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Birthdays Are for Yummy Things…

June 10th, 2014 by Karen 12 Comments









Bruschetta with cherry tomatoes, garlic, basil and olive oil

If you’re going to blow your calorie budget on your birthday, might as well go big or go home 🙂

Found my new favorite Italian restaurant yesterday, Ca’ Momi Enoteca at the Oxbow Public Market in Napa.

The market is like the Ferry Building in San Francisco but on a smaller scale. It’s a big upscale mall in a warehouse lined with food booths, gourmet meat and cheese counters, spice and culinary counters and small Wine County shops.

Ca’ Momi Enoteca, which is one of several places to eat there, serves traditional Italian food (they’re actually certified as authentic by the Italian government!), and it is LA BOMBA.

So good it deserved a second pic!
I had the Linguine al pesto Genovese with organic basil pesto, potatoes and green beans. Mmm…
El Hub’s Pizza Inferno with spicy salame calabrese, gorgonzola, taggiasca olives and organic raw onions. Also mmm…
Iced Tea Ca Momi
Italian iced tea, straight from Italy, coming right up!

While we were up there in Napa, we also found a great Japanese (modern style with a large eclectic menu) place downtown called Eiko’s, about a 10-minute walk from the Oxbow Public Market.

Delish!

The Neko Chan roll (snow crab and avocado inside topped with fresh salmon and thinly sliced lemon) and the Tsunami roll (crab, tempura onions and avocado topped with tempura, scallops, jalapeño and spicy aioli)
The Neko Chan roll (snow crab and avocado topped with fresh salmon and thinly sliced lemon) and the Tsunami roll (crab, tempura onions and avocado topped with tempura, scallops, jalapeño and spicy aioli)
New Zealand King Salmon Entree, a 6oz filet with teriyaki Sauce, tempura brown rice risotto, roasted brussels sprouts with crispy pork belly
New Zealand King Salmon Entree, a 6-oz filet with teriyaki Sauce, tempura brown rice risotto, roasted brussels sprouts with crispy pork belly

I learned that Napa has A LOT of good places to eat and a great walking downtown.

In all the years I’ve lived here (more than 10), we’ve actually only been to the town of Napa twice! — because the other time we unknowingly went to kind of a boring area. We usually go to other small towns in the area. I definitely want to go back to Napa now, though. It was yummage to the extreme.

Birthdays Are for Yummy Things… / Originally published June 10th, 2014

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  1. Erin says

    June 10th, 2014 at 8:42 pm

    What a day you had! That sushi is sounding even more amazing then it looked and reminding me how much I miss CA!
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  2. Carolyn says

    June 10th, 2014 at 9:46 pm

    That looks amazing, Karen! Happy Birthday! I’ll have to check those places out when I’m in Napa next (I also live in the Bay Area).

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  3. Ankita@corallista says

    June 10th, 2014 at 10:32 pm

    Everything looks delicious Karen! I love Italian cuisine and we went to a cute Italian place on my birthday yesterday too!
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  4. Ms. Heathen says

    June 11th, 2014 at 12:01 am

    I am literally crying here at how gorgeous that sushi looks. I know what I’m getting on payday.

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  5. GlossBerry says

    June 11th, 2014 at 1:07 am

    Wow Karen, that looks yum! Happy birthday dear, I have been reading for years, wish you all the happiness!

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  6. Marina(Makeup4all) says

    June 11th, 2014 at 1:50 am

    All the food looks super delicious! And, of course, Happy Birthday. Karen <3
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  7. Divya says

    June 11th, 2014 at 7:48 am

    The food! These are all my fave things! Bruchetta check, Linguine pasta check, wood fired pizza check check!! Hope you had a great time!
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  8. yelena says

    June 11th, 2014 at 10:19 am

    this all looks delish! Happy Birthday again 🙂

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  9. Allison C says

    June 11th, 2014 at 11:19 am

    Wow, what delicious looking food! I wish I had a slice of that bruschetta or a piece of the salmon sushi right now. Lovely way to spend your bday 🙂
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  10. Majick says

    June 11th, 2014 at 12:04 pm

    Thanks, I just drooled on my keyboard and shorted everything out – LOL
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY! And if you’re in NJ this summer we grow the BEST matahs! We eat tomato salad all the time, fresh from the garden. I was only in California once but the one thing I LOVED about it was all the delish food. At least NJ has a lot of variety and several great sushi spots.

    and – HAPPY BIRTHDAY! (just in case you missed it the first time) 🙂

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  11. MelodyJ says

    June 11th, 2014 at 3:42 pm

    Oh wow! I wish i was there. Everything looks so, so good!

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  12. Kiss & Make-up says

    June 12th, 2014 at 6:31 am

    *grrrrrrrrrrrmmrmrmrmrbnbbbb* That’s my stomach. All this food looks SO tasty!
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