Lunch With The Boys at Diamond Seafood Palace

 Thursday, April 29, 2021

Must be something in the air. Screw ups the other day at Arte Cafe on their Sanford wine dinner and today at lunch at the Diamond Seafood Palace .  And out waiter was not the brightest light bulb on the string. 

We ordered Kung Pao Fish,  unbreaded - came to the table breaded. Fish was still good but it is much better without the breading. 

Next screwup was the Salt Fish and Chicken  Fried Rice which we ordered with thin rice noodles instead of rice. Dish came out with rice. Henry said he would keep and take home but then reordered the dish with thin noodles. When that dish came out it had loads of noodles but no salt fish and no chicken. Just noodles and vegetables. 

The Diced Filet of Beef was good but not the quality we had a couple of weeks ago. 

The Salt & Pepper Shrimp was good and no screwups. Still had the shell and head on . When shrimp in cooked with the body intact the meat becomes more flavorful. A bit messy to eat but worth it.

Our wines today were an interesting lot. 2018 Raymond, Napa, Cabernet Sauvignon. Good but way to young. Needs more years on it.  ]

NV Veuve Cliquot Brut - always a winner. Bottle was emptied really quick.

A 2012 Vosne-Romanee and a 2011 Roar, Rosellas Vineyard, Pinot Noir were both just a bit off when opened. I had decanted the Roar for two hours and the Vosne-Romanee was opened at tableside. They both looked exactly alike in color in the glass. Both had a small halo around the edge and both had an off nose to them.  After about an hour the Roar opened up. Beautiful wine. Another 15 minutes and the Vosne-Romanee opened up. Again a beautiful wine.

Never be too fast in tossing an off putting wine. Strange things happen.  But both wines were just past prime and glad we opened them now when they were still in a beautiful, drinkable state then later when there would be no hope of salvaging them.