My birthday menu:
Starter: Fresh tender Boston leaves, covered with sliced heirloom tomatoes and buffalo mozzarella, with fresh basil leaves, fresh thyme and a pinch of sea salt, drizzled with 25+ yr old modena balsamic and extra virgin olive oil
Matching wine 1978 Braunberger Juffer Rheingau riesling
Appetizer: Grilled jumbo tiger prawns served with roasted red pepper salsa
Matching wine: 2000 Domaine de Chevalier white bordeaux
Main: Grilled/Seared/Roasted Leg of Lamb with Roasted Root veggies and roast sweet potatoes
Matching wine 1985 Sassacaia (double magnum)
Desert: Dark chocolate mousse
Matching wine: 2005 Doisy Daene Sauterne (Bordeaux)
- winsix

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I hate earwigs. There was a ton of them for a few years when I was a kid. I think they go in cycles. I haven't seen one for years now and I hope I never do.

I love the salad, the app and dessert. Lamb isn't my first choice.

Had a couple great striploins, garlic sautéed asparagus and roast baby potatoes, with butternut squash soup to start. Plate of blackberries, blueberries, mango, peach, fresh figs and 95% dark chocolate for dessert. Water to drink.
- Zezel

I have a cousin that is a very well respected executive chef, he now lives in the US. He helped me do the shopping and the Lamb was purchased from a farm that offered only grass fed certified organic lamb. It was pretty spectacular - the wine was memorable.

#1 reason I cannot ever move east of Saskatchewan again. (frank)ing earwigs.
- joel878

I can't remember the last time I saw an earwig, and last year the ticks were everywhere, haven't seen one of those either.

I agree, fresh salt water fish, there is no comparison.
Most you can eat raw.
- bobbyisno1

Love making Sushi of all kinds.

My birthday menu:
Starter: Fresh tender Boston leaves, covered with sliced heirloom tomatoes and buffalo mozzarella, with fresh basil leaves, fresh thyme and a pinch of sea salt, drizzled with 25+ yr old modena balsamic and extra virgin olive oil
Matching wine 1978 Braunberger Juffer Rheingau riesling
Appetizer: Grilled jumbo tiger prawns served with roasted red pepper salsa
Matching wine: 2000 Domaine de Chevalier white bordeaux
Main: Grilled/Seared/Roasted Leg of Lamb with Roasted Root veggies and roast sweet potatoes
Matching wine 1985 Sassacaia (double magnum)
Desert: Dark chocolate mousse
Matching wine: 2005 Doisy Daene Sauterne (Bordeaux)
- winsix

Sounds awesome. What was the wine tab.

Sounds awesome. What was the wine tab.
- bixll

Free if you were a guest.

Sounds awesome. What was the wine tab.
- bixll

I can smell just about anything pertaining to food but when it comes to wine I can only tell the difference between white and red.

I have a cousin that is a very well respected executive chef, he now lives in the US. He helped me do the shopping and the Lamb was purchased from a farm that offered only grass fed certified organic lamb. It was pretty spectacular - the wine was memorable.
- winsix

It sounds great. If I still drank I'd love the wine pairings.

I got my steaks from a local small producer. Not certified organic, but humane and (frank)ing delicious. I don't eat much meat these days, mostly pescetarian, but when I do I get the good stuff and don't regret it.

I hate earwigs. There was a ton of them for a few years when I was a kid. I think they go in cycles. I haven't seen one for years now and I hope I never do.
- Zezel

Have you ever had sweet potatoes? (not yams - the yellow legumes commonly refered to as sweet potatoes)

My birthday menu:
Starter: Fresh tender Boston leaves, covered with sliced heirloom tomatoes and buffalo mozzarella, with fresh basil leaves, fresh thyme and a pinch of sea salt, drizzled with 25+ yr old modena balsamic and extra virgin olive oil
Matching wine 1978 Braunberger Juffer Rheingau riesling
Appetizer: Grilled jumbo tiger prawns served with roasted red pepper salsa
Matching wine: 2000 Domaine de Chevalier white bordeaux
Main: Grilled/Seared/Roasted Leg of Lamb with Roasted Root veggies and roast sweet potatoes
Matching wine 1985 Sassacaia (double magnum)
Desert: Dark chocolate mousse
Matching wine: 2005 Doisy Daene Sauterne (Bordeaux)
- winsix

looks good
you never have Sauternes with chocolate though

I have a cousin that is a very well respected executive chef, he now lives in the US. He helped me do the shopping and the Lamb was purchased from a farm that offered only grass fed certified organic lamb. It was pretty spectacular - the wine was memorable.
- winsix

Did you cook? I'd be petrified and then exhausted

I can smell just about anything pertaining to food but when it comes to wine I can only tell the difference between white and red.
- bobbyisno1

I am a big wine guy. Big bold reds. Yum

Have you ever had sweet potatoes? (not yams - the yellow legumes commonly refered to as sweet potatoes)
- winsix

Our produce supplier labels them as yams, but I know sweet potatoes are orange.

Have you ever had sweet potatoes? (not yams - the yellow legumes commonly refered to as sweet potatoes)
- winsix

Yeah...do they have earwigs in them? Because if so I'm not gonna eat them again. They're not legumes though

looks good
you never have Sauternes with chocolate though
- fidopro

Sure you do, there are many pairings with dark chocolate that are very good even if they do not conform to general practice.

Amarone for example is easily paired with dark chocolate.

I am a big wine guy. Big bold reds. Yum
- bixll

I like red wines, but I need them chilled.
White wines, forget about it.

I can smell just about anything pertaining to food but when it comes to wine I can only tell the difference between white and red.
- bobbyisno1

I get a headache by the time I finish my first glass. I didn't use to and I really miss wine. I'll have a glass every once in a while but the headache lasts 3 or 4 days. The only time I didn't was in Italy. I don't know if it's preservatives or what

Some sweet potatoes are creamy white. I wish I could find those ones, I love them. I think in the American south they have more of them.

Yeah...do they have earwigs in them? Because if so I'm not gonna eat them again. They're not legumes though
- Zezel

No root vegetables are, unless your talking French.

Yeah...do they have earwigs in them? Because if so I'm not gonna eat them again. They're not legumes though
- Zezel

I was looking for the correct term

I get a headache by the time I finish my first glass. I didn't use to and I really miss wine. I'll have a glass every once in a while but the headache lasts 3 or 4 days. The only time I didn't was in Italy. I don't know if it's preservatives or what
- Canada Cup

Maybe fresh, homemade?

Maybe fresh, homemade?
- bobbyisno1

Could try but none are as good

I had Japanese sweet potatoes recently. Purplish skin and white flesh and they were tasty cut in half and roasted.