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    Chinese Dinner for 6

    A mate is retiring this week, after 40+years as a dental surgeon. 6 of us had a Chinese dinner to wish him all the best for the next chapter of his life. Started with a trio of my favourite champagne, Tattinger Comtes de Champagne Dumplings and fish Followed by an excellent deboned...
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    A pre-,Xmas Chinese lunch

    A great lunch today with a few exceptional bottle Sorry for the lack of photos of the food ☹️ Champagnes were GREAT Very good white Burgundy Then a couple of excellent cred Burgundies I Then a superlative rare JJ Prum Eiswein
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    In Memoriam

    Wine dinner last night was a memorial dinner for one of the original members of the group. Most of the wines served came out of his cellars Paul was a successful manufacturer of men’s clothes, which gave him the financial independence to pursue his other interest, photography. He exhibited in...
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    A Italian Lunch Followed by a Cigar

    I seldom do lunch during a work week, so it’s a rare occasion when I’m out to lunch two days in a row. A simple Italian lunch today: Kingfish crudo with citrus dressing and pink grapefruit Pasta in a creamy cheese sauce Tuna steak - very Sicilian Tiramisu Simple food, but full of...
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    A Reunion Lunch with Three Schoolmates

    Quite a few years (decades really) since I was at school. So it’s good to see schoolmates from time to time - boarding school does make for some strong bonds. 4 of us met for lunch today ahead of larger class and school lunches this coming weekend The wine Freshly shucked Pacific oysters...
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    A Szechuan Dinner (With Photos)

    A Szechuan dinner last night with 5 friends. Most of the dishes were immersed in at least 3ins of oil, making it difficult to distinguish one from another 😏 First the wine: Extra points if you can name this chef 😁 Mapo tofu Pork slices in chilli oil Claypot prawns with mung bean...
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    Chinese Meal

    A Chinese meal with 4 friends Nice food Great company
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    Wine Group Dinner

    Table of 12 last night. A few interesting bottles including a 1919 Red Burgundy (Sotheby’s label) One corked bottle - the 1996 Niepoort Late Bottled Vintage port. A real pity because under the spoilage was a very good wine
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    Cataract Surgery

    I had my 1st cataract surgery 48 hours ago. What a totally painless procedure. Done with light sedation, so I was in a half-conscious state during the proceedure. At one point I asked if they were about to start. Only to be told they were all done. I was allowed to leave (with my wife) after a...
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    Do You Have a Disappointing Pipe ? And Why

    Have you any pipe(s) in your collection you find disappointing or plain irritating to look at ? I bought this Peterson XL90 new a few years ago I accepted that it wouldn’t pass a cleaner - so that is NOT a deal breaker I have kept it in a cupboard all this time. Because of a large...
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    A Chinese Dinner

    I arranged a Northern Chinese (Beijing) themed dinner midweek to show how wine friendly Chinese food can be. (The meal was heavy on non-meat dishes as one of the attendees was vegetarian) The wines were chosen with the menu in mind Entrees: Seasoned jellyfish Seasoned black fungus Smoked...
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    Adieu, Francoise Hardy

    Chanteuse, song-writer, model, actress and pop-icon Francoise Hardy passed away last month. Eerily, I had been playing her songs ("Comment te dire adieu" in particular) over the past few weeks and only found out yesterday. Adieu, Francoise. Et merci beaucoup PS If you like "comment te dire...
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    Meerschaum Chips and Nording Keystones

    I have been advocating the use of meerschaum chips and Nording Keystones for a while. They are an unneccessary expense and step for those who have mastered the art of packing tamping and maintaining a slow smoking cadence. But they are a boon for those who find they have to continually...
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    A Peter Hedegaard Straight Apple

    Just arrived - an unsmoked 2006 Peter Hedegaard straight, smooth, flame-grained, slim shanked/stemmed apple. A restrained shape from Hedegaard, the only embellishment being the slight forward can’t to the bowl. Classical
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    Two New Danes

    A couple of new arrivals this week - both lightly smoked estates The first is a Soren Refbjerg Rasmussen straight grain (his only grading) straight tomato with a tapered stem The second is a 2003 Carsten Idskov brandy with a tapered acrylic amber stem with his hallmark sperm whale tooth ring.
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    Friday Lunch

    A leisurely Friday lunch at a friend’s home Homemade prawn dumplings followed by pork and chive dumplings Magnum of 2006 Comte de Champagne, 2005 JJ Prum and 2008 Trimbach Frederic Emile
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    A Sherry Evening

    Dinner for 8 at a friend’s home last night Sherry (and a couple of ring-ins) was the theme. A few bottles brought home from Spain by my friend who hosted the dinner. Finished quite late as conversation flowed, and we ended up solving most of the world’s problems by evening’s end 😁
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    Another Bulldog for the kennel

    Just arrived today - a 2011 unsmoked Carsten Idskov quarter bent, squat bulldog, tapered stem with a sperm whale tooth stem adornment I had not heard of Idskov before. There are a lot of his pipes (many unsmoked) in the estates section of Bisgaard Pipes Most of his strangely proportioned...
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    A new Soren Refbjerg

    Soren Refbjerg Rasmussen sadly passed away in 2021 Some years ago I came across a site with several of his pipes - most were unsmoked bulldogs. Regrettably I passed on them as my focus then was on old Britwoods This rusticated, straight, squat Bulldog/Rhodesian came in today. It is stamped...
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    Happy Lunar New Year

    A Very Happy Lunar New Year to Everyone Australia has a large Asian diaspora. More so in the past 3 decades Celebrations galore where there are large congregations of Chinese and Vietnamese But also amongst plentiful households due to mixed marriages May the Dragon bring Good Health and...
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