It’s been a few days since Tofu passed away and grieving is an arduous thing. Common sense tells you that you need to move on. The steelier side of you tells you “it’s just a dog”. But you know better. Grief is the price of losing someone you love.
But we ARE trying to move on. So we decided to fancy-fy our usual Saturday brunch. Georgia James it is! We normally reserve these type of restaurant for dinner but their brunch looked good in the menu. And as we took the last morsel of dessert, we are glad that it didn’t disappoint!
Great location in River OaksFluffy Ruffles. Aged pineapple rum and sweet vermouth. Steak TartareThis is one great meat as to be expected from a proper steakhouse King crab omelette! Brings back Alaska memories White chocolate and Bourbon bread pudding, baked from scratch so it took awhile to come out. Nursed a limoncello while waiting.
This is our first step to normalcy. All is good. We will get there.
Dearest Tofu, gone but will never be forgotten. Safe travels, little guy.
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.
