Bistro Jeanty, Yountville

One of our mainstay restaurants in the Napa Valley, this is a place that we frequent regularly. This is a lovely French Bistro in the heart of Yountville, a food lover's paradise, home to French Laundry, Bottega, Redd, Bouchon and other great restaurants. Over the weekend we went to Domaine Carneros for a champagne pickup and we ended up here for lunch again....but this time, I was here to try the Cassoulet. I have heard rave reviews of the cassoulet for years now, but have always shied away because of my fear of the duck confit. Having gotten over that fear, I was ready to venture this dish.....BUT, they had taken it off the menu just days before we showed up. It will not be back until the fall. So what to order now?? So we shared the smoked trout and potato salad...delicious. I always get the mussels, which are delicious, but I was here today to try something new. So against every last natural instinct in my body, and totally only because my brother had raved about it several times, I ordered the quiche and butter lettuce salad for lunch. Quiche. In a restaurant. What was I thinking?? Emmentheler cheese and ham. Quiche redefined....ham redefined.....who knew this was what quiche was supposed to taste like? Noone told me before.....AMAZING. DELICIOUS. Yes, quiche in a restaurant. Yes, I will order it again. And it did not stop there....rum raisin bread pudding for dessert....I am hungry just thinking about it! This is why we always go back. One of my favorite restaurants!