The run down..

So here's the run down of tonight's dinner at Jujube and I'm writing this in the afterglow of 5 glasses of wine. Should be fun...

Warm salad of calamari and Asian pear with pumpkin-citrus coulis

-Las Brisas Rueda 2007 ( Spain ) Verdejo, Sauv Blanc, Viura

• Umm... the pears were good but I prefer my calamari battered and fried
• This was my favorite wine
  

Steamed mahi-mahi with lemon-scallion nage

-Terra Andina Chardonnay 2007 ( Chile )

• We decided "nage" was french for water or perhaps ramen. It's been a really long times since we've had fully cooked tuna but it was pretty good.
  

Grilled fennel sausage with white bean and kale ragout

-Avignonesi Rosso 2005 ( Italy )

• When I read this I anticipated something along the lines if sliced Italian sausage but what we got was a huge sausage patty the size of a decent hamburger on a bed of beans and kale. The sausage was made in house and pretty delicious - this was probably my favorite course. Had I know that it was going to be my favorite I would have had more of it and not saved as much room for the other two courses.
  

Hoisin-braised beef with carrot pudding

-Torremoron Ribera del Duero 2006 ( Spain )

• Not nearly what I expected. The beef was very tender and a little sweet. The carrot pudding was not exactly what I expected... it was worse! I was expecting carrot puree but what we had was carrot shavings in more of a baked square... Have I mentioned how much I don't like cooked carrots?
• Eron on the other hand thought the carrots "really added to the beef."
  
• This was Eron's favorite wine.
  

Honey-walnut cake with jujube preserves

-Quinta Do Noval Tawny NV ( Portugal )

• Tasty but not as sweet as I expected... probably healthier. :)
• Port wine... hmmm... not my favorite. Really, really sweet.

All in all it was a really nice evening. Eron and I were seated with a nice couple from England (I think) who for the most part kept to themselves but we very nice and had a good sense of humor. Aside enjoying the evening with close friends or family we couldn't have asked for better dining companions.