our last dinner in Vail: Larkspur

a lovely restaurant, with a great viewing kitchen and wine collection.

we started with a mushroom consomme (disappointing as it was quite tasteless), followed with colorado rack of lamb for G which he described as tender as butter and not to be beaten (also Why can't we get this in DC???!!!), and i had the black truffle gnocchi (which was very tasty but came with a foam of mushroom which is my worst nightmare in terms of texture and thus made me gag). pudding was doughnuts and a quartet of sorbets (chocolate, strawberry, banana - my clear favourite, and blood orange).

G's doughnuts were good - basically beignets rather than what we've become used to in the states (krispy kreme soft dough). it was accompanied by a shot of delicious and warm apple cider.

we struggled to read the menu (we're oldies who refuse to wear glasses, and the lighting was very low) so they gave us a lit magnifying glass!