Monday, April 18, 2022
CJ decided to host lunch at his house today instead of going to a restaurant. I suspect it was due to him wanting us to try his endeavor at cooking Pho. We all brought appetizers and CJ had Chinese food delivered from a local restaurant.
I will say his attempt at PHO was very good. Soup had layers of flavors and he offered bean sprouts, basil, mint and cilantro as adds to it.
Henry cooked his shrimp appetizer in a wok on CJ's stove so the shrimp were very succulent and fresh. Greg brought Shrimp Birds Nest and I brought a baked pastry covered Brie with Fig Compote.
For our mains we had Beef and Broccoli, White Fish with Green Beans and Chicken Kung Pao.
Dessert was the obligatory Almond Cookie and a Indian Butter Cookie which was very good.
We started out with a NV Mumm's Brut Prestige sparkling which was really nice. Then onto a 2009 Clos Pepe, Sta Rita Hills, Pinot Noir. One of my favorite wines but this bottle was starting to flatten out. Just not as vibrant as it should be. A 2016 L'Hortus de bergerie, Pic Saint Loop Rose was showing quite well and really went well with most of the food dishes. A 2017 Swanson, Napa Valley, Cabernet Sauvignon rounded out the list. Big wine and needs a few more years cellaring.
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