Eva's Wine Cellar

And now that I've read cicerone's explanation of our
superb californian wine and the increasing alcohol content,
it all makes sense again. I always was thinking: "How
can this be, I only had 2 glasses of wine"

It's lunch time for you - CJ...

Can I offer you some oyesters...



With a Bourgogne Aligoté...

whow, what a treat. Thank you Francis, I love fresh Oysters,
but will pass on the wine, I still need to function.

That brings me to my next question: Francis is it acceptable
in the business world to drink alcohol during lunch break
in the office?

Not in the office..
<Companies rules usually forbid so>

But in restaurants during business lunch, it's compulsory

Haha, compulsory

Here it's even during a business lunch not acceptable.

Other countries, others manners...

Right, we have different customs, whereas I'm sure somewhere in Texas they drink Whiskey to their french fries

Now, I'm ready for dessert and a little nap time.....

Hey, CJ, let's have lunch! Oysters were just "hors-d'oeuvre"!

See, you are in a hurry...

Lunch tomorrow, same place!

For most of my working life which was about five lifetimes ago, I usually had beer with lunch, rarely wine, and sometimes the hard stuff - like the long island ice tea.

I'm known to have chocolate mousse for lunch. Yes, let's have lunch
together tomorrow. I'll be on my best behavior and won't nasch.

Beer, CJ. Texans drink beer with french fries. They don't eat when they're drinking whisky.

I'll have one of those chocolate mousses myself....they look scrumptious! On second thought, make it two. They are never large enough, are they?

I've never really been to Texas Eva, aside from driving
through the panhandle while moving to CA, and stopping
for breakfast somewhere along the highway. Everyone
around us was eating steak with fries for breakfast and
when I asked for grapenuts cereal, they just looked at
me in utter disbelief.

Be careful Eva, a really divine chocolate mousse is so
rich that a small amount will satisfy your tastebuds completely.
I'm a true chocoholic but hardly can finish one serving
at our local french restaurant, where the chef is true Parisian, but somehow looks like Mr. Bean.

Since it's late afternoon here - and quite warm - I'll have a 'foundant au chocolat avec glace citron'

Oooooooh, that looks GOOD, Walter! Mmmmm.....

CJ, I'm afraid you saw the worst part of Texas. Eastern Texas has lovely pine forests, and the central hill region around Austin is pretty, too. Rural Texas is pretty awful IMO, but the cities offer much more sophistication.

You're right, good chocolate mousses are intensely rich, but it's still hard for me to get enough! (No such thing as too rich or too sweet for me.) Sooo...after those two chocolate mousses, I think I'll have one of Walter's heavenly creations with the lemon ice cream. Yes, I will.

May I just remind the next dates

Thank you Walter, I think I'm able to attend all three chocolate conventions

Eva, you're definitely the president of all chocoholics, if
you can eat that much

Yes Texas has beautiful cities and coastal areas in the south,
I've seen pictures of it.

So, now I am really hungry...
I guess I have to eat left overs <sigh>

A little bit of foie gras for a beggining?