I haven't seen DPV in ages. We dated once, but found that each other's baggage was too much to carry, so we decided to be friends. With Covid-19, work, and what's been going on in our lives, neither of us has had enough free time to get together. So I jumped at the opportunity to have a French dinner with her when the opportunity presented itself.
Cafe Les Baux is an intimate restaurant in Millbrook, NY. It's about a 1 hour drive from both where I work and from my home with free flowing traffic. I decided to stop home after work, so that I could check my mail before going to meet DPV. As expected, the drive took 60 minutes, even with me ignoring Google's directions. (They recommended taking the Taconic State Parkway through Putnam county - one of the roads I hate driving on due to the characteristics of the road.) Once I reached Dutchess county, it was smooth sailing to the restaurant.
We agreed to meet at 7:15. I arrived 15 minutes before DPV, and we had to wait a few minutes until a table freed up. Both of us ordered the Roast 1/2 duck special, and it was better than anything I could have cooked when I was regularly roasting ducks. From the appetizers to dessert, everything was top notch, and I highly recommend this restaurant when you have a few extra dollars to spend. (Both of us went over budget dining here, but it was worth every cent. I plan to take RQS here when it's time for a special dinner.)
Exiting the restaurant at 10 pm, I realized that I was doing to drive more carefully than usual. The roads were slick from rain when I got on the road, and I drove much slower than usual on the short section of the Taconic I used before driving through Putnam County on Route 9.
Although I called RQS when I got home, it was a relatively short chat - we agreed that we'd book our Autumn cruise the following day....
