mandag 22. august 2011

Bottle Shock

Another weekend is passed and even it was smaller changes to our day to day life we again could enjoy the sun at the pool, or was it the pool we enjoyed in the heat. Today I am still counting the days of 100F degree ++. We come to day 22 of august a record in day in a row and equal to amount of day in a year with that amount of day, 32 in total.
Two days with relax and no activity in the gym, hi need to get back today if I am going to keep up with my 5 days a week in the gym.
So when the time for sun and the pool was up on Saturday we could enjoy our lunch.

Yes it was the standard lunch as we have on Saturdays, Caesar Salad and the Prosciutto Pizza and a bottle of Prosecco.  Getting home we first went to Red Mango

for desert, ice-cream watching some young ladies at a birthday party

before we got home and could pick up the 3 movies I had ordered on Amazon.

One of them for a good reason, Bottle Shock, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYs0kblXToA) was shot at one of the wineries we visited on our Californian road trip. Chateau Montelena (http://www.montelena.com) was a fantastic place even we did not get to see it all in the movie.



However the story is about when Napa wine hit France and in a blind tasting got recognized by Europe. It was a sweet story and it was even more interesting now when we had been there and had learned so much about the hard work the guys at the wineries put into the process. It was not an Oscar, but it was fun to watch, and Saturday there was no movie at our regular movie theater so good timing.
When we visited TTR (http://www.tastingroomwines.com/our_locations/city_centre/index.php)    on Saturday we had a peak on the Brunch menu, and got so tempted we headed back on Sunday to try it out.

Sunday is Mimosa day and Bloody Mary, but this Sunday it was just Mimosa and they tasted great. Both the lunch time for us and the Brunch time is in the afternoon so it covers our dinner, and just some Wasa flat bread in the evening.
Laila picked the Fried Egg Sandwich with Bacon, tomato, garlic aioli, Swiss cheese, grille Tuscan bread and fries.

I picked The Ultimate Steak and Eggs with Poached Egg, grilled Flank steak & bread, truffle Hollandaise.  They had added a lot of salad, a bit too much. The poached egg was not floating when I cut into them, too much cooked and where was the Hollandaise, almost nothing that could ease the dry bread and medium cooked steak that was more than medium cooked.

As many, I do not complain, but this time I had to advise the waiter that it was not to the expected finish from the kitchen and as I have learned to know the manager it will be easier to go back and tell him as he was not there yesterday. We will be back for lunch on Saturday, and if it will be brunch I will go for the Fried Egg Sandwich, I had a taste and that was real good.

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