merkinmullet
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Where to begin? From the beginning I suppose. I am moving to Chicago; Bucktown area specifically. The U-haul was packed with my goods from storage, and I nearly ran an angry aggressive Ohio driver off the road partially not on purpose.
My farewell dinner as it were, was at my dad’s house. I cooked. Five spice scented rack of New Zealand lamb, and grilled broccoli, mini peppers with charred onions and lemon zest. Paired with a 1991 Dominus that was nearly perfect. Supple and rich with a nose that wouldn’t stop giving up dark berries, leather, and earth. The apex of drinkability. I wanted to rub it on my face, it was that good.
Post dinner cigar was a Cohiba Lancero from 2005. The draw was a bit stiff for the first third. However, I had never tasted these flavors in a cigar before. There was spice, but like a distilled amped up version of spice. It was almost synthetic, extracted. It was good, different. Naturally, the draw loosened, and the smoke became ample. Flavors intensified, concentrated and changed. My vocabulary failed me. If I have ever had a cigar that would benefit from age, I know it to be this one. It was not the best cigar I have had, or my favorite, but given the meal, wine and company, it was perfect. I did lose 2-3 in backgammon though.
Tonight was a great way to close one chapter and start a new one. I head out Monday to my new pad (a block from Cagancho’s Cigar). Wish me luck in the food capital of the Midwest.
My farewell dinner as it were, was at my dad’s house. I cooked. Five spice scented rack of New Zealand lamb, and grilled broccoli, mini peppers with charred onions and lemon zest. Paired with a 1991 Dominus that was nearly perfect. Supple and rich with a nose that wouldn’t stop giving up dark berries, leather, and earth. The apex of drinkability. I wanted to rub it on my face, it was that good.
Post dinner cigar was a Cohiba Lancero from 2005. The draw was a bit stiff for the first third. However, I had never tasted these flavors in a cigar before. There was spice, but like a distilled amped up version of spice. It was almost synthetic, extracted. It was good, different. Naturally, the draw loosened, and the smoke became ample. Flavors intensified, concentrated and changed. My vocabulary failed me. If I have ever had a cigar that would benefit from age, I know it to be this one. It was not the best cigar I have had, or my favorite, but given the meal, wine and company, it was perfect. I did lose 2-3 in backgammon though.
Tonight was a great way to close one chapter and start a new one. I head out Monday to my new pad (a block from Cagancho’s Cigar). Wish me luck in the food capital of the Midwest.
