[Pink pig Time Machine by Wilfrid: January 26, 2017]
Easy to pick the highlight of mid-January 2007. A return bout with Ali at his humble but great Kabab Café on Steinway Street in Astoria. Occasionally Ali would--doubtless still will--put on a special show for friends. This dinner was a chance for him to show off his polished French chops.
It was a big party too, with bottles brought.
Baby shrimp
Oysters with crème de cassis
Manila, cherrystone and razor clams
Brook trout en papillotte
Selection of whole baked fish
Goat ribs
Lamb shank
Egyptian sweets
Among the wines, a Codorníu cava, a Châteauneuf-du-Pape, and a Gevrey-Chambertin, My own contribution, the weighty Rotllan Torra Tirant from the Priorat.
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