On Dec 31 2009, 6:49*am, DaleW > wrote:
> Last year Betsy stumbled across a cooking show on PBS featuring Kylie
> Kwong, a Chinese-Australian chef. She liked the show and made a few
> dishes which turned out well. So I got her KK's cookbook for
> Christmas. We've had multiple recipes from it the last 2 nights:
>
> Tuesday chicken wings with oyster sauce, fried rice, and baby bok
> choy. 2 Rieslings made an appearance
> *
> 2001 Carl Schmitt-Wagner "Longuicher Maximiner Herrenberg"Auslese (AP
> #18) (Mosel-Saar-Ruwer)
> Not a producer that I really know, but a solid performance. I worried
> that it might be too sweet, but it's actually showing nice sugar/acid
> balance, floral nose, lots of petrol over yellow pit fruits, more
> graceful than powerful. Good length, petrol more intense on day 2.
> Holds up well. B+
>
> 2008 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich "Anrecht" Spatlese
> Clean white peach fruit laced with citrus, excellent nervous acidity,
> good length. Fresh, lovely, a real delight. Maybe even better on day
> 2. A-
> *
> Last night she made stir-fired duck breast with 5 spice, steamed
> silken tofu with spinach and garlic, mushroom/arugula/fennel salad,
> and steamed shrimp wonton (Dave declared while he liked previous night
> a lot, this was his dream meal. I declared it might be my dream meal
> if I wasn't doing the cleanup!).. We had the leftover Rieslings, but
> Dave prefers red and I thought the duck could use some. Didn't want to
> go with pricey Burgundy with those spices, so turned to $15 Bordeaux.
> Opened the 2005 Quintessence de Peybonhomme (1er Cotes de Blaye). Nose
> of crushed berries accented with just a little vanilla, on palate a
> combo of cassis and redder fruits (plums). Light tannins, good length.
> Solid example of satellite Bordeaux, not profound but satisfying. B
>
> Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an
> excellent*wine, B a good wine, C mediocre. Anything below C means I
> wouldn't*drink at a party where it was only choice. Furthermore, I
> offer no*promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of
> consistency.**

Dale, which book did you get? I love her cooking show but don't have
any of her recipes.