Monday, July 19, 2010

Phrases To Put On An Invite

An evening for connoisseurs ....

Once upon a time...in un giovedi di meta' luglio...in una Milano rovente e afosa...vi fu l'incontro tra le Zie e l'Intenditore®...



Detta cosi sembra quasi l'inizio di una favola d'altri tempi, in realta' l'incontro e' stato voluto... ma sul momento ci siamo domandate se non fosse davvero un sogno...
L'Intenditore®, nuovo personaggio del nostro blog, e' una conoscenza che la Blondie ha sviluppato in ambito lavorativo e con la quale si e' subito trovata d'accordo per quanto riguarda la condivisione di esperienze culinarie.
Capita that the two are often for business lunches and during one of these and 'the idea of \u200b\u200bthe dinner last Thursday ...
We were at the Gold Dolce & Gabbana (place it deserves and which sooner or later I will write ') and talking about recent trips and local' blog came out of the argument.
Now the connoisseur has shown interest and has proposed an evening pilot to try something different you can publish ...
And so, after many vicissitudes organizational, Le Zie in full force when they arrived they found a surprise worthy of a bistro gourmant ... Champagne tasting accompanied by cheese and delicious French mousse of fish (also French), simply delicious!
be emphasized that pairing Champagne and French cheeses, especially goat's milk, for Blondie is the perfect ... and on this, thanks all'Intenditore ®, and now you 'convinced the architect ....



Our journey into the world of Champagne dell'Ay started in the area where you will find the House Gosset-Brabant we tasted Grand Cru ... gently accompanied by our connoisseur we appreciate the particularities of this wine. This is in fact not from the usual champagnino toast.

We started in a gallop, a straw-colored and full bodied wine from a very particular taste to be discovered slowly, from experience, trust me! The best combination is with French cheese ... because fatty food (I recommend not greasy!) Is enhanced by the lightness of the bubbles, which in turn are softened and slowly, flute after flute (and many speeches), the dell'Ay region until we reach Canton de Remy ... 30 km of pure perlage ... The second is a
Champagne Raymond Boulard (60% Pinot Noir / 20% Meunier / Chardonnay & 20) http://www.champagne-boulard.fr/



Here we are in the presence of a large wine ...
but did you know that champagne is the wine that there is more pure?
let them tell the story of liquid nitrogen ... brilliant!
We all agree on the superiority of the Bible ... although the first of our connoisseur of Champagne ® is not of our own opinion ... but of altronte you know, even great sometimes get it wrong;)
But the best thing is that ours, now it's ours and we can not fool no one (!) Intenditore ® does not merely make us enjoy Champagne, but before concluding with a flourish worthy of a bow Barolo Chinato we went for a Moscato d'Asti icy but also for the balsamic vinegar ... delicious! We repeated too many times? Peace! Often when you run out of words we tend to repeat ...



Well ... with balsamic vinegar strawberries with balsamic vinegar ... ... parmigliano very aged balsamic vinegar with vanilla ice cream!! mica and then the balsamic vinegar of organic co ... a valuable product of a small private acetaia Modena (private in the sense that 'our own production of connoisseur)! How would a dear friend of ours ... how wonderful!
Well ... the only thing we can hope is that our dear Intenditore ® sooner or later get tired of his job and open a ... will taste delicious and we would just become loyal customers!

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Scorpio Men Appear And Disappear

Driving the Expert ™ 1.3


Thursday evening our certainties have suffered a blow ... the earth is really oval?? is not by chance that Galileo has run confused? is that perhaps men could be fitted with brain matter ... really?? no ... ok ... retrospect this is really impossible ... well ... even the experts have an Expert! ... oh God ... I know things are hard to swallow ... a mess ...

fact is that slam Thursday night in a thousand different we are from joe's penalty for a tasting of rum! http://www.rumclub.org/

bum ...! already the evening takes a turn ... and I apocalyptic blondie arrive early! inside the room there are people beginning to talk about the end of the world ... but ... there are rumors of Inca crosses monovision lenses in ...

but now you know the evening with the expert never begin in quietly ... but this, like all others, it was really cute ...

arrive at Joe Pena's, via Savona ( http://www.joepenas.it/ the site is not very updated, but they promised us that will provide ...) And find only our future "master blende (passatecela ....) barwoman and our talented staff ... plus ... which has strengthened our fears of an imminent end of the world ...

is tasting a little a special promotion ... unfortunately has not had much success, but to us it is a fortune ... there are only 4!

The protagonist of the evening ... tannnnnn ta ... Santa Teresa rum ... ... Venezuela


our journey begins from the ancient times of Christopher Columbus through ginger daiquiri (that almost makes the now historic battle of vodka sour ginger Umbe ( Lacerba )), maithai without grenadine, history and refining of sugar cane rum & ginger ale ... finishing with a flourish with two rum tasting : the santa teresa Selecto and 1796 Town de Solera (go read the solera method ... and then maybe we can talk again of taste and smell things from rookies ... ... mica)

Our Cicero is not the first pirletta who invents a semblance of culture on the most popular distilled sugar cane ... he is of Italian Rum Club - if you also want to make a culture or maybe just find quand 'is the next tasting http://www.rumclub.org/ ...

Among a question trap and another, such as "if a rum is made up to 40% alcohol ... the other 60% cos' is? eh ... cos 'is ????"

Fabio our fantastic Oste, if he had not understood is the owner of Joe' s, makes us taste the dishes of the day of testing ... coconut fried shrimp with lemon grass ... you can not imagine that good!!

short keep an eye on the next tasting rum because the kids club they are going to have fun of rum, chocolate, cheese and new combinations!

See you at joe 's Penas and wherever we bring the rum!

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A small secret garden

The first thing we thought about going to J P etit ARDIN was ... wow ... but we are still M Ilano ??

In fact we are at the end of Via Ripamonti , at 298, then not just inside the ring road, but we're not even in the remote province of the black hole ... http://www.lepetitjardinmilano. com /

The restaurant is divided into an inner part obtained from renovation of an old house / farm style very easy on the warm tones of beige and gray ... but the strong part is the outside ... a sheltered garden by a beautiful green roof ... a wisteria that surrounds the environment transmitting the tranquility that only knows how to give the green ...

In this delightful environment you may choose to give you an aperitif or dinner, as we did of course;)

positive note is that the Buffet is available throughout the evening ... painful side are the cocktails .... on which we would have something to say ... the

'expert has called for a dirty martini ...

"2 mojito and a dirty martini" ... "oh yes yes ... sorry I did not understand I tell you? In that sense tell you? " "Oh you okay do not worry ... a martini cocktail ..."

not say that was the premise is certainly better ...

And then move on to the glasses ... all errant ... is the mojito (not bad though a little 'watered down) and for the wrong (NCS on all fronts ...).

opteremo The next time for a glass of wine ...

The climate, however, 'and' bubbly and the owner Lucio (Plastic-goers who are familiar ...) and 'a great master of the house ...

In the middle of the night also a nice jazz orchestra that welcomes those who want the atmosphere and there 's also the pool side for a small parties after dinner ...

short, if these sultry summer evening in Milan you want to escape from the asphalt and find a refuge and 'the right place!

Monday, July 12, 2010

Lohri Inviation Format

A classic always equal: the Exploit!

A favorite of Blondie in Milan are the columns of San Lorenzo ... Sara 'because of its past pseudo pussy / alternates want be of high school (San Cap Martin and Todos in Cuba), will 'in the age preppy was the favorite meeting place, will 'that if these columns could talk it would say so much ... The fact is that when I'm tired, stressed, pissed with the world and I want to have my moment of peace I seek refuge with them .... and of course my favorite place may not 'being the Exploit! http://www.exploitmilano.com/

I go there for a lifetime because 'position and' strategic the deor 's perfect in summer and winter for us heavy smokers (I know I have to stop :-)) and the last But not the least ... the cocktails are really good ... and 'one of the few places in Milan where you can enjoy a Hot Russian, one of my favorites. E 'style Moijto , then a plague, but with chilli vodka instead of rum and fresh pineapple chunks inside ... Exceptional whether "supports" the hotness!

If we want to be on something more 'classic mojito are excellent and the rossini .... sore the margaritas not exceptional, but you can 'turn a blind eye!

The boys once it enters the thanks are very kind and fast (when you are 'two girls the service and' much better ... hihhihihhhiii )!

I recently tried the restaurant side and I must say not bad, only negative selection of wines a bit 'expensive for the choice available to .

must say it 'a classic but Milan surely be discovered!