from 20 pounds ago. Behind me is the City of Nice and the French Riviera

Wine list is fantastic. We got ourselves a Chateauneuf-du-Pape.
Good selections on their cheese plate
Lobster Linguine, homemade pasta, roasted whole lobster
Burgundy Black Truffle Risotto, Arborio rice cooked with fresh vegetable stock and melted Parmesan cheese
Truffle Mashed Potatoes
Poached Pear – it had some sort of caramel filling and sits on top of a very light and crispy cookie
Banoffee Pie

Overall, the food was overwhelmingly good. The service was excellent. Pricing surprisingly not French-like. I remember eating at this exact location but it was a different French restaurant then. The service was atrocious (although the food was good). I’m glad that a better restaurant took its place.

The manager mentioned that they will be expanding their wine list pretty soon, all within $88! She believes that a good wine-pairing is important for a good dining experience and did not like price to be a deterrent. I love that kind of progressive thinking. We’ll be back soon!!!