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Tag Archives: rosé
Mistral lunch in Gigondas
The village of Gigondas is located at the foot of the impressive Dentelles de Montmirail. We were warm in the car when we drove to the center of town and saw that the terrace of l’Oustalet was open. Beautiful May … Continue reading
Posted in 2008, 2009, FOOD, France, Red, Restaurants, Rhone, TASTE TRAVEL, the road
Tagged 2009, CDR, Cotes du Rhone, Dentelles de Montmirail, France, Gigondas, l’Oustalet, Les Deux Albion, Longue Toque, May, Rhone, rosé, Rouge, St Cosme
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summer bulot sandwich
I started thinking about it as I was walking through the organic market Marché Bio of Boulevard des Battignolles in the 17th arrondissment in Paris: I wanted to make a bulots sandwich. The more I thought about it, the … Continue reading
Posted in 2007, FOOD, Recipes, what am I drinking with this dish?
Tagged 2007, basil, Beaujolais, bulots, Domaine Sauvète, Gamay, hungry, Loire, Marché Bio des Battignolles, mayonnaise, organic, pepper, rocket, rosé, Sancerre, Sauvignon de Touraine Oneiros, sea, snail, summer, tarragon, tomato, whelk, white meat
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Lunch at Central Market Casa: step two
Step two : Take it to Bouchra Zoubida is the oyster lady at Parc Dar Kachon stand in the middle of the market. Apparently she is the matriarch of the Central Market and has been there every day for 39 years. … Continue reading
Posted in FOOD, Morocco, Restaurants, TASTE TRAVEL
Tagged Bouchra, calemari, Casablanca, Central Market, fishmonger, Morocco, oysters, rosé, sepia, shrimp, snails
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Tang : Bordeaux with Chinese food
Taro root with white truffle oil This is one of his signature amuse bouches. The sweetness of the taro is a perfect vehicle for the gamy complex (almost intoxicating) truffle. Noodles with shitake mushrooms Very South-East Asian in style. Some … Continue reading
Posted in 1998, 1999, 2002, FOOD, Paris, Restaurants, What is in my glass?
Tagged 1998, 1999, 2002, abalone, black sesame, Bordeaux, broccoli, Canard Pekinois, Charlie Tang, Chateau La Louvière Rouge, Chateau Talbot, crab meat, crispy skin, duck, ginger, Grand Cru Classé, langoustine, langoustines, noodles, Pessac Leognan, Roederer, rosé, scallop, shitake, St Julien, taro root, turbot, white truffle
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Summer Nicoise Salad (and, surprisingly, Vincent Dureuil Janthial 2006 Red Burgundy)
Nicoise is what we like to have in the evening when we are feeling veggie starved because it is light, digestible, and full of flavors. It is a dish that is built upon the marriages of different bitternesses. What … Continue reading
Posted in 2006, Burgundy, FOOD, Recipes, what am I drinking with this dish?, What is in my glass?, WINE
Tagged 2006, Baux en Provence, bitterness, Mas de Gourgonnier, Nicoise, rosé, tannin, tuna, veggies, Vincent Dureuil Janthial
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Domaine Sauvète “Méli-Mélo” Rosé de Touraine 2007
From a very obscure grape variety called Pinot d’Aunis, this Rosé is very pale in color. It is extremely mineral like the terroir it comes from, giving it pepper, and chalk dust. Low alcohol and its chalk dust make it digestable and … Continue reading
Posted in 2007, Loire, What is in my glass?, WINE
Tagged 2007, Domaine Sauvète, Pinot d'Aunis, pork, rosé
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