Dim Sum and the Boys

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Busy week for being on vacation. Five of us today for Dim Sum at the Seafood Palace. www.seafoodpalacerestaurant.com.  Started out with a plate of Chinese Broccoli from the cart along with Cheong Fun (rice noodle wrapped shrimp) and the BBQ pork dumplings.

 After that Henry surprised us with the House special lobster, pan stir fried with special noodles. These noodles had a bite to them. Not soft but good texture and flavor. Sauce on this dish was finger lickin. Good dish. We had not had lobster in a long time.

Then onto Lo Mai Gai ( sticky steamed rice in lotus leaf) and Beef filet with snow peas. 3 Cabs today, needed beef.

Finished with Salt and Pepper Calamri and Hot and Sour soup.

Dessert was the Daan Taat (egg custard tart).

No one consulted each other on the wines so it was a coincidence that three McKeon-Phillips BPR Cabernets were on the table. 07, 08 and 10. Seven was very good, great year. Next the 10 and then the 08

Also was a Segura Viudas Rose and I brought a 08 Roar Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir. This wine was on the slight downhill slide. Not as much bright fruit. Drinkable but sliding. A little disappointed in it.

Another nice lunch with the boys. We keep this group limited to singles. Henry is married but his wife never joins us as she is not into wine so in our eyes he is single for those few hours. Couples always pair up with other couples. Very rarely are we singles ever included when they go out for dinners, happy hour etc., Women on the whole are insecure and men don't want to rock the boat with a insecure mate.  So we have decided to only pair up with other singles for these lunches and once in awhile dinners. We have a lot more fun that way.