What are you eating and drinking tonight?

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:25 am

Ha, not quite! Its the ops manager and sommelier from work who have been sending me down there. Tesco staff wouldn't know a bottle of wine if you hit them with it. (note, I think thats to do with training them to upsell sh*te than their general ability. And I'm not advocting hitting them, either). Will give the Asda one a go. With it being late, I'll also correct my previous error and take your recommendation. I had a couple of pints of Hobgoblin to wash away the taste of bad wine, and it does funny things to my grammar and syntax.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 6:37 pm

With the missus away on family duty for a week, the menu is somewhat erm, different. She left an excellent stew which, with chips, took care of Monday/Tuesday. Wednesday was a bit messy, steak and ale pie with potato crochets. Tonight, me and the dog are attacking a pack of Richmond pork sausages and a steak and mushroom slice. Not exactly Cordon Bleu but I'm not doing bad. I'll save a couple of sausages for supper with bread and mustard. Onwards.....

Little Green Man · Post by **Little Green Man** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:48 am

TANGODANCER wrote:Wednesday was a bit messy, steak and ale pie with potato crochets.

Are they made by the same ladies who knit Shreddies?

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:31 pm

Little Green Man wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:Wednesday was a bit messy, steak and ale pie with potato crochets.
Are they made by the same ladies who knit Shreddies?

Ooops, probably.

sajven · Post by **sajven** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:36 pm

Pizza and coke!!!!!!!!
Not the drug, the drink.

Bruno · Post by **Bruno** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 11:19 am

Had sausage butties with red onion relish and nice long submarine rolls.

Luvverly.

Tonight - Tottington's finest Chinese

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:03 pm

Had a bacon-egg-sliced tomato fry-up last night that the wife would have thrown away and started again with. Bacon crisped around the edges, eggs about nine inches across with lots of bubbles and tomatoes....well. Add three slices of buttered bread, salt and pepper and twas just delicious.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:19 pm

Match dispensed with, I'm just settling down with two thick slices of buttered bread, M&S Cornish Cheddar and some home made pickles the wife knocked up yesterday. Add a mug of hot tea and a P.D James novel. Ah, the simple things are so satisfying sometimes.

CAPSLOCK · Post by **CAPSLOCK** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:54 pm

William the White wrote:After son's graduation (with a first - proud father posting here) in Bradford, went to cocktail bar - serving mojitos by the pitcher and then to a vegetarian curry house which had tremendous food.

no alcohol served or allowed.

but the water was good.

Recommend without revervation - called Prakash. owner/chef a consistent winner of awards over the last years. Very small (I counted 20 covers), very, very friendly and the food outstanding.

Do you know the name of the cocktail bar?

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:48 pm

CAPSLOCK wrote:
William the White wrote:After son's graduation (with a first - proud father posting here) in Bradford, went to cocktail bar - serving mojitos by the pitcher and then to a vegetarian curry house which had tremendous food.

no alcohol served or allowed.

but the water was good.

Recommend without revervation - called Prakash. owner/chef a consistent winner of awards over the last years. Very small (I counted 20 covers), very, very friendly and the food outstanding.
Do you know the name of the cocktail bar?

I'll ask son and pm if you wish.

CAPSLOCK · Post by **CAPSLOCK** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:03 pm

Might be handy

Cheers, though I'm surprised you didn't trek to the Cuban bar in Headingley for mojitos

Leftie

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:17 pm

[quote="CAPSLOCK"]Might be handy

Cheers, though I'm surprised you didn't trek to the Cuban bar in Headingley for mojitos

Leftie[/quote]

I've gone green since discovering mojitos!

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:22 pm

Was late (for me) at work - give way to the folks who've been claiming all these excessive hours, just grateful it's not me, then went for a walk round Wayoh (from entwistle car park) which is a nice way of clearing your head, about an hour and a quarter. Then home, a little sweaty and tired, for - a shower, gin and tonic with loads of ice and lime - home made butternut squash soup (chilled chardonnay) - whore's pasta (fresh tagliatelle), spanish tempranillo - sliver blue stilton - more red...

Married her 25 years ago, can't think of any reason to end that... You bet!

Leyther_Matt · Post by **Leyther_Matt** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 2:46 pm

Went to the chippy over the road from Ewok last night. Tell you what, bloody beltin'

Fräulein · Post by **Fräulein** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 10:17 pm

I'm currently working at a wine store and I can only agree about the Barolo, much of it is hollow words. Try to get a Nebbiolo, which is the grape that's used for Barolo. You should find a nice bottle worth the money. The best ratio of price and quality are the spanish wines anyway, whilst you pay for big names when you buy french and italians. I myself have a crush on the Languedoc. Say, is there any vivculture in England? I couldn't find anything about it. So, if there is, did you have a taste? I'm quite curious!

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 10:28 pm

Fräulein wrote:I'm currently working at a wine store and I can only agree about the Barolo, much of it is hollow words. Try to get a Nebbiolo, which is the grape that's used for Barolo. You should find a nice bottle worth the money. The best ratio of price and quality are the spanish wines anyway, whilst you pay for big names when you buy french and italians. I myself have a crush on the Languedoc. Say, is there any vivculture in England? I couldn't find anything about it. So, if there is, did you have a taste? I'm quite curious!

You will find Languedoc fans here. Lord Kangana may be on any minute... England has a miniscule wine 'industry' - the climate doesn't allow it to flourish. I've never bothered to try any - and they are rarely available in stores. Ironically this makes England one of the best places to buy and appreciate wine - we import from all the world, though from germany, for the most part, it's whites, often sweetish, that I really don't like. Does Germany actually produce a decent red? I agree with you on the price/quality argument for spanish wines - but Portuguese reds, particularly Douro are fantastic value for very good quality. And there's an argument for Chile. and, for very dry whites, New Zealand. Nice.

That said, my top five favourite red wines, if price was not an issue, would all be French... Starting with Hermitage...

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 1:18 am

And here I am, if a little later than advertised.

Before I start with the whimsical self indulgence Fraulein, I'll answer your question on English Wines. We now have a burgeoning (if small) wine industry starting to produce some wines of real quality. However they are extremely expensive, if one were to compare them to their continental cousins, and will only get more so. A good place to start with their discovery is Oz Clarke, a very good wine writer and champion of English wines
( http://www.ozclarke.com/pocket2009.html ). Another book worth investing in is the indespensable (to me, anyway!) Wine Report by Tom Stevenson, published every year.
( http://www.wine-pages.com/guests/tom/report.html ) You can buy it on Amazon.

And as a little tip, invest in some land in Kent in southern England. All the major champagne houses have. Same piece of chalk as northern France, and its climate is changing.

Anyway, on to the Languedoc. As much as I like it as William points out, its neither my favourite nor the area I have most knowledge of. I will always recommend Faugeres, Malpere, La Clape, Limoux and Pic St Loup form the area, but I still think it produces too much crap- a relic of its quantity over quality approach from years ago.

My favourite wine area in France (and the known universe) is the Midi. It contains the areas of Jurancon, Fronton(Cotes du Frontonnais), Madiran, Pacherenc-du-vic-Bilh, Cotes de St. Mont, Cahors, Buzet, Bergerac, Irouleguy... (Its also the home of my favourite spirit, Armangac, and my favorte food, Cassoulet and favourite cheese, Roquefort. So all in all they can do no wrong for me!). All are difficult to find outside of France, though well worth the effort. Producteurs Plaimont and Vignobles de Gascogne are the biggest exporters, and send out some pretty decent stuff.Maybe you could get the wine shop to purchase some?

I will take the Nebbiolo, I've also heard Barbaresco may be a better bet, any advice on that?

And I've just enjoyed a good Grune Weltliner, although thats not quite German.

Little Green Man · Post by **Little Green Man** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:55 pm

Bacon and green bean salad, Creole seafood risotto, chocolate mousse last night washed down with copious amounts of wine. Feeling as fragile as England's middle order now.

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:58 pm

William the White wrote:
Fräulein wrote:I'm currently working at a wine store and I can only agree about the Barolo, much of it is hollow words. Try to get a Nebbiolo, which is the grape that's used for Barolo. You should find a nice bottle worth the money. The best ratio of price and quality are the spanish wines anyway, whilst you pay for big names when you buy french and italians. I myself have a crush on the Languedoc. Say, is there any vivculture in England? I couldn't find anything about it. So, if there is, did you have a taste? I'm quite curious!
You will find Languedoc fans here. Lord Kangana may be on any minute... England has a miniscule wine 'industry' - the climate doesn't allow it to flourish. I've never bothered to try any - and they are rarely available in stores. Ironically this makes England one of the best places to buy and appreciate wine - we import from all the world, though from germany, for the most part, it's whites, often sweetish, that I really don't like. Does Germany actually produce a decent red? I agree with you on the price/quality argument for spanish wines - but Portuguese reds, particularly Douro are fantastic value for very good quality. And there's an argument for Chile. and, for very dry whites, New Zealand. Nice.

That said, my top five favourite red wines, if price was not an issue, would all be French... Starting with Hermitage...

You forgot to mention the fact that British Wine, although nice enough, is incredibly expensive!

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 1:31 am

Lord Kangana wrote:And here I am, if a little later than advertised.

Before I start with the whimsical self indulgence Fraulein, I'll answer your question on English Wines. We now have a burgeoning (if small) wine industry starting to produce some wines of real quality. However they are extremely expensive, if one were to compare them to their continental cousins, and will only get more so. A good place to start with their discovery is Oz Clarke, a very good wine writer and champion of English wines
( http://www.ozclarke.com/pocket2009.html ). Another book worth investing in is the indespensable (to me, anyway!) Wine Report by Tom Stevenson, published every year.
( http://www.wine-pages.com/guests/tom/report.html ) You can buy it on Amazon.

And as a little tip, invest in some land in Kent in southern England. All the major champagne houses have. Same piece of chalk as northern France, and its climate is changing.

Anyway, on to the Languedoc. As much as I like it as William points out, its neither my favourite nor the area I have most knowledge of. I will always recommend Faugeres, Malpere, La Clape, Limoux and Pic St Loup form the area, but I still think it produces too much crap- a relic of its quantity over quality approach from years ago.

My favourite wine area in France (and the known universe) is the Midi. It contains the areas of Jurancon, Fronton(Cotes du Frontonnais), Madiran, Pacherenc-du-vic-Bilh, Cotes de St. Mont, Cahors, Buzet, Bergerac, Irouleguy... (Its also the home of my favourite spirit, Armangac, and my favorte food, Cassoulet and favourite cheese, Roquefort. So all in all they can do no wrong for me!). All are difficult to find outside of France, though well worth the effort. Producteurs Plaimont and Vignobles de Gascogne are the biggest exporters, and send out some pretty decent stuff.Maybe you could get the wine shop to purchase some?

I will take the Nebbiolo, I've also heard Barbaresco may be a better bet, any advice on that?

And I've just enjoyed a good Grune Weltliner, although thats not quite German.

Nod and nod and nod to the three of those... not my favourites, but love all the same...

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