The Boys and I at Seafood Palace

Monday, October 20, 2014

Five of us today at the Seafood Palace for Dim Sum, Probably the last one until December. Henry is going to Hong Kong for a couple of weeks, I will be in Avila Beach and then turkey day hits us, November will be busy. So today we cured the world of everything, made decisions on how everything should be run and solved all the problems. 3 hours of enjoyment, good food, wine and great company. The guys can be themselves with me and nothing is off limits because some female is sitting at the table. People wonder why we like it the way it is. And that is one of the big reasons. Henry doesn 't feel like he has to "host". He can sit back and enjoy. Terry was with us today. His first outing since back surgery. CJ picked him up and was taking him home. He is not into driving yet. Nice to have him back into the fold.

We started out with a dumpling filled with minced shrimp and pork and then onto the minced shrimp filled seaweed roll that is deep fried, Followed by Sweet and Sour soup which is always a big hit,

A dish of sliced scallops with snow peas, carrots and mushrooms was set on the lazy susan spinning around on the table, This dish has always been consistently good and the scallops are very fresh.

A new dish for us . A Braised filet of white fish with noodles, mushrooms,  carrots and scallions. Good flavor, very fresh, cooked perfectly. Tender and moist. Nothing left on the platter with this one.

The kitchen sent out a small dish of just made right then,  honeyed walnuts with sesame seed. This could be a very addicting dish.

Our old standby, beef with Chinese broccoli, Can never go wrong with this dish. Beef is very flavorful and very tender. Needed something for the red wines.

Another new dish for us, Kung Pao shrimp with peanuts. The shrimp was so fresh and succulent, Sauce was great

Ended the dinner with custard cups and fortune cookies

I brought a 2005 McKeon-Phillips BPR Cabernet which was showing well. Reserved but big at the same time.

A 2006 Quintessa, Rutherford, Napa Valley red blend. This was the first bottle emptied. Beautiful wine.

2010 Denner, Mother of Exiles, Blend of Cabernet, Petite Verdot, Cab Franc and Merlot. Showing well but could really be great in another couple of years.

2011 Monaasi,  Poggio Tufo, Rompicollo,. Blend of Sangiovese and Cabernet. Another good wine.

And lastly a Segura Viudas Cava. Always have to have a sparkling of some kind.

Big wines with Chinese food but somehow it seems to work. These Chinese dishes aren't sweet, they have bold flavors and everything seems to go together. I know some people disagree but we have no problem with our wines and food selections. Sometimes people can get to uppity when there is no reason to. Save me from the so called "wine snob" who thinks they know everything, but only buys because of the labels.