Kenzo Estate Winery@Napa ★★★

Tour & Wine Tasting at Premium Japanese Winery in Napa. Excellent wine. Kenzo is the founder of Capcom (Street Fighter). We were greeted with a glass of 2019 sei sparkling Sauvignon Blanc, followed by history and tour of the beautiful winery, then tasting. We were able to purchase and open another bottle of wine at the end of the tasting. Estate tour & tasting $110 per person. Reservation via Tock. Went to their kaiseki restaurant for dinner the same night.

Compare to July 3, 2020 visit:
https://www.syorithefoodie.com/2020/07/kenzo-estatenapa-day-1.html

Welcome Drink - sei Sparkling Sauvignon Blanc

Got to try the grapes

Grape Tasting

Private Tasting Room with a Fantastic View

asatsuyu Sauvigonon Blanc 2022 $90

ren Sparkling Semillon 2020

Kenzo Estate
3200 Monticello Road,
Napa, CA 94558
(707) 256-1555
www.kenzoestate.com

Charter Oak Restaurant@Napa ★★★

Amazing Camping Style Tasting Menu by 3 Michelin Star Chef Christopher Kostow. Inside a heated yurt/ hut. Fantastic experience of nature. Wonderful meal. Great service. $135 per person. A glass of Angel's Envy Bourbon on the rocks included for dessert. Caviar supplement $100.

Warm Poultry Broth
steeped w/ cover crop

Chicken Croquettes
saltines, lovage

Smoked Sturgeon
radishes, tco butter, potato flatbread
Supplement: Regiis Ova Caviar (1 ounce) $100

Konbu Poached Prawn
horseradish, green tomato cocktail sauce

Grilled Bone Marrow
pestled herbs

Braised Beef Cheek
black truffle, pestled herbs

Preserved & Grilled Matsutakes

Simple Salad of Bitter Greens
toasted seeds, hazelnut

Fermented Potato Purée

Angel's Envy Bourbon on the rocks (included)

Hearth Burnt Chestnut Cream

Angel's Envy Bourbon 100mL $28

Cute S'more Camping Souvenir to take home

Yurt

Restaurant Entrance

Christopher Kostow in Ojai Valley in April 2021

Christopher Kostow in Ojai Valley in March 2023

The Charter Oak Restaurant
1050 Charter Oak Ave,
St Helena, CA 94574
(707) 302-6996
www.thecharteroak.com

Hana Izumi@Millbrae ★★★

Great Kaiseki in Bay Area. So happy to find out that they carry Fifth Taste sake – Kaze no Mori & Akabu. We were able to pick them for the $40 4 glasses sake flight. Luna-san served us, and her husband, Koji-san, is the chef. Kaiseki meal $99 per person (dessert $10). Corkage fee $35 (one bottle per table). Street parking.

Amuse Bouche
Kobachi 3 Ways

Sashimi

Sake Flight $40

Kaze no Mori

Akabu

Fifth Taste Sake

Refresher
Hirame Ankake
deep fried halibut & lotus root mochi w/ yuzu ankake sauce

Grilled Dish
Gindara Saikyo Yaki
grilled sweet miso marinated black cod

Steamed Dish
Dungeness Crab Chawanmushi
steamed savory egg custard w/ dungeness crab

Akabu

Entée option: Wagyu Donburi
sukiyaki wagyu beef over steamed rice

Entée option: Negitoro Chirashi Bowl
chopped fatty tuna over sushi rice

Miso Soup

Sesame Chiffon Roll Cake $10
sesame chiffon roll cake w/ red bean cream, matcha powder, berries, & hojicha ice cream

Hana Izumi Japanese Kaiskei
93 El Camino Real,
Millbrae, CA 94030
(650) 302-3012
hana-izumi.com