Since we dined in on Valentine's Day, the Mrs wanted get back to our usual weekends after 2 challenging weeks. So we made reservations at Hiroshi Eurasion Tapas the following evening. She also was dying to uncork perhaps her favorite bottle of bubbles, maybe her favorite wine period, a 1990 Dom Perignon Oenotheque.
We first started the evening with a bottle of 2012 Yves Leccia Biancu Gentile from Corsica. The biancu gentile grape almost went extinct until a small handful of vintners decided to revive the varietal. A little citrus, light stone fruit with a touch of mineral and definitely a bitter finish.
Then we toasted with the 1990 Dom Perignon Oenotheque. At a little over 24 years old, this Champagne was till kickin' with citrus curd, definite poached peach overtones, candied citron and a seamless palate flow and long finish. I would dare to say that it could remain at plateau for another decade!
We started with a couple of appetizers including the Crispy Kauai Shrimp with braised celery, yukari crostini and strawberry and mint marinara
The Duo of Contemporary Sushi
And the Okinawan Soba "Mazeman" with grilled salmon, clam-mushroom jus, shiso, Thai basil and cilantro. this has GOT to go on the regular menu... or at Slurp at the very least...
We also uncorked a Jean-Francois Ganevat Cuvee Florine Chardonnay
And since it was a Sunday, we all selected the Locally Grown Menu which looked like this for the month of February:
first
Seared Kampachi
choi sum, tomato concasse, cilantro, squid ink black bean sauce & chili air
wine: CF Euro-Asian Riesling Medium Dry
second
Kauai Shrimp Ravioli
mushroom cream sauce, fresh Thai basil & thyme
wine: Domaine Skouras “Zoe”
main
Pan Roasted Opah
julienned ginger, home-made mentaiko linguine, micro shiso & Asian clam jus
wine: Birichino Malvasia Bianca
sweet
Poha Berry Semifreddo
strawberry “jus”
I simply savored my usual Negroni...
Another great meal at Hiroshi... and it did help the T's get back into the swing of things...
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