I stopped in Majid’s on Friday night to have a Stephen Dennison cocktail and he was nowhere to be found. How the hell did he get a Friday night off, I thought. I took about two steps out of the lounge and heard my name being shouted out from my left. I turned and there sat Stephen and Majid, both enjoying a glass of wine (inspiration). After a quick hello, I was turning to leave, did not want to interrupt their conversation, it seemed important. As I was getting ready to leave, Stephen told me to have a seat, so I did.
This is where the fun started. I just sat down with two professional planning a wine dinner. These guys were really going at it. Back and forth with ideas: tartare or carpaccio, soup or salad, roasted or Peking duck, filet or sirloin, sauce or no sauce; you get the idea. I had to hold in laughter with the talk of the Peking duck. The thought of Stephen shoving a bicycle pump in a duck is just funny to me. All this and they haven’t even began selecting which wine would go with each course. A quick stop from Chef and they seemed to finish hashing out the courses.
I’m not a wine guy whatsoever, so when the wine paring talks started, my head began to spin. I wish I could explain in more detail what these two were talking about, but I can’t. I can just say these guys are passionate and know their stuff. They make me want to love wine, go to wine dinners, buy a vineyard. It was a pleasure watching this dinner come together and two guys practicing their craft.
If you love wine, even like wine, make sure you check out the next wine dinner Majid’s announces. It should be spectacular!
