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  1. On 5/23/2018 at 1:18 PM, Planet Houston said:

    I went last night for a casual dinner with the wife (no pics).  We sat at the bar.  It was very good, but not mind-blowing enough to say that I'll be running back there to do it again immediately.  

    We had the pork dumplings, which were of course excellent, a daily special curry dish with singing scallops, the BBQ ribs and a side of collard greens.  All very good.  The space is solid but not spectacular, and the timing of the dishes coming out could have been better.  Definitely on my go-to list, but not life-changing.

    Might be in the area Saturday night, would it be a waste of time trying to get in bar area and eat or will it be manageable?  

    Going to T Rex for first time Friday night and I'm looking forward to it.

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  2. On 5/22/2018 at 12:50 PM, DDD Dad said:

    I rarely decant.

    same.    frankly, sediment getting into my glass doesn't even bother me that much.  just let it settle (I'd prefer not to have it in there, but just a downside of not decanting)   I also don't drink much aged wine (over 10 years). 

    The common thought that decanting is some magical taste changer by "opening" wine is pretty much a wive's tale.  Yes, it helps to swirl in the glass to let some potential CO come out or let maybe some phenol reaction with air that might, and I stress might, open up some flavor components (as mentioned above with the alcohol) but I'm a bit skeptical it is very perceptible to most of us.

    And I hate cleaning the damn decanter

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  3. On 5/12/2018 at 12:40 PM, Dark Horse said:

    Evil Genius was great, I binged it this morning. I remembered the collar bomb bank robbery, but I wasn’t aware of everything after.

    It amazing how many of these bizarre stories are out there.

    watched this the past week.

    for the life of me, I can't remember any of that shit except the initial collar bomb incident.  it wasn't that long ago, seems like I should recall those news stories.

  4. On 4/26/2018 at 11:06 AM, JNip said:

    10th year of ConcaChampions and 10 Mexican champions. 7 of the 10 finalists have been Mexican and 3 from the MLS. 

    This year's champion, Chivas, is the 17th place out of 18 teams in LIGA MX.. That's just dominance. 

    what happened to the top 3 LIGA MX team's in this year's tourney?   since 17th place is winning

  5. 52 minutes ago, elfenix said:

    my wine nerd industry friend suggests compass rose, kulhman, and grape creek wineries

    hye market across from william chris is a good place for sandwiches

    I also had a wine person recommend grape creek.    I like William Chris and Hilmy because a lot of their wines are exclusively Texas fruit.

  6. 33 minutes ago, relapse98 said:

    Wineries to do:

    Fat Ass - they are just my kinda people

    Messina Hof - we went at the end of the day and the pours were more than excellent and we gorged ourselves trying their dips as they were trying to empty them out.

     

    I don't like either of those, but I like wine, so take that with a grain of salt.

    William Chris is solid, as is Hilmy.  I have heard Inwood wines are good, too.  A lot of people like Lewis wines, I didn't care for them on my one visit, but that doesn't mean much.  Ron Yates has a really pretty tasting room set up, but their wines are pretty average.  4.0 could be cool to check out if you have the time.

    One warning, between 1pm and 5pm on Saturday, all the wineries will be absolutely packed and a madhouse.  If you don't like crowds, do something else in that time slot.

     

    Pretty good and tiny cocktail place called The Stable you could check out in town.

     

    Nice place in Johnson City called Bryans on 290.   If you are driving through at a meal time.  On my last visit I went the 10/71/290 way.  Stopped at Hruska's.  It wasn't terrible.

  7. The Paul ankle/achilles is definitely a huge concern for Rockets.   Gordon hit one real "lucky" shot, but other than that most of what he took he can make and they were open.  Same for Tucker. Tucker from the corner is money.

     

    I think Rockets were a bit more aggressive offensively last night and that translated into better shots.  I also thought both teams were very physical/handsy on defense and that seemed to benefit the Rockets with lots of loose balls slapped out of GS hands.     

  8. 18 hours ago, Paco said:

    My job is in Petaluma, and I've found some temporary digs in town. But I'll keep looking, if something more interesting comes up I can move easily.

    And yes, I can dig me some wine.

    Petaluma definitely has a flavor of redneck outside of the downtown fancy stuff.  and as said above Guerneville is definitely red-neck ish.   Santa Rosa also has some definite blue collar to it.

  9. On 5/14/2018 at 12:21 PM, DFWTexEx said:

    A neighbor bought the cellar of a friend who became ill.  The collection had, from what I understand, a remarkable library of California wines and was perfectly stored.  He generously donated the ‘75s to a neighborhood silent auction.  Two other neighbors bought the wine  at the auction and invited the donor to dinner.  They also invited me and I brought the steaks and some other food.  Apparently, there is much more old wine left and he intends to share it.

    That is very cool.

  10. you and your neighbors all just had some perfectly stored '75's sitting around?  Or did you provide the wine?  how acquired?

     

    sorry to pepper with questions, just really curious.

  11. 3 hours ago, Irwin F Fletcher said:

    I like 97.5/94.1, however if you're outside of the loop the station fades pretty quick. Can't understand how you can operate a radio station with such a shitty broadcast range.

    concur.  I live 23 miles from center of downtown and can't hardly get 97.5.  I realize I'm in burbs, but not like I'm in Fulshear or Montgomery or something.  geez.

  12. 11 minutes ago, South Austin said:

    I haven't been there, but discovered them at last year's Austin Food & Wine Festival.  They make a dynamite Syrah, though on the pricey side.

    they have an extensive lineup, a lot of different syrah's and cabs and other labels under which they make a few Italian varieties and also under a different label some chardonnays.

  13. if you are into wine, look up K Vintners tasting room out near airport.  they've built up a big place out there, have music and events fairly often in the area.  Can't remember the catchy name for it, but you can find it if interested.

     

    and Toulouse was fantastic on my one visit

  14. 20 hours ago, SmartAsset said:

    There are probably better ones, but grabbing a plastic go cup bloody out the window at the New Orleans Hamburger & Seafood Co. on Decatur is a tried-and-true hangover cure in my experience.

    A to-go bloody from Le Bon Temps Roule in the Touro while waiting for a table at Surrey's sure doesn't suck, I can say that.

  15. 16 hours ago, ERhine said:

     


    I didn’t have an issue with the service the one time I was at a real table. Otherwise bar service has been typical for bar at a nice place. Every bite of food I’ve had there has been great.

     

    I only had brunch, so not really fair of me to comment on full menu.   I absolutely loved one of the items we ordered and my wife's drink was really unusual and well done.   It was just kinda weird and a unique NO service experience. I had a reservation, place wasn't busy at the time and they acted like they were doing me some favor by seating me.  I didn't say anything at the time but when we left my wife said "they were kinda snobby".   

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