Chateau Pomys 1983

What can I say ... ???
After almost 20 years in my celler it was a party to drink this wine ...

website : http://www.chateaupomys.com/

Burger King - Amsterdam Airport

Schiphol Plaza,

Renée asked for a "review" on burgers (actually the "golden arches") but since I hadn't tried the latest creation of BK (Burger King) we went out for tasting today. Always a good excuse ... So I took my lovely department to the BK and we went for a test. The Burger King Chili Cheese Weeks are now live at a BK near you!


Since we do have a BK in the neighborhood we don't need to go far... So in order to do a proper test we took everything and went back to the office for a full test. The order was wrong for starters. We asked for two menu's, loose burgers and the nuggets ... hold this hold that, after all their slogan says : have it your way!!! But where was the second menu? Not in the bag, so we went to the girl and she said you have to wait in line .... I mean there you are, everything is getting cold, have to wait again ... and immediately in the defense, we thought you could solve the problem as well ... you just helped us ... ???

Back at the office Chili Cheese Nuggets. This were the favourites before even tasted the nuggets. But unfortunately they were not. Yes there was some Chili flavour, but as well a lot of crust and not too many cheese .. so a thinner crust, more cheese, bit heavier on the taste and they would have been much better.

The burger .... the big one (on the right in the picture) is over 200 grams ... that's a lot. A big bun with two huge burger patties (pattie is the actual burger), cheese on it, chili sauce and the spicy Jalapenos ... well this was not that spicy. The nuggets had more flavour to it. So this was another "heart breaker".

Than the fries, we like the Mc Donalds better because they don't have this strange coating and taste like fries. And Mc Donalds got this sauce ... to die for. BK had that too ... they changed it to normal bags from Heinz ... that's not a good move, we want the special sauce like they had before.

So I'm not that lyrious as I sometimes am about the restaurants I visit. The next time I go there I definitely go for the Whopper. Keep it stupid plain and simple ... go for the best. I wouldn't recommend the Chili Cheese, go for the Whopper, much better !!! (but that's personal of course) fortunately we went for drinks and a new year speach early in the evening, got our personalised X-mas gift and had small apetizers to go with some nice drinks and so my evening finished well. In stead of a diner just small apetizers and when one was finished, the other one was there .... very nice, from Salmon to Duck and everything in between ...

Renée next time I'll go to Mc Donalds ....

Le Muscadet 2004 est arrive

AOC Muscadet sur Lie 2004 Chateau Sainte Radegonde Cuvee Van den Berg

Finallement le vin de 2004 est arrivé!

Muscadet is a region in France near the mouth of the Loire river. While in the 1600s this was known for its red wines, cold winters killed those vines in the early 1700s and it was replanted with Melon de Bourgogne, a hardy white variety. The best known region, producing 80% of the wine, is Muscadet de Sevre-et-Maine. This is named for two rivers in the area. Muscadet is unusual in that the grape is so flavorless that many producers let the wine sit on the lees all winter, hoping to absort some extra flavor. This also gives the wine a bit of carbonization and life. The wine is very light, a bit tangy, and a small bit sparkly. It goes well with seafood and often has a light, green apple flavor. If the words 'sur lie' are on the label it means that the wine has been allowed to rest on its lees (dead yeast cells) for some time after fermentation, imparting a touch of richness to the otherwise dry and steely wine. Very anxious to see how my wine tastes this year. The first bottle is already opened, not on tempreature yet but he ... sometimes I can't wait and who can blame me for trying. This weekend I really take some time to do a proper tasting, for now ... nothing wrong, absolutely good wine this year. For all my friends out there, yes it's time to have a drink.


You know where to reach me. A toast for the coming summer, to all of you from me ...