November 13, 2026 Breakfast - Granola with a plum. Lunch - Duck Leg soup with Rice Noodles. Dinner - Greenhouse Bistro at Center for Ageless Living
I awakened at 6:30 and showered and dressed and filled a bowl with granola, milk, yogurt, and a plum diced and worked at my desk. I also sold 51 shares of Apple and bought 25 shares of Micron to get me to 100 shares of Micron.
The market was down dramatically so I did not check my portfolio today. We are in a tech Winter these days but I think the tide will turn in December.
It does not matter because I have paid my taxes and I can simply sell shares and make a donation to reduce my taxable income this year.
At 10:00 I drove to a client to discuss a purchase of assets transaction.
When I finished at 11:00 I drove to Vietnam 2000 and ordered ano. 68, Duck Leg Soup with rice Noodles. I love this soup and at $15.00 it is the cheapest duck dinner in town. I only ate 1/2 of the soup and took the rest home, where Suzette ate it.
Then at 2:10 we drove to the Center for Ageless Living and at 3:00 I had a wonderful one hour massage that made me feel terrific.
I then joined Suzette in the Greenhouse Bistro for dinner. We were the only ones dining this evening so we spent a long time talking to Constance th server/food service manager and Jason the chef.
It is a new regime and the food is first rate. It is creative, using fresh local ingredients where possible, and of a fine dining caliber. Easily the best restaurant in a Valencia County, now.
My first course was the best wedge salad I have ever eaten. I am used to the old Texas style wedge salad with a quarter of a head of iceberg lettuce smothered with sweet thousand island dressing. But Chef Jason has created a unique rendition with the same wedge of iceberg lettuce but instead with a creamy Gorgonzola cheese dressing surrounded by a puddle of balsamic vinegar and cherry tomato halves and shredded carrot and garnished liberally with crumbled Gorgonzola cheese; a uniquely delicious creation.
The beverages were equally impressive. When we ordered our drinks, I chose a pink lemonade flavored with fresh strawberries that had a delicious strawberry flavor. Suzette ordered a vermouth that was served on the rocks with slices of fresh orange in the Spanish style.
There weekend menu served Thursday through Saturday evenings includes two entree specials besides four salads, four sandwiches, several appetizers and a seasonal soup. I selected the grilled Pork Chop served with a Stella Rosa red wine and jus sauce,a pile of delicious mashed potatoes and thinly sliced grilled Zucchini and yellow squash rounds and garnished with micro parsley. I love Chef Jason’s grilled squashes and the grilled pork chop was tasty also, especially sauced with the elegantly light red wine and au jus sauce.
Suzette ordered the other entree pasta in a creamy flavorful sage sauce garnished with Parmesan cheese and slices of qrilled yellow squash.
We drank glasses of 2023 Domaine Le Clos de Lumieres (L’ eclat) Cotes Du Rhone Rose’, a delightfully complex blend of Cinsault, Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvèdre grapes with our entrees. Our unfinished entrees were boxed for us to take home.
But I had to try a slice of the fresh German Chocolate cake I noticed in the dessert cupboard. The cake was moist and the icing rich with chocolate and shredded coconut, a delicious end to a delicious meal.
A necessary disclosure, Suzette who owns the Center is my life partner, so I am inclined to be less critical of its food, but I also have been a food writer for over fifty years and know good food when I taste it. I wholeheartedly recommend the Greenhouse Bistro for dinner.
Lunch at the Bistro may be an even better value, because it offers a Serve Yourself four course meal with a soup, a salad, an entree, and your selection from several desserts for $15.99 of the same quality and freshness as dinners. For example, today’s entree offering was Salmon with creamy risotto and roasted potatoes.
The recent reopening of the Greenhouse Bistro with Chef Jason Viviver at the helm sets a new high standard for fine dining in Valencia County that merits diners’ attention.
We drove home, watched a bit of TV and Suzette went to bed, and I stayed up to watch Colorado upset University of Houston.
Bon Appetit
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