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Default Dinner at the CIA

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
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> On 5/6/2016 9:35 AM, Gary wrote:
> > Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >>
> >> Cloudbuster wrote:
> >>> Which plates did you choose?
> >>
> >> I had Gnocchi di Patate e Ortiche and Arrosto di Vitello. My wife had
> >> Prosciutto e Crescentine and Agnello, Cicorie e Favette
> >>
> >> As you would expect, it was cooked perfectly. We had a bottle of
> >> Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso
> >> Corvina/Rondinella Veneto 2011

> >
> > LOL! Really, Ed?
> > How about saying that again in English, if you don't mind? :-o
> >

>
> I had gnocchi with a brown butter sauce, then veal roast with a mushroom
> flan and white asparagus. Wife had prosciutto with a fried bread dough,
> followed by lamb chop with greens.
>
> The valpolicella was the most expensive single bottle of wine I ever
> bought, but it was probably the best I've ever bought. It was a special
> occasion so I went for it when the server said it would be great with
> our meals. It was. In the past I've always topped out at $33 to $35.


Thank you, Ed for the translation. Sounds fantastic.

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