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carinbrat

wine review: ratafia

Nov 28, 2007 09:37

Last night after auditions we went to Barbette and had a lovely dinner of mussels steamed in white wine, shallot and lemon broth, nicoise salad, pommes frites with saffron oil and a well paired bottle of burgundy.

Then for desert we tried a glass of ratafia.

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Comments 8

rootstraps November 28 2007, 16:15:24 UTC

Wow...never even heard of that one. Gotta try it!

carinbrat November 28 2007, 16:18:23 UTC

It was pretty amazing.
I'd never heard of it before, so it was fun to try something new.

rootstraps November 28 2007, 16:21:29 UTC

Surdyk's to the rescue!

bupwethern November 28 2007, 18:19:54 UTC

I love Barbette. I haven't been in forever. A friend of mine actually just became their executive chef. Perhaps that could result in gettin' hooked up.

carinbrat November 28 2007, 18:27:34 UTC

I only recently discovered it, and it's my new favorite place. It even surpasses Leaning Tower,* in my estimation (GASP!!)

*The editors wish to note that although Carin is fond of the Tower for it's atmosphere and proximation, she does not consider the food particularly good. Except for those Dynabites. Those are heaven on a plate.

aino November 28 2007, 20:59:02 UTC

I love Barbette. That's our official celebration zone.

I think Alexis Bailey (local vineyard) has a lovely Ratafia- perhaps even the same one as Barbette. We got a bottle once as a gift. I should find more of that!

bigpenguin November 29 2007, 09:39:53 UTC

Alexis Bailey is where I first met Ratafia - their's is particularly tasty. Also, it comes in a most awesome shaped and colored bottle. Yum.

rootstraps November 29 2007, 00:05:50 UTC

Yeah, Barbette. We went there for the 1st (& so far only) time on our 7th anniversary and loved it. 3+ years is too long to stay away from such a lovely place. We seek to rectify this issue...