Saturday, June 21, 2014
This month for Margie's Wine Activity we went to Issara, www.Issarathaicuisine.com, Margie negotiated the price with David Hoon the owner and for a nine course meal it came to $25 inclusive. Menu was preset which was smart for this type of restaurant. 16 of us tonight for dinner so we were split in 3 tables. Personally I am not in favor of this type of dining for a small group. It seems like there were 3 group of people. Conversations were limited to those at you table. I would prefer to keep the group to 8 people so you can all sit together. But I am probably in the minority when it comes to this thought. This time Margie did have everyone pass the bottles of wine clockwise so we all got a chance to drink the different wines. Unfortunately a couple of wines didn't get passed when the should. The persons excuse was they hadn't tasted all the wines on their table yet so they didn't want to pass them on yet. The bottles eventually get back to where they started originally. The concept works well when everyone cooperates. Knowing one of the two bottles that I brought would never get back to me with anything in it, I poured myself a real hefty pour before passing it on. Of all the wines brought there were only 5 red wines. I was so glad I poured my red heavy. Way too many white wines on the table.
We started out with Vegetable Egg Rolls. My Tercero Mouverde Rose was an excellent pairing with this dish. Then came a plate of Beef Satay. My Yung with Sticky Rice was set down. This is a grilled pork dish but the sticky rice was non-existent. Pork had excellent flavor. A Shrimp and Herb Salad was next. Shrimp was good. One per person though. Herb salad is not my forte so I passed on all that stuff.
Yellow Curry Chicken with Crispy Roti came before us. This is an excellent dish. But we had to ask for rice. They were very slow in getting bowls of plain white rice out but once it started then a dish was always on the table. Roti is similar to pita bread but thinner and crispier.
The favorite dish of the evening came out. A Crispy Sole with Spicy Apple Salad. This is a great dish. Fish is moist and the breading is very crisp. Next was Pad Thai with Shrimp. It was good and a bowl of Issara Special Fried Rice with Chicken. For some reason this fried rice was not as good as it was a few weeks ago.
Meal ended with Thai Tea Ice Cream which was freshly made. This ice cream had excellent flavor.
A wide array of wines were brought. Most went well with the food but a couple of reds I really questioned myself silently of why someone would bring that type of red to a Thai meal.
2008 Sea Smoke Botella. Sta. Rita Hills
2013 Tercero Mouvedre Rose, Santa Ynez
2012 Patricia Green Cellars Reserve Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, Oregon
2012 Gundlach Bundschu Estate, Gerwurztraminer, Sonoma
NV Mailly Grand Cru Brut Reserve
NV Berberana Gran Tradicion Cava Brut, Spain
2012 Chateau St. Michelle. Gerwurztraminer, Columbia Valley, WA
2011 Dr. Heidemanns-Bergweiler, Riesling, Germany
2011 Joel Gott, Riesling, Columbia Valley, WA
2010 Tobin James, Primitivo, Paso Robles
2012 Bridgman, Riesling, Columbia Valley, WA
2011 Domaine Alsace, Zind Humbrecht, Pinot Gris, Germany
2009 Huber Cellars, Estate, Pinot Noir, Sta. Rita Hills
2013 Solistz, Lune et Soliel, Sauvignon Blanc
2011 Domaine de Malavielle Charmille Rose, France
2011 Monchhof Urzig Wurzgarten, Riesling Spatlese, Germany
2011 Huber Cellars Estate, Dornfelder, Sta. Rita Hills
2012 Weins, Viognier
2007 McKeon-Phillips, Belles' Nebbiolo, Santa Maria
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