What 8 word phrase can bring me to tears? Besides, "Your BCS National Champions - the California Golden Bears!"?
That would be "Whole fried chicken with truffled mac and cheese."
Yup, Michael Mina had me shedding happy tears all night. It started with the tasty and potent pear martini and the complimentary trio of duck-fat fries with dipping sauces and by the time our crispy chicken was presented at the table, I was single-handedly ending the drought.
The chicken was one of the best I've eaten and friends, I've eaten lots of chicken in my short lifetime. The truffled mac & cheese? Well, let's just say that if I could bring some back to the room and eat it with my fingers at 3 am, I would. Oh wait, I did.
By the time our meal ended with the the molten chocolate cake, I was exhausted from all the eating and the weeping and more eating.
Thanks everyone for not kicking the crazy, crying lady out of your restaurant that night. She was just really, really happy.