Dinner at Lumière and lunch at Sotto Sotto in Bath

You CAN have the duck. One of our favorite lines from a classic movie, L.A. Story, is by Sir Patrick Stewart as the maître d’ at a posh Los Angeles restaurant when he “interviews” prospective diners and based on their answers advises them in his fabulous accent “you can’t have the duck.”

Well, Lumiere was quite posh but so so lovely and welcoming and homey all at once. It was a six course chef’s tasting meal with wine pairings and we all really enjoyed the duck course. They were so gracious about Chris being gluten free and she raved about the bread and they were kind enough to share the recipe without her even having to ask.

The photo with the smoke is from the palette cleansing course and our host was wise to tell us to pop the entire jelly ball in our mouths at once! No one ended up with a lime burst on their clothes and, wow, did we get a refreshed feeling. It was such a fun evening, and Chris even tried a muscle which the monkfish course was served over. 

Gavin suggested we go explore the town of Bath, and since we would be hitting it right at lunch time, Mike did some recon and got us a reservation at Sotto Sotto. It’s Italian and it’s down in the cave of one of the original baths. It kept us out of the winds and rain for a while, what Gavin tells us is just known as “March.” 😂

We then toured a museum at One Crescent, which also kept us out of the weather, and that was a fun little dip back in time. Most was “do not touch” but once down in the kitchen galley there were aprons you were allowed to touch. Chris had fun pretending to be Daisy from Downton Abbey.