Wine At Posh Restaurant

[Mich the Tester]

Lamb is probably one of the sweetest meat around especially fully grass fed lamb which tends to have yellowish fat from the carotene in the grass. Lamb is at it's best on it's own with some juices from the pan/roast tin.
Anything else is just to hide the poor meat quality or get someone to pay top dollar.

Believe me, lamb with anchovies tastes good. OK, if you're a purist and you're eating your own local lamb you might find the idea offensive, but it works.

[Gibbon]

Believe me, lamb with anchovies tastes good. OK, if you're a purist and you're eating your own local lamb you might find the idea offensive, but it works.

I'm not a purist, just a luddite. I'll take your word that it works and may try some if I see it.

BTW the best part of the lamb is the shoulder blade, not the shoulder joint with the front leg sticking out, but the big flat one. There is large muscle that sits right in the bone and it it is gorgeous and is always mine as I do the carving.

[Bumfluff]

Bumfluff, can I just say....be very careful about the expectations you set early on in a relationship. Make sure this lady knows that this kind of posh venue is a massive treat for you too - one that you're sharing with her. Make her see that this isn't the kind of restaraunt you will be taking her to every week...else you'll just get yourself another lass who sees you as Mr MoneyBags.

You're worth more than that, and there are plenty of girls out there who'd like to spend the night having pizza and playing scrabble with you.

FWIW.

Whatever happens I'm going to enjoy it, I booked table months ago for my ex's birthday before we split, so its sweet revenge I'm now taking someone else. Just hope I can go now, I was burglerd yesterday found it this morning, currently waiting for police amd emergency window repairers to get here pikey thieving bastards, they wont give me a fixed time just in the next 5 hours.

[SallyAnne]

Whatever happens I'm going to enjoy it, I booked table months ago for my ex's birthday before we split, so its sweet revenge I'm now taking someone else. Just hope I can go now, I was burglerd yesterday found it this morning, currently waiting for police amd emergency window repairers to get here pikey thieving bastards, they wont give me a fixed time just in the next 5 hours.

Ah you poor thing!!!! Did they take much or do much damage?

This is actually a good chance to find out if this lass really likes you though. Tell her ... "I'm sorry, I've been burgled - do you mind if we cancel the uber posh restaraunt and sit in my place waiting for the police please?"
If she says that's fine, and then the police show up early, take her and buy an even beter bottle of wine.
If she says no, ditch the b*tch and start looking a nice girl.

[norrahe]

Whatever happens I'm going to enjoy it, I booked table months ago for my ex's birthday before we split, so its sweet revenge I'm now taking someone else. Just hope I can go now, I was burglerd yesterday found it this morning, currently waiting for police amd emergency window repairers to get here pikey thieving bastards, they wont give me a fixed time just in the next 5 hours.

Sorry to hear that!

Just be careful that you don't get charged for your table if you can't make it. I assume they took a credit card number when you booked?

As for wine speak to the sommelier, if they are any good, they will recommend a decent wine to accompany your meal.
It does not neccessarily have to be white with fish/white meat and red with red meat (used to work in a michelin star restaurant as an assistant sommelier). All depends on what is in the dish etc...
With regards to cost of wine, you can normally hint to the sommelier regarding budget by pointing to a price on the menu.

Also with house wines, be very aware that they may be some awful tulipe that they are trying to palm off and wines by the glass are often what was brought in for a wine tasting that morning by a tradesman.

Hope you get to make it.

[zara_backdog]

Inspired by this thread, can any of you wine buff help me with this one?

A contractor I worked with a couple of years ago use to buy wine as an ‘investment’ and had it stored for him. He use to brag how much it was worth and every year use to buy a few cases of ‘bougalais’ he said he had some that was several years old and he thought was worth a small fortune.

Forgive me but I thought a ‘New Wine’ this would have been totally worthless?

[AtW]

Inspired by this thread, can any of you wine buff help me with this one?

Depends on whether you want to discuss it over a pizza and game of scrabble?

[zara_backdog]

Depends on whether you want to discuss it over a pizza and game of scrabble?

Monopoly - I can't spell

[AtW]

Monopoly - I can't spell

You won't have to.

[thelace]

Forgive me but I thought a ‘New Wine’ this would have been totally worthless?

Leave your new wine for a hundred years and it miraculously becomes old wine

But to do it successfully, you have to know how wine ages, which are good years to buy, etc.

And even then, like many investments, much comes down to luck!