CNY House Party at M's

It was a warm warm CNY again in 2010.
Sweltering heat with pearl sized sweat dripping over Dogma's angular chin, we seek refuge at M's house party over the weekend.

We gobbled down tons of food (tumerik chicken wings, vegetarian duck-wannabe, beehoon and a myriad of home baked cakes and the finely sliced Prawn Salad in thousand island dressings) and wash it down with bottom-less Heineken fountains.

It was a nice meal and drinks but like all good things, the joyous meal came to an abrupt end, when the host systematically clean up Dogma's wallet during the night long gambling marathon.

Dogma managed to made it out alive, albeit RM80 poorer

It must have been the dog with a quirky stare that took my luck away.

A nice party nonetheless.

CNY @ Dogma's house

2010 CNY was a short trip back home, and a pretty quite one as the weather was excruciatingly hot and dogma fell ill half of the time.
the above, was what dogmama brewed for dogma, a doubleboiled american ginseng, for almost everynite in taiping

FanGrilled Pork, Marinated 24 hours in secret home sauce: Smokey, Sweet. This is one meat that satisfy even the Neanderthals

Smoked Duck Slices from Taiwan with chopped Chinese Celery: Saltish and Exotic,you dun get this at any mom and pop shop

MOm prepared a feast for one of the reunion dinner with relatives.

Beaulieu Vineyards Coastal Estate 2005

this is basically a table wine from the famous Beaulieu Estate Vineyards in USA.
My first BV estate was the Latour 1994, which was singing and marvellous...
However, the entry range of Coastal Estate series was pretty much shit. Jammy Blackberry with hollow midpalate, and some unbalanced alcohol heat.

I took 2 sip and left the rest to demona's friends to devour it.

Pintia 2003 and Domaine Maurice Ecard Savigny Les Beaune 2005

SH the czar gave me this bottle while he took a short business trip up to KL. Pintia 2003 is owned by the cult Spanish Wine House of Vega Sicilia. The wine is from the Toro Region and made from 100% Tempranillo. The colour of inky purple with bullish fruit extraction, however, the palate exhibit tremendous elegance despite the perceived over extraction on the colour. Good complexity of dark fruits, earth, cigar box and smoke. The finish was medium to long length. I think this it could still develop further with an extra 5-8 years of bottle age.
I got this bottle from Vinum KL at about RM150. It was a quite a one dimentional pinot from Domain Maurice Ecard. The savigny les beaune 2005 was just pure pinot cherry nose and some woody tannins along the palate. no complexity nor much character. Dissapointing. In contrary, Patrick Javillier's Savigny les beaune is of a different beast together, complex, smooth, banyard evolution...I would love to get hold of another bottle of Javillier's savigny les beaune.

a quick snap shot of a napolean wrass or humphead wrass that i saw in Jaya33 market. This fish is huge and is deems the best fish in the whole world by arabians and asian alike. HEy Fishy, one day i will have you.

Domaine Guillemard Pothier Clos Des Avaux BEaune Premier Cru 2000

Every trip down to Singapore its a precariously journey for dogma.
You just never know how much wine he would lugged back every time..

On this recent trip, Dogma paid his tribute to Le Benaton, a local wine retailer specialized in off the chart Burgs. Having getting 3/4 drunk over tasting flights of 7 wines, Dogma began buying wines by the cases.
Remember, no matter how tough is your request, it would be fulfilled by a winohappy Dogma.

The Domaine Guillemard Pothier Clos Des Avaux BEaune Premier Cru 2000 was bought from Le Benaton at SGD55. With 9 years of age, it show some nice brickly red at the rim. And what a good clarity it shows in the glass!

The nose was developed and filled with tertiary aroma of red cherry, bramble and mushroom. Slight dark tea sweetness was detected. Not the most profound complexity and and lacking in some precision, but it was good value at this price point. On the palate, it was abit tired and lacking in laser sharp definition on the palate. Slightly short finish.
At this price point, i would go for it again!


To go along with the wine, Demona pop open the Carr's MELTS CHEESE Crackers that she got from London. It was crispy and cheese, great to go with a thick spread of cheddar cheese on top!