Lipstick Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 If not for the presence of you two here, I won't persist with this Flood Control, but hey it's better than staring down a bottle of Novellino <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Ooops mukhang tinulugan ka namin ni Masi kanina ah! Hehe would you believe I fell asleep with the laptop on my tummy and my fingers on the keyboard???? Hmmm.... Interesing thread you have here. I'm a bit of a wine drinker myself. I spent some time in Australia and had some mates there who were avid wine drinkers. Needless to say, Australians are great beer drinkers, too so I developed a taste for that as well. Anyway, I absolutely adore Aussie wine because that's all I really drank there (aside from beer, and, OH YEAH! Port! My mate kept trying to bend me to this favorite of his....). The best I've ever had was a Penfolds Cabernet Sauvignon 1989. Ohhhh, that was the smoothest cabernet I've ever had! A cabernet-shiraz mix is a personal favorite - Penfolds and Jacob's Creek have a good 2003 vintage. In general, I'm quite partial to wines from the Barossa Valley, Margaret River, and Coonawarra regions - they are usually quite good! <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Welcom HOL (hint-of-lime)! I love Aussie Wines too! My conversion moment happened with a Coonawara CabSav, a 2001 St. Hugo's no less. Yalumba rocks too! :cool: Hmmm so when you used to go out drinking beer with your mates did you also do the aussie thing in pubs? You know, get royally pissed and everytime a bird would pass by shout, "Show us your tits luv!!!" you guys are having too much fun :cool: kaka inggit i got stuck at home today (it's saturday, about 4 pm here now)waiting for someone to call since last nightin case he could squeeze in a couple of dives over at monterey bay today into his sched oh well babawi na lang ako bukas after church ...drive to the wine country, have brunch someplaceand maybe pick up a few bottles <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Eagleyes! The fun we have here is miniscule in scale compared to the fun you and Agxo3 get to have with all the bottles there! Walang patawad talaga ang mga tao dito! Pati yung bisyo ng pari pinapatulan! You must very very close to the priest for him to share the cup, lest you actually be a Priest! .. Forgive me father for I have sinned, I drank Nove... oops. hehehe. I only get the host. Isn't "presence" in tagalog .... Aguinaldo? hehehe. Actually, it's pagdalo or pagdadalo. I was thinking about PWE - dapat super alat ng isasabay na pagkain para PWEdeng isawsaw na lang doon sa dalang bote ala datu puti.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>floppy drive, welcome back! Si Bods lang yung walang patawad at lahat papatulan! Hehe hihirit nga ako kanina na ang "presence" ay REGALO in tagalog. Pero parang sobrang BLONDE answer na yan. At parang maganda yang suggestment mo sa PWE .... magdadala ako ng TUYO! PWEdengPWEde! :thumbsupsmiley: yup, the gloriamaris is still there. they had (or have?) this promo thing that makes you believe that you're ordering crabs for a really good deal (they have a huge picture of a fat crab just outside their doors) but when it is served, you'll find out that your cheap crabs are alimasag and not alimango. and, as you said, their greenhills branch is better (although the quality of the food there has also deteriorated). as for pepato, i don't really think of gaite flores while i'm eating their seabass so i'm not bothered by her going upscale to fine cuising. (even if i really don't like cibo food. i'd rather go to cafe bola.) speaking of wolfgang puck, i think i saw a sign in gateway saying that he's opening a restaurant there. (or was i just dreaming?)<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hi tentacle! Welcome to the thread again. Yes Wolfgang Puck is opening in Gateway Mall. I'm looking forward to that Thai resto Aharn Thai in Greenbelt. Quote Link to comment
Lipstick Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 I've still got a St. Hugo 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon from Coonawarra locked up at home (A$70 wine given to me as a gift before leaving! I expect it is quite good, because in Australia, you can be sure that the pricier the wine, the better the quality, which cannot be said, unfortunately for French wines where price cannot always be used as a gauge).<{POST_SNAPBACK}>There ya go! a 2001 Coonawara St. Hugo CabSav! Pare, sobrang sarap yan! Hehe errr where do you have it locked up nga and where is HOME? Magpapadala ako ng akyat-bahay gang dyan! Quote Link to comment
masi Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Hahaha oo si Masi lang pwedeng event organizer dahil balita ko Bods kapag ikaw nag organize eh di natutuloy dahil ikaw mismo nakakalimutan mong may WEB on the agreed date! Nakakatatlo ka na! At papano mo naman nalaman hindi makinis ang hita ng mga pakistani??? Nyarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Marunong na humingi ng award si Masi! :thumbsupsmiley:Wahahahahahaha lech! I am so poor ano! I can't afford those labels you mentioned not unless pwede bumili ng tingi ... por baso! Pyrotechnic din ang level ng award mo Bods! Susmio, buti na lang hindi ako gullible .... otherwise eh nagkaroon na ako ng meningitis at sumabog na ulo ko dito sa thread na ito dahil sa mga BOLA ninyo! Uuuuuyyyy alam ko yung pineapple juice din! :boo: Eh alam mo ba yung sa asparagus din? Si Ghost In A Shell natin eh hindi si ms boo ang kinakarir kundi si ms .... ! Speaking of pigs, didja know that there orgasms last for 30minutes??? I wanna be a pig in my next life! :goatee:<{POST_SNAPBACK}> oooooopppppssssss! i refuse to comment for reasons of bods-incrimination!!!! HAHAHAHAHA! oh, lipstick, why need you ask what bods knows about the pakistani's legs? surely you wouldnt want to know!!! :sick: esta, hija... it's been known that i never make BOLA ha!! i voice is a mere medium only to utter words which eminate from my soul !!! i am the truest and ___-test person you will meet in your druken lifetime!!!! hehehehe! now if i make BOLA i will be on the other threads,d b? :hypocritesmiley: pinapple juice... speaking of which did you know buko joe was bought by jollibee but they are dropping the brand because they determined that buko juice does not match with the meals they serve! also, the c2 tea drink is losing money as their price stucture is lower than their cost.... going back, sistah, what is in asparagus aside from uric acid? :upside: makausap nga yun si pinoy maybe he can tell me something exciting... kami ni bods ano dapat and kareririn? (that didnt sound right?) and i thought that you dont like spam email... the pig think came from spam, senorita... sige i will send you non-political spam one of these days... dami ako nyan!! :thumbsupsmiley: i go throuh those half the time i am at work!!! Quote Link to comment
masi Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Ooops mukhang tinulugan ka namin ni Masi kanina ah! Hehe would you believe I fell asleep with the laptop on my tummy and my fingers on the keyboard???? You know, get royally pissed and everytime a bird would pass by shout, "Show us your tits luv!!!" Hi tentacle! Welcome to the thread again. Yes Wolfgang Puck is opening in Gateway Mall. I'm looking forward to that Thai resto Aharn Thai in Greenbelt.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> now you have serious issues, lipstick!!! how could you!!! i usually sleep with my laptop still on but this was only during my lonely business sojourn!!!! boy, lipstick... you've really been around!!!! :thumbsupsmiley: o sige, senorita if that resto opens let's try it out! the last time i had thai food was when i celebrated my birthday at a thai restaurant somewhere in makati...just a simple family affair.. sbm said, having come from thailand, there aren't any good thai restos in town! i really wouldnt know ... Quote Link to comment
Lipstick Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 oooooopppppssssss! i refuse to comment for reasons of bods-incrimination!!!! HAHAHAHAHA! oh, lipstick, why need you ask what bods knows about the pakistani's legs? surely you wouldnt want to know!!! :sick: esta, hija... it's been known that i never make BOLA ha!! i voice is a mere medium only to utter words which eminate from my soul !!! i am the truest and ___-test person you will meet in your druken lifetime!!!! hehehehe! now if i make BOLA i will be on the other threads,d b? :hypocritesmiley: pinapple juice... speaking of which did you know buko joe was bought by jollibee but they are dropping the brand because they determined that buko juice does not match with the meals they serve! also, the c2 tea drink is losing money as their price stucture is lower than their cost.... going back, sistah, what is in asparagus aside from uric acid? :upside: makausap nga yun si pinoy maybe he can tell me something exciting... kami ni bods ano dapat and kareririn? (that didnt sound right?) and i thought that you dont like spam email... the pig think came from spam, senorita... sige i will send you non-political spam one of these days... dami ako nyan!! :thumbsupsmiley: i go throuh those half the time i am at work!!!<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Ok erase, erase, erase ... I DO NOT want to know about anyone's hirsute hita! Which reminds me I need to visit my salon this week! Ok, ok foin ... wotever you say pare! You're a wife-fearing, wine-loving, elephant-bashing man so I couldn't agree with you more. So are they going to k*ll BukoJoe? Fave ko pa naman yon! Di ba a Cebuano family used to own that? Mga Macachor? Intro pricing strat lang yan ng C2, alam mo na get them hooked and then increase their price! Actually quite phenomenal ang launch nila dahil all the other refreshments are taking such a big hit on their sales because of C2's entry --- softdrink sales are at an alltime low pare! What's in asparagus? A whole lotta zinc! Naku you and Bods don't need to make karir anyone ... lalapit na lang sila sa inyo In fact ang dami nang lumalapit ano! And am sure they hate the guardian bar wench kasi parang di sila maka abante ng husto! :lol: Dude kaya naman pala you hardly get any work done during the week.... puro spam mail inaatupag mo 70% of the time! Yan ang magaling na executive! :hypocritesmiley: Quote Link to comment
masi Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Ok erase, erase, erase ... I DO NOT want to know about anyone's hirsute hita! Which reminds me I need to visit my salon this week! Ok, ok foin ... wotever you say pare! You're a wife-fearing, wine-loving, elephant-bashing man so I couldn't agree with you more. So are they going to k*ll BukoJoe? Fave ko pa naman yon! Di ba a Cebuano family used to own that? Mga Macachor? Intro pricing strat lang yan ng C2, alam mo na get them hooked and then increase their price! Actually quite phenomenal ang launch nila dahil all the other refreshments are taking such a big hit on their sales because of C2's entry --- softdrink sales are at an alltime low pare! What's in asparagus? A whole lotta zinc! Naku you and Bods don't need to make karir anyone ... lalapit na lang sila sa inyo In fact ang dami nang lumalapit ano! And am sure they hate the guardian bar wench kasi parang di sila maka abante ng husto! :lol: Dude kaya naman pala you hardly get any work done during the week.... puro spam mail inaatupag mo 70% of the time! Yan ang magaling na executive! :hypocritesmiley:<{POST_SNAPBACK}> not naman wife-fearing... lumalabas na "takusa" ako! hihihi... more of not wanting to give the wifey something to worry about!! o d b masmagandang pakinggan!!! :hypocritesmiley: as for the elephants :thumbsupsmiley: , they are lovely animals teka baka secreto na to ha... will pm to you tsismis!!! i heard that tropicana and c2 are hitting smc's market shares abit.. but being dominant in the market so long it's a matter of pride, ika nga... weird, in the industry i work in, we rather enter the market at a higher price then give rebates later than start low then raise prices. this practice is not well received and hits your market share... well different strokes for different folks as they say.. siguro na kaya wala ako sa consumer products.... now zinc is what i need!!! :boo: bisto tuloy!!!! no more kariring? well i go back to my comments about not wanting to give the wifey any worries :hypocritesmiley: (twice in 1 post, AWARD NA YAN!!) siguro nga!! with all the spam i get and the espresso breaks, work does not get done! hahahahaha!!!! that's why my bosses try to get me out of my workstation and call a meeting over a round of golf, so i oblige! i dont want to be fired because of insubordination!!.. ay! ang hirap ng empleyado!!!!! Quote Link to comment
Lipstick Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 now you have serious issues, lipstick!!! how could you!!! i usually sleep with my laptop still on but this was only during my lonely business sojourn!!!! boy, lipstick... you've really been around!!!! :thumbsupsmiley: o sige, senorita if that resto opens let's try it out! the last time i had thai food was when i celebrated my birthday at a thai restaurant somewhere in makati...just a simple family affair.. sbm said, having come from thailand, there aren't any good thai restos in town! i really wouldnt know ...<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hehe yes I have issues ... di lang serious pare .... GRAVELY SERIOUS! Eh naman I was nakahiga na sa bed, sarap humiga eh! I've been around ... around foul-mouthed men! Ayan tuloy nag rub-off sa akin (hahahaha I reckon more than that was rubbed! ). Thai food served here in the P.I. has somewhat been tailored to the Pinoy palate --- not authentic at all which was (still is) my beef eversince we moved back here (some kind of beef ano considering 23years na kami bumalik! talk about serious issues! hahahaha). Aside from the F&B outlets of the Hotels, wala talagang decent honest to goodness Thai resto. Either the entire menu would be wannabe-Thai or just several dishes would taste almost-authentic. Parang wine siguro yang authenticity ng Thai Food sa Pinas -- it is dependent on the grapes and climate in which it grew. There are some stellar years and some just stellarly forgettable. (para di OT! pero yes tara lets kapag nagbukas na ang Aharn Thai!) Quote Link to comment
hint-of-lime Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 There ya go! a 2001 Coonawara St. Hugo CabSav! Pare, sobrang sarap yan! Hehe errr where do you have it locked up nga and where is HOME? Magpapadala ako ng akyat-bahay gang dyan! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Haha! No, I usually don't shout at birds - my mates there are quite civilized. Oh, except when we went to that kickboxing match in a seedy bar organized by one of our Greek-Aussie mates. Bloody Greek had some girls from the strip club beside the bar to hold up the round number in between rounds and everyone was shouting at them to show some skin! As if they weren't showing enough! Haha! Those were the days... Of course, no wine there, only some good ol' Aussie beer! Crown Lager! Oh now that hits the spot, and some good XXXX (pronounced "four X"). Our wine drinking, we do at home, or at some BYO (bring your own!). The BYO is an amazing concept in restaurants, and so very Aussie! Down Under is the only place I've ever seen the phenomenon. For those of you not familiar with the concept, a liquor license in Australia is a bit expensive and you have to pay up for different types of alcohol. All Aussies love their alcohol, no matter in what form be it for lunch, dinner, or what have you. So some restos who don't want to bother with the licence just announce they are BYO - you can bring your own alcoholic beverage and they don't charge corkage! They even provide you with the wine glasses if you need them! Some of the bigger and fancier restos have a liquor license but most of them still allow BYO - as long as what you bring isn't on their menu! :thumbsupsmiley: Oh yeah! I've already been told about the Hugo, that's why it's the only one in my collection locked up for some special evening. My wine-thirsty friends in the Philippines have managed to half my 14 bottles from Down Under during the brief period I was there! There went my Screaming Crow 2001 Cabernet (Coonawarra), Wynn's Coonawarra Cabsav 2002, Penfolds Koonunga Hill 2001 cabernet-shiraz, and my 2 Wolfblass yellow label cabsavs 2003 (South Australia), a Rosemount cabernet-merlot-petit verdot, and a Lindemann's shiraz from the Barossa Valley. The Saint Hugo is locked up safely somewhere south of Manila! Hahaha! :thumbsupsmiley: Has anyone noticed a section on beer anywhere? I can also contribute a lot to that. Hehehehe! :cool: Quote Link to comment
masi Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Hehe yes I have issues ... di lang serious pare .... GRAVELY SERIOUS! Eh naman I was nakahiga na sa bed, sarap humiga eh! Thai food served here in the P.I. has somewhat been tailored to the Pinoy palate --- not authentic at all which was (still is) my beef eversince we moved back here (some kind of beef ano considering 23years na kami bumalik! talk about serious issues! hahahaha). Aside from the F&B outlets of the Hotels, wala talagang decent honest to goodness Thai resto. Either the entire menu would be wannabe-Thai or just several dishes would taste almost-authentic. Parang wine siguro yang authenticity ng Thai Food sa Pinas -- it is dependent on the grapes and climate in which it grew. There are some stellar years and some just stellarly forgettable. (para di OT! pero yes tara lets kapag nagbukas na ang Aharn Thai!)<{POST_SNAPBACK}> at 1 am this morning, hindi lang masarap humiga!... masarap matulog!!! :closedeyes: i have not been around thais so i wouldnt know. but japanese food, ayan tita, even my japanese clients say that i have acquired their taste.. including the karaoke culture!!! :upside: hehehehe! kaya i cant just eat any form of so called japanese food! (paging bods, paging bods, omakase! (ohmygosh) he's not here! ) sige let me know if it's open and we'll pay them a visit!... Quote Link to comment
floppydrive Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Thai food served here in the P.I. has somewhat been tailored to the Pinoy palate --- not authentic at all which was (still is) my beef eversince we moved back here (some kind of beef ano considering 23years na kami bumalik! talk about serious issues! hahahaha). Aside from the F&B outlets of the Hotels, wala talagang decent honest to goodness Thai resto. Either the entire menu would be wannabe-Thai or just several dishes would taste almost-authentic. Parang wine siguro yang authenticity ng Thai Food sa Pinas -- it is dependent on the grapes and climate in which it grew. There are some stellar years and some just stellarly forgettable. (para di OT! pero yes tara lets kapag nagbukas na ang Aharn Thai!)<{POST_SNAPBACK}>It's actually sort of a catch 22 for Thai restaurants here in RP. To serve authenticity, the spices have to come from Thailand. If they do, it's expensive, so the serving is expensive. To keep the price conscious Pinoy interested, the restourants have to "localize" some ingredients, and when they do the taste changes. Also, to suit the Pinoy palate, some restaurants "adjust" the taste to make the majority of the target customers coming back. Notice that there are no Thai stalls that last in food courts? Para hindi OT, what wine would go well with very spicy foods such as Thai, or Indian cuisine? Some Thais I know would take scotch. Quote Link to comment
Lipstick Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 not naman wife-fearing... lumalabas na "takusa" ako! hihihi... more of not wanting to give the wifey something to worry about!! o d b masmagandang pakinggan!!! :hypocritesmiley: as for the elephants :thumbsupsmiley: , they are lovely animals teka baka secreto na to ha... will pm to you tsismis!!! i heard that tropicana and c2 are hitting smc's market shares abit.. but being dominant in the market so long it's a matter of pride, ika nga... weird, in the industry i work in, we rather enter the market at a higher price then give rebates later than start low then raise prices. this practice is not well received and hits your market share... well different strokes for different folks as they say.. siguro na kaya wala ako sa consumer products.... now zinc is what i need!!! :boo: bisto tuloy!!!! no more kariring? well i go back to my comments about not wanting to give the wifey any worries :hypocritesmiley: (twice in 1 post, AWARD NA YAN!!) siguro nga!! with all the spam i get and the espresso breaks, work does not get done! hahahahaha!!!! that's why my bosses try to get me out of my workstation and call a meeting over a round of golf, so i oblige! i dont want to be fired because of insubordination!!.. ay! ang hirap ng empleyado!!!!! <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hehe ... I was just teasing re wife-fearing! I do know for a fact that you are so in love with her and the passion in your marriage is very much alive kahit 11yrs na! :thumbsupsmiley: Told you naman di ba in some other thread (or was it this?) that it always makes me smile when you talk about your wife and your marriage because it reminds me of my folks' as well as my brief marriage to my late husband. Tropicana ... no sweat yan, it is C2 that is causing them sleepless nights. For FMCG kasi right on the money minsan yung low price intro strat --- mass market eh so they get it from the volume. You would freak if you knew the kind of margins they have! Sinful! Err the zinc content actually is not entirely good if your partner has an aversion to swallowing Haha! No, I usually don't shout at birds - my mates there are quite civilized. Oh, except when we went to that kickboxing match in a seedy bar organized by one of our Greek-Aussie mates. Bloody Greek had some girls from the strip club beside the bar to hold up the round number in between rounds and everyone was shouting at them to show some skin! As if they weren't showing enough! Haha! Those were the days... Of course, no wine there, only some good ol' Aussie beer! Crown Lager! Oh now that hits the spot, and some good XXXX (pronounced "four X"). Our wine drinking, we do at home, or at some BYO (bring your own!). The BYO is an amazing concept in restaurants, and so very Aussie! Down Under is the only place I've ever seen the phenomenon. For those of you not familiar with the concept, a liquor license in Australia is a bit expensive and you have to pay up for different types of alcohol. All Aussies love their alcohol, no matter in what form be it for lunch, dinner, or what have you. So some restos who don't want to bother with the licence just announce they are BYO - you can bring your own alcoholic beverage and they don't charge corkage! They even provide you with the wine glasses if you need them! Some of the bigger and fancier restos have a liquor license but most of them still allow BYO - as long as what you bring isn't on their menu! :thumbsupsmiley: Oh yeah! I've already been told about the Hugo, that's why it's the only one in my collection locked up for some special evening. My wine-thirsty friends in the Philippines have managed to half my 14 bottles from Down Under during the brief period I was there! There went my Screaming Crow 2001 Cabernet (Coonawarra), Wynn's Coonawarra Cabsav 2002, Penfolds Koonunga Hill 2001 cabernet-shiraz, and my 2 Wolfblass yellow label cabsavs 2003 (South Australia), a Rosemount cabernet-merlot-petit verdot, and a Lindemann's shiraz from the Barossa Valley. The Saint Hugo is locked up safely somewhere south of Manila! Hahaha! :thumbsupsmiley: Has anyone noticed a section on beer anywhere? I can also contribute a lot to that. Hehehehe! :cool:<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Crown Lager! Hmmm is this the same brand that has residue in their beers as well? The brand escapes me. Yes it is amazing how some restos allow BYO at no cost or with the most sisiw of corkage! 5-10 AU$ lang ata. This is because not all restos are licensed to sell alcohol pala kaya may tinatawag na BYO. All the restos in Darling Harbor tho serve alcohol I am truly envious of that bottle of St Hugo in your possession! I was looking for that when I was in Syd last Nov/Dec but didn't chance upon one so last minute I just picked up a couple of WolfBlass Yellow label cabsavs (medal awardees!) and Yalumba Barossa CabSavShirazes. Hmmm south of manila is a good start for a location to send the AkyatBahayNakawAlakGang in search of that elusive St. Hugo!! Quote Link to comment
Lipstick Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Has anyone noticed a section on beer anywhere? I can also contribute a lot to that. Hehehehe! :cool:<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I forget to tell you that there are several beer threads in this section (TRAVEL & CUISINE), just browse through the title pages. at 1 am this morning, hindi lang masarap humiga!... masarap matulog!!! :closedeyes: i have not been around thais so i wouldnt know. but japanese food, ayan tita, even my japanese clients say that i have acquired their taste.. including the karaoke culture!!! :upside: hehehehe! kaya i cant just eat any form of so called japanese food! (paging bods, paging bods, omakase! (ohmygosh) he's not here! ) sige let me know if it's open and we'll pay them a visit!... <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Nyahahahaha yes kaya pareho nating tinulugan si Bods! :sleepysmiley03: Haha parang nakakatakot kang kasama sa KTV! AIM member ka ... Ayaw Ibitaw ang Mic! Have you been to Little Tokyo (katabi ng MCS)? I forget the name of the resto (KikuFuji ata) pero man shrappppp the Jap food there! And the maguro sashimi there eh is so chunky! Pang steak ang cut! But oh so sweet and fresh! Damn, am craving tuloy! Makapunta nga bukas! At sa Tuesday eh makapunta din sa Sakura! It's actually sort of a catch 22 for Thai restaurants here in RP. To serve authenticity, the spices have to come from Thailand. If they do, it's expensive, so the serving is expensive. To keep the price conscious Pinoy interested, the restourants have to "localize" some ingredients, and when they do the taste changes. Also, to suit the Pinoy palate, some restaurants "adjust" the taste to make the majority of the target customers coming back. Notice that there are no Thai stalls that last in food courts? Para hindi OT, what wine would go well with very spicy foods such as Thai, or Indian cuisine? Some Thais I know would take scotch.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>FD you are right about the spices available ... but I reckon we can grow them here! Same climate din naman di ba? And you are right again about the tailoring to the Pinoy palate. I am just a spoiled woman who wants to have her Thai food and eat it too Sandy Daza's qsr I think is still alive and there is this one thai qsr in LKG tower (I forget the name ... thai express ata) that serves close to authentic Thai curry because they import kaffir leaves which go into the curries. Whites normally go well with spicy food since they are generally sweet and fruity and don't clash with the flavor of Thai/Indian food most especially the curries. Sherwood Estate's Traminer Riesling does it for me (that's if I can find it here!) Quote Link to comment
Lipstick Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 HOL (HintOfLime), I am reminded of Nando's Peri-Peri sauce whenever I look at your lime tostitos avatar! Naglalaway tuloy ako! Which brings me back to wine and spicy food ... errr aside from what I know (whites and my TramRies choice) any other suggestions from the true experts in this thread? Quote Link to comment
hint-of-lime Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Crown Lager! Hmmm is this the same brand that has residue in their beers as well? The brand escapes me. Yes it is amazing how some restos allow BYO at no cost or with the most sisiw of corkage! 5-10 AU$ lang ata. This is because not all restos are licensed to sell alcohol pala kaya may tinatawag na BYO. All the restos in Darling Harbor tho serve alcohol <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks for the heads up on those beer threads. I don't think I've ever seen residue on a Crown before, though. Me and my mates think of it as one of the best beers Down Under. I don't know anybody who even looks at Foster's down there. Oh how I long for a BYO in the Philippines! There are so few places that actually serve the really good stuff! And even then they are quite expensive! HOL (HintOfLime), I am reminded of Nando's Peri-Peri sauce whenever I look at your lime tostitos avatar! Naglalaway tuloy ako! Which brings me back to wine and spicy food ... errr aside from what I know (whites and my TramRies choice) any other suggestions from the true experts in this thread? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> "HOL" is fine! I'm actually called that in the other thread that I frequent. This avatar is quite new, though. I got tired of Doc Oc who used to be in that frame. The German whites, as I've mentioned, are quite good. Their most famous export is Riesling. I prefer German Riesling to Australian because the Aussie ones have some inexplicable aftertaste that doesn't agree with me, and which, for some reason, is absent in the German Riesling which just comes out as sweet and fruity! Among the German whites though, the best I've tasted so far is a Gewürtztraminer Auslese! The best though, and I've never tasted it, is the legendary Eiswein where the grapes are picked while the vines are still frozen from the first days of winter, preferable in 9 degrees below zero Centigrade! Since this does not happen too often, these wines are quite expensive! The very sweet ones though like the trockenbeerenauslese and the eiswein are best served as dessert wines. The best wines are from the Pfalz, Rheingau, Kaiserstuhl, and Münsterthal regions. Unlike most wines from other countries where the wineries produce the wines in their names, most German wines, particularly from the south, are named according to the region or village where it is produced. There are private vineyards owned by residents of that village, and during the harvest, they all flock to their town winery and combine their harvest to make a wine in that village's name - for example: Sasbach, Jechtinger. Anyway, how to gauge a good German wine? The label should tell you. 1. Tafelwein which is made from normally ripe grapes a) Deutscher Tafelwein (simple table wine) is pleasant for everyday enjoyment, consumed primarily where it is grown in Germany. It comes from one of four broad Tafelwein regions. NOTE: If the word ,,Deutsch" is missing on the label, then it is not a German wine, but rather foreign wines which may or may not have been blended with German wine. It is likely to have been bottled (abgefüllt) — but not grown — in Germany. Deutscher Landwein (special table wine) is hearty, fresh regional wine with more body and character than simple Tafelwein because the grapes must be more ripe at harvest. Dry or semi-dry, Landwein comes from and is named after one of 20 Landwein regions. 2. Qualitätswein is made from ripe, very ripe or overripe grapes and should indicate either of the following: a) Qualitätswein estimator Anbaugebiete (QbA) is the category which includes the largest quantity of German wines. It comes from one of 13 specified wine-growing regions and is made from approved grape varieties which have ripened sufficiently to assure that the wine will have the style and traditional taste of its region. Light, refreshing and fruity, these wines are meant to be consumed while young, for everyday enjoyment or with meals. Qualitätswein mit Prädikat (quality wine with special distinction, or attributes) is the category which includes all the finest wines of Germany. Each carries one of six special attributes (Prädikat) on its label. They are, in ascending order of ripeness at harvest: Kabinett — fine, usually light wines made of fully ripened grapes, the lightest of the Prädikat wines. Excellent with or without meals. Spätlese — literally means late harvest. Wines of superior quality made from grapes harvested after the normal harvest. These wines are more intense in flavour and concentration, but not necessarily sweet. Good with richer, more flavorful foods, or by themselves. Auslese — harvest of selected, very ripe bunches. Noble wines, intense in bouquet and taste, usually, but not always sweet. Beerenauslese (BA) — harvest of individually-selected, overripe berries. ' Remarkably rich, sweet dessert wines, or to be enjoyed by themselves. Eiswein — wines of Beerenauslese intensity, made from grapes harvested and pressed while frozen. Truly unique wines with a remarkable concentration of fruity acidity and sweetness. Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) — harvest of individually-selected berries which are overripe and dried up almost to raisins. Rich, sweet, luscious, honey-like wines. Okay, which brings us to food-wine pairings FOODS/DISHES RECOMMENDED WINEwhich are extremely... sweet (e.g., most desserts) white and rosé wines of at least equal sweetness: German Auslese, BA, TBA, Eiswein (white and rosé) Salty (e.g., bacon, ham, caviar) white and rosé wines which are aromatic or very fruity wines, off dry wines: German Q.b.A., Spatlese, lighter Auslese (including rosés); medium dry Spatlese and Auslese from Rhein regions, or Nahe, Wurttemberg and Franken Crisp/Tart (e.g., vinegary salads, veal piccata) very fruity or aromatic wines, usually off dry, but with moderate acidity: German Spatlese, and both medium-dry and dry Spatlese and Auslese, including rosés Spicy/Hot (e.g., chili pepper, pepper, curry, Tex-Mex, Thai) light bodied, aromatic, crisp, fruity wines: German Q.b.A., Spatlese (off dry and medium dry), lighter Auslese Oily/Fatty (e.g., pates, rich cheeses, avocado, foie gras) rosés, rich, full flavored wines, with marked acidity: German Spatlese, Auslese (sweet and medium dry), full Beerenauslese and Eiswein Fishy (e.g., anchovies sardines) fuller bodied, fruity or aromatic wines, usually off dry but also medium dry: German Q.b.A., Spatlese (off dry and medium dry), lighter Auslese, especially Mosel-Saar-Ruwer and rosés Smoky (e.g., fish, shellfish, ham, poultry, beef) rich, fruity, crisp wines: German Spatlese and Auslese (off dry and medium dry), especially Rhein and Nahe; full reds (Spätburgunder, Limbuerger) Spicy/Herbal (e.g., pesto, salsa, herb/tomato sauces) fruity, crisp wines, usually with sweetness: German Spatlese and Auslese (off dry and medium dry), including rosés (Weissherbst), full reds (Spatburgunder, Lemberger) Well, anyway, that's what I've researched so far and I've been trying it out as frequently as I could. A lesson one of my mentors taught me, though, is that the bottomline is to go for what works for you! The rule about whites for fish and reds for steak no longer holds! Every person has a particular taste and you should go with what works for you. All these things that we read are merely recommendations! Oh yeah, just thought you should know, I'm quite familiar with Australian wines and I'm now being initiated into the Germans. My experience outside of these countries is quite limited so I'll appreciate input from you guys on the other countries. I've recently acquired a Chilean friend who is trying to educate me on Chilean wines, which I believe are quite good also, but this he is doing via email since he has gone home recently. Anyway, enough of this lecture for now. Good night to all of you there (though the sun is still quite high here!) Quote Link to comment
masi Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 (edited) Have you been to Little Tokyo (katabi ng MCS)? I forget the name of the resto (KikuFuji ata) pero man shrappppp the Jap food there! And the maguro sashimi there eh is so chunky! Pang steak ang cut! But oh so sweet and fresh! Damn, am craving tuloy! Makapunta nga bukas! At sa Tuesday eh makapunta din sa Sakura! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> i've been to kikufuji but in traders hotel (across ccp). i havent been to the their branch in little tokyo! thre is a good jap resto on the second floor of milelong. specialty is nabe which is what most sumo wrestlers eat to gain abit of weight. i've been told the best sashimi is served at benkay in dusit! sakura is best known for its yakiniku . have you tried nanbantei (yakitori) at gb3. the dipping sauce made of miso is sooooo good with the yakitori and a glass of shocho (japanese gin). my jap clients dont drink wine except when we eat italian or spanish food. the moment we eat japanese food its beer, sake or shocho! pag ktv its watered down chivas. Edited July 31, 2005 by masi Quote Link to comment
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