當經典遇上經典 ﹣澳門私房菜

承蒙父親朋友之邀請，一家人樂也融融到澳門參加婚宴，隨後更誠邀大伙兒往勝哥私房菜大吃一頓。九大簋，認真是家庭式聚首一堂的經典，相對於西式一人一碟的靜觀賞吃法與品酒，中菜配酒來得熱鬧，至少每人必能品嚐每碟美味菜式與品酒之效果，不美味的也要一起承受啊。

餐前酒 ﹣ 葡萄牙: Quinta Da Alorna (2010) 外表極像平凡，一只透明玻璃樽，沒有花巧的標籤，所以沒有甚麼期望，但沒有期望總會令人有驚喜。清爽感覺帶有青草、檸檬的香甜作結的白酒，有著雷司令與的特色，這卻是100﹪葡萄牙葡萄ARINTO製造。

 

Wine of the day # 1 - Pierro L.T.C 2010

Assessment of quality
Very good quality, due to balanced body with high concentration and outstanding complexity of fruit, floral and mineral. Flavour is getting more and more intense from nose to palate to aftertaste.
An outstanding Australian wine , can identify because the character of semillon and sauvignon blanc 's typicity is clear in the note.

When Classic meets the “Classic” - Macau Private Kitchen

Thanks for the invite from an uncle, we paid a visit to Macau for a private kitchen dining as a post celebration of a wedding. A decent size of 9-dishes meal (a slang of huge cuisine), a classic Chinese  dinner is equivalent to a family gathering. Comparing to the fine dining of western culture, this seems to be a better way of doing wine tasting, at least making sure we all taste the same delicious food and wine; or nasty ones too.

Appetizer - Portugal wine: Quinta Da Alorna (2010) strikes as the appetizer drink. With a rough brand, simple transparent bottle in lack of labeling, it has always been good giving a lower standard and jump from there. Refreshing taste with sweet limy greenly finish it has been closer to the blend of sauvignon blanc and Riesling, in fact this is made 100% Arinto

c'est la B - Dessert is no longer Guilt

As my favorite cafe Pumpernickel is full house because of nearby flower market, I am looking for alternatives, and here I come - C'est La B, the branch of Ms. B's Bakery
Yearn to know the place for long. Having tasted the earl grey chiffon cake and the caramel crunch cake from Sevva, I have always desired to re-visit Sevva or other Ms B's branch.

Today's afternoon choice (or lunch...I am starving...) :

When drinking becomes an art - Butler Bar

After the recent trip to Singapore with my friend, our comments were somewhat similar: "Singaporean cocktails are way better than those in Hong Kong!". Or is it just that we have missed the best? My friend then started exploring for good cocktail bars in Hong Kong, ending up with an impressive one...
Typical Japanese bar setting, indeed identical to what I saw in the classic Japanese TV series - "The Bartendar". 4 people in decent uniform lined up, serving in the bar: 2 bartendars and 2 waitress, all are Japanese. (Well, don't let them overhear your conversation, they speak Cantonese and English too).

Mulled Wine Experiment -- Last Christmas

How we make it

Cut the orange and lemon into half

Plug the orange with cloves. Looks like a mine more than anything, lol

Soak lemon slice, orange mine and the rest of the ingredient with red wine.

Red wine doesn’t have to taste good, just red enough. Stronger the better. We’d try Geelong Shiraz and Chile Carmenere, both works.

Let the wine covers the fruits. Yes, submerged.

Sieve sugar in. Why sugar needs sieving? Ask god.

East meet West Hairy Crab Pairing Night

A signature gathering every year among our high school schoolmates. Thanks for organizing this for me. Yes for me solely. It all begins with one phone call “Hi, we have the 19xx year Shao Xing wine available, do you want to have one? It is 3L though” “What?” Tempting, yet 3 Litre, how can I finish it?!?!

Another phone call … “It’s October now! Are you interested to organize the crab festival again? I do have the Chinese yellow wine that was created in the year we were born!!! , in the name of friends’ birthday celebration too, 1 stone 2 birds...”