When Peking duck (Canard Pekinois) meets Bordeaux

Hi, dear friends. How is everything? Hope all is going well for you guys :)

Christmas is getting nearer. It’s the right moment to make this famous dish, Peking duck, which is one of the all time classic in China. Would you agree with us?

Actually Peking duck is quite a rich dish. Fattiness but you can’t feel it, meaty, concentration of aromas, crisp skin must be your feelings about this dish.

We chose two wines to accompany this dish:

Chateau Fourcas Hosten 2007 (Listrac Medoc)

This is a quite young wine with lovely red fruits notes. A little smoky. Soft and delicate on the palate though. Honestly we felt that it went very well with this dish until we tried the second wine.

Chateau Lagrange 2002(Saint-julien)

Ok, let’s talk about this second wine. It’s a 2002 St Julien 3eme Grand Cru Classé. Decanted for 1 hour. Comparing with the first wine, Lagrange had a more powerful nose. Rich and dense. Ripe tannins, silly texture, balanced and very elegant.

The beautiful acidity made us ignore the fatness. And we used little sugar to cook, if it is sweeter, some white wine or some Beaujolais would be better.

A tasting with Basil Beef

Hi dear friends, how are you doing? We began to enjoy the life in this fabulous city . France is definitely not a nation of workaholic. Especially in this famous capital of wine -Bordeaux. Now let’s share you our last tasting with a Thai dish : Basil Beef with noodles .

As we all know, Basil Beef with noodles is one of the most popular recipes served in the Thai restaurants . Our dear friend Alexis cooked us this famous dish. You might not be able to image that our mouths were watering when he was cooking. The dish had a great flavour and taste. The aromatic herbalness of the basil and the sauce gave us an authentic Thai taste.

To pair this dish, we chose three wines as follows,  

Château d'Aurilhac 2006

Haut-Médoc, Bordeaux, France

Elian Da Ros 2009

Côtes du marmandais, France

Bussola 2009

Italy