Another Diinner at Doung Son

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Back to our favorite Chinese restaurant. 6 of us took part in tonight's feast Henry is back from China so he took care of all the ordering. We started off with those tiny dried fish that are sweet & salty at the same time and then shrimp chips.

It took awhile to get our lobster to the table. The restaurant was busy and next week is Chinese New Year. We even got firecrackers shot off outside for our entertainment

The lobster tonight was 5 pounds. The claws were massive. They parboil the lobster for a short time then chop it with a cleaver, shell and all then stir fry it in a wok with ginger and scallions. Then it is put into a bowl with soft noodles under it, the lid put on and they let it sit for awhile so the juices soak into the noodles. It is so good and succulent. This lobster dish is best ordered when we have 6 people in attendance. With 8 people you don't really get to feast on the lobster, you just get a couple of pieces.

Next up was beef with Chinese broccoli, always a good dish.

Spicy green beans with chicken was next. This was a new dish. The beans were very spicy but the white wines really paired well with it.

Then came a plate of snow peas with scallops. Thinly sliced scallops and the pea pods were extremely fresh.

Fried oysters were our last dish and as always they fresh, plump and juicy. These are the best fried oysters I have ever had.

As usual we had fruit, red bean tapioca and sweet buns for dessert.

The wines tonight were all top notch. NV E'toile sparking Rose, 2006 Stolpman L'Avion, 2005 Conundrum, 2006 AP Vin Turner Vineyard Pinot Noir, 2005 Stolpman Angeli, 2005 Cass Mouvedre and a 2001 Turley Presenti Zinfandel.

Yes these big red wines do pair well with this type of Chinese food. Bold flavors in both food and wine. As always some paired a little better than others. I did drink a lot of sparkling and white wine tonight as we were heavy on the seafood.

I'm already thinking about the next visit. My mouth waters thinking about the food. The food at Doung Son is always good but when Henry is with us we seem to get special treatment and the quality of the food goes up. Maybe its because Henry has been going here for years and is a freind of the owner.