Fish before opera

San Jose, California, September 21, 2011—

BACK TO THE CAFÉ today, for a particularly delicious lunch:

Anchoïade with tomatoes and chervil
Halibut with aïoli, potatoes, wax beans, and tomato coulis
Apple-raspberry cobbler with vanilla ice cream

Rosé

• Café Chez Panisse, 1517 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley; 510.548.5525

That was again the principal meal of the day, of course; nothing needed later but a splendid performance of Mozart's Idomeneo in San Jose.