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Extreme Flavor Weight Loss - Enoteca La Storia, Los Gatos Wine Bar

The other day I took my beautiful wife, Denise Riesenhuber, out to an afternoon "date" in downtown Los Gatos. 

We went to a new Los Gatos Wine Bar called Enoteca La Storia...a place we have been going to on occasion for several months...and it ROCKS!

Now this article is not so much about Enoteca La Storia in Los Gatos, but what they served us...and what we can do with my NEW IDEAS to flavor our weight loss diets.

First let me go back a wayyyyzzzzz....to my first Truffle experience...

I was first served Truffles (not the chocolate stuff, but the actual truffles that are famous in Europe...the mushroom/fungi stuff that expensive cuisine is noted for) at my first visit to French Laundry in Yountville.

The French Laundry is renowned as one of the best restaurants in THE WORLD, and their Chef/Owner, Thomas Keller, seems to love working with Truffles...Now I don't think he looks at them as a great component of a weight loss diet, but that is my job!

THE MEAL...

Our meals were $150 EACH, PLUS wine, but they had a "Truffle Menu" that was DOUBLE at $300!  (BTW, this was for their "Lunch Seating")

Now based on these prices many will know that our dining experience was not recent since prices have gone up by close to a factor of 2 since then...but for the time, it was the most expensive lunch I'd ever even thought of!  It was also the best meal I'd ever experienced...but that is another story. (I think it still stands as the "Best Meal I Have Had")

The thing was that I didn't choose the Truffle menu because I didn't know about the things.  AND since it was Truffle Season, there were other Truffle dishes on the menu.

Honestly...I though Truffles tasted like crap! (ok, I was a lot younger then...but still had MOSTLY good taste)

But as all things in life, palates evolve...

Now I have grown to not only enjoy the flavor of the Truffle, but totally desire it and LOVE Truffles!

OK, so back to Enoteca La Storia...

They serve wines (duh...Los Gatos Wine Bar!) and also serve meats and cheeses.

Guess what?

They have cheese and meats flavored with truffles! 

And they are among my favorites.  I order these things every time I go to Enoteca La Storia...Usually by request, specifically.

The big deal came to play, and the BIG IDEA, when they served me a special plate the other day...

The manager, Joe, is an awesome guy...with an awesome sense of humor (you know me...gotta have the fun thing happening;-)...and when I wanted their daily meat and cheese platter, but heavy on the Truffles, he hooked me up BIG!

Now before you go in there and ask for the "Brett Special" or the "San Jose Boot Camp" platter (he knows what I do;-)...he told me that this was a once in a lifetime plate!

Joe put together a plate with great stuff...cheeses with Truffles, cured meats with Truffles, and ONE SPECIAL BOMB...

Truffle Honey.

OK, no joke...this stuff was INSANE!

The flavor when combined with a hard cheese ((lower in fat)) was totally OFF THE HOOK!

So I had to ask about the Truffle Honey...and they had a couple SMALL bottles for sale for like $21.  Not cheep...but I had to get one!

So it made me think...

Truffles create such a massive flavor in dishes...

Truffles WILL work in weight loss diet recipes.

Think about adding a dash of something that is SO strong, and SO good, and  SO rich tasting, to a simple weight loss dish...and think about how much it will enhance the recipe and make the flavors EXPLODE in your mouth!

All while maintaining your weight loss diet?!?!?

One word:  YEA-BABY!!!  ;-)

Truffle can be found in the honey that I purchased or in Truffle infused oils...Not inexpensive, but massively flavorful!

A drop her and there can change your diet meal from normal to extraordinary with minimal calories.

BUT Don't go CRAZY Here...Truffles are EXPENSIVE!  Something like $2000 per OUNCE!!!  But they are POWERFUL in flavor, so a little bit goes a LONG way...

So go for the infused stuff, like oils and honey!

Otherwise DRUGZ may look like a better habit!  (Joke...don't take that too seriously;-)

This is something I will be experimenting with in the future...Truffles, not Drugz... and I will share my findings, and recipes, with you in future articles. 

But be sure that a few drops of the Truffle honey will be going onto tomorrow nights' chicken and veggies!

Hey, if you have experimented with Truffles and Weight Loss Recipes, share them below!