Café la Ruche, Georgetown, D.C.

Our friend Jon joined us for the symphony Friday night over at the Kennedy Center. After the performance, we walked along the river and made our way through the surprisingly-deserted Washington Harbor, then up the hills of Georgetown over to Café la Ruche for an aprés-concert supper.

Both of the boys ended up ordering croque monsieur sandwiches, fancy-sounding things that are really nothing more than the French version of a ham and cheese sandwich made with French toast and then the cheese on top instead of inside. They came with a large serving of mixed greens dressed with a hand-whipped mayonnaise-based French dressing.



I didn't order any food, deciding to save myself for the dessert course. The desserts at La Ruche are decadent and renowned, and they do the most evil thing and display them in this big refrigerated glass case in the back of the restaurant. When the appropriate time arrived, I selected a napoleon topped with fresh strawberries and blueberries and garnished with stiff crème chantilly.



Ryan got the mousse au chocolat, a beautiful presentation looking almost like a dark chocolate bombe arranged with strawberry quarters and lots of whipped cream. Jon sampled a little of both.