Visited Vino last night, mainly for their special pricing of Rivetti's La Spinetta 2001 Barbaresco Starderi. With dark cherry and raspberry mingled with licorice and tar notes that immediately jump from the glass then earth, pebble and leather that follow on the back end. Delicious on its own, even better with Chef Keith's Moroccan spiced braised short ribs:
And since life can't be all Nebbiolo and short ribs (wait a minute, why not)?, we started with Chef Hiroshi's Foie gras sushi with kabayaki sauce:
We also had their Margherita pizza with Italian sausage, PEI mussels in a tomato broth (which provided the perfect dippin' sauce for Chef Keith's home made bread, fried artichoke hearts with aioli and tomato ragu and ended the evening with the Chocolate ooze cake, the perfect balance of chocolatey goodness and buttery richness:
Bon appetit and a voitre sante!
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