A busy morning tarting up a series of German articles that I keep tweaking and editing. I should just send them off an be done with it. I leave around 11a.m. to head for “Hix” restaurant, similar to the abattoir-cum-restaurant that is St. John but without the braised squirrels and wolf’s intestines stuffed with lard and badger’s cheek. Lunch is long and liquid, accompanied by a bottle of La Tâche 1995 that just gets better and better, taking advantage of it being imbibed by just two people with time to watch its entire performance instead of just the intro.
Does it go with the Porterhouse steak to share?
I could not care less to be honest.
The half-bottle of Chateau d’Yquem 1996 is a worthy follow-up and then it’s back home for my wife’s delicious leftover spag bol with a South African Cabernet. I end up watching a documentary on Iron Maiden on BBC4, which is highly entertaining, although I feel bewildered by so much denim and poodle-hair.
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