Junkie Friday #7

First of all, I would like to apologise for the late post! Had too much fun eating junk =)

Entree

 Cucumber and carrot sticks with hommus dips

[we had an extra chunky basil pesto as a backup] note: this is an attempt to be healthy.

Main course

 Honey soy chicken wings

 [extra BBQ Spareribs Chicken wings as backup]

Desserts

Trilogy cheese [Roasted Onion and Chives, Vintage and Smoked] and Maggie Beer's plum paste served with crackers, dessert cookies with melting middle [to make it simple, chocolate fondants] and crunchie bar chocolates.

Drinks

A bottle of cab sav and a bottle of light red.

Did you think we were going to finish all the food? There were only 2 ladies eating despite having more people in the sitting. We even had a movie on, however, we ended up talking sooo much I am definite we lost track of the plot despite saying females can multitask.

Tick tick tick. It was totally a junkie night even though we had vegie sticks.

Friday night binge

While Mich was having her Junkie Friday night, I was having a drinking session with the visiting family. The night revolved around life, travel (including handy tips about places to visit) and, ultimately, work. The most important part of the night was the munchies, of course!

Prosciutto, cherry tomatoes, crackers, brie and apricot & almond cheeses, and roasted honey cashews

*I only drank the two wines in front - a sweet on the left, a red on the right*

I love sweet dessert wines, and am extremely picky with my reds, but this one was quite nice. Both wines weren’t as yummy as the ones during my visit to Penfolds in SA last year, but were still good enough. Wine, cheese, crackers and nuts – what more can I ask for?

The sparkling pop

Image from Wiki- Sorry!

I felt obliged to balance out my posts a teeny weeny bit- especially in our category of wines.

Soooooo...here it is.

I had a go at Passion Pop Mixed Berry on my Junkie Friday night. Apparently, it's an iconic Australian wine but gosh, I had a sip of it and all I could say is "It tastes like cough mixture"

What did my mate say? "It's yummy (he introduced me to this)."

And the next question was "What cough mixture have you been drinking?"

TGIF! (Thank God its Friday)

It's that time of the week again! And it was only recently, I commented about wanting to try Margaret River's red. =) Anyway, about the Saints' 2006 limited release- I actually could not find any other review on them. I cannot be objective (entirely) because I am now working under alcohol influence (not just a little). =D With a slight tinge of blackberries (if i'm not mistaken), this is a much better Margaret River red I have tried since my very first one.

Multiple posts in a day mainly because I've flying on a jetplane tomorrow and will be MIA for a couple of days (if not weeks)- yes, I've explained my actions.

the weekly indulgence

Searched through my photo collections and found this shot- however, I am currently drinking it while typing this post. I possibly have drank this countless times (a weekly calorie intake and I do not remember when it started), I can't be bothered to snap every single bottle I drink.

'Discovered' Pirramimma's wines late last year, it must have been just my bad. I have always been a fan of D'arenberg and stayed loyal. However, Pirramimma was rated a 5-star winery by James Halliday in the Australian Wine Companion 2011. Alike many other McLaren Vale wines, we could taste the chocolate in it. I do love the fruitiness in this bottle. So I have just read, this collection is bottled late Oct 2010 and is ready to enjoy or kept to develop for another few years.

I have officially added Pirramimma on my list of McLaren Vale's wineries, but my personal favourite of theirs is the Petit Verdot. Enough said, that quote has just told you how much I enjoy their wines.