Wow Matt, what wines! Sounds like a stunner of a night and some great wines, the Carillon and Selosse teases my palate in particular. And know the feeling with the Selosse, a deadly blow to the wallet and with manic attempts to recreate those small moments! What kind of food did you guys have with it?
We ate at a Korean sushi spot that was perfectly paired with these wines. All the fish was fresh…still moving on the plate (literally) fresh. We had octopus, halibut, spot prawns, steamed eggs, and a great fish soup. Fair amount of other dishes were on the table that I’m having trouble remembering too.
Just to add on to what Matt said. The restaurant is this little hole in the wall. No corkage. From what I’ve been told, it’s typically after an afternoon of golf, korean men would come here and eat and drink. Until today, they never employed anyone that speaks english, so normally I just point a lot at what people are eating.http://www.yelp.com/biz/la-hwaluh-los-angeles
They have tanks of Korean Halibut, Spot Prawns, Octopus and abalone. You just order how much you want, they take it out of the tank and slice and dice it for you. (all images pulled from yelp!)
The halibut comes sliced in thin sheets. You wrap it with lettuce of shiso leaf and dip it into bean paste
Spot prawns are cleaned up and heads fried
Uni bowl, they halve an uni, clean it up and stuff it full of rice, seaweed and fish eggs. So freaking good
On top of that they give you grilled fish, steamed egg, a few salads and the final dish is the best of the night, a spicy fish stew, filled with tofu, daikon, fish eggs and halibut cheek. As there are so many pieces of the halibut they dont’ use after dicing it up, they just put it into a pot of deliciousness.
Damn I must have missed this on the offline planner, it’s only a couple of miles from me.
CFu
April 5, 2013, 3:19am
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food is cheap for what you get. It was $188 for everything before tip for four of us. Matt graciously picked up the tab!
Stuart BeauneHead Niemtzow:
I’d bet Mr. Coche shares in the bounty, too. He isn’t exactly shy…or modest.
Cellar Door pricing for Coche is shockingly and frustratingly low, so no, not really.
CFu
April 5, 2013, 3:26am
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mike, next time you’re in burgundy grab me a 6 pack of CC at the cellar door yah?
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Seriously, you guys are killing me… That food looks absolutely delicious! Still a dream to see at least a few of you guys next time I come to the other side of the Atlantic, even with dinners half as good as this it’d be worth the trip over! Thanks for posting/teasing!