Saturday Night – 3 very different dishes

This past Saturday night Mick and Amy were hosting and Mick had 3 very different recipes on tap.

"Bite sized yummy goodness"

The first course with Smoked Salmon rolls with herbed Goat cheese and watercress paired with a 2006 Truchard Carneros Chardonnay.

"2006 Truchard-onnay"

The nose on the wine was mushroom/fungal with pineapple and vanilla in the background. Tasting the wine you’ll notice lemon, white grapefruit and vanilla flavours. I found this wine had a bitter flavour to it on its own but that went away with the food. My wife describe this wine as a ‘food wine’ meaning she too wasn’t a big fan of it on its own but really like it with the food. It was good with the salmon but I think this wine would really shin with a fettuccine Alfredo.

"Onion Bhajjis"

Here is the group rating for the wine – Mick - 87, Mark - 84, Kathy – 86, Amy – 86, Overall – 85.75.

"Grilled Chicken Wings"

I couldn’t find any LCBO information on the Truchard Chardonnay but they did have a Truchard Zinfandel for $21 listed so I’m guessing it will be around that same price point.

"Light dessert"

The next course was Mick’s first attempt at Onion Bhajji’s. My father used to make these all the time when I was a kid and I loved them so I was interested to see how Mick did with these – and for a first attempt they were pretty damn good and I hope he does them again in the future. He paired them with a 2007 Eroica Riesling which we have review before - http://zippysauce.blogspot.com/2010/01/saturday-night-everybody-was-kung-fu_19.html but I will add the wine was a very strong pairing with the food.


For the main course Mick did two new types of grilled chicken wings and paired them with a 2007 Seghesio Zinfandel. I liked the wings but preferred his Dijon-marmalade ones more. The Seghesio was its usual excellent self. We didn’t review this one either as we have reviewed it before.

Amy picked up a chocolate cake for dessert which was a nice way to finish the evening.

Thanks to Mick for a three very different, yet very good dishes.

Cheers!

Mark