2004 Bodegas Muga Rioja Selección Especial
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oeno wrote:
Sunday, June 2, 2013 - almost at peak, nice purple hints, very well balanced @ Paloma with "French Mexican" food, which includes various peppers in the sauces.
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Comment posted by Harley1199:
6/2/2013 9:04:00 AM - Hi there Oeno,
French Mexican? I am just curious.
Of course it's a peronal choice but I think this isn't peaking right now...
Cheers!
Comment posted by oeno:
6/2/2013 9:17:00 AM - This comment is a response to the question about food that I called "French Mexican," which the restaurant actually calls Mexican "Haute cuisine." Honestly, I thought I might get a reaction from the Cellar Tracker community by using the term "French Mexican."
Read below what the restaurant says. i thought the wine was drinking well perhaps because of the spices in the food needed the extra alcohol, but to each his/her own.
Quoted from Paloma's website:
In 1864, Maximilian, of the noble Hapsburg family of Austria, was sent by Napoleon III of France to be installed as Emperor of México. He established his court in México City, accompanied by his wife, the Empress Carlota. The imperial couple's coterie of French chefs accompanied them to México.
The resulting cuisine - a marriage of traditional French cooking techniques with the colorful and flavorful indigenous ingredients - became the Mexican "alta cocina" or "haute cuisine."
Comment posted by Harley1199:
6/2/2013 9:26:00 AM - Hi again,
I knew the absurd Maximilian trip to Mexico...
Sincerely I think that fussion cousine is coming from lastest times.
Hope so
Cheers from Spain,