WTN: Bubbles and Burgs with king crab at Wu's

A nice group met at Wu’s Wonton King at edge of Chinatown last week. We had preordered king crab. Our crab was served 3 ways- half the legs steamed with garlic, other half fried, then fried rice in the carapace
Fried anchovies
Cold jellyfish
Clams
Squid with anchovies
Pea shoots with dried scallop
Lamb chops in black pepper sauce

2008 Bollinger Grand Annee
Others loved, I found a bit ponderous. B

2004 Bollinger Grand Annee Rose
This however was delicious, rich but zesty and zippy, great finish. A-

2010 Fevre Les Clos Chablis Grand Cru
2011 Fevre Les Clos Chablis Grand Cru
If anything I thought the 2010 was a little tauter (not my expectation of vintage), but both were delicious and had classic oystershell meets citrus profile. Diam makes me confident. B+ for both

2008 Lafon Meursault Charmes 1er
Wonderfully complex, vanillin oak over pear, hazelnut, and apple blossom. Loooooonnnggg, bracing. A-

2004 Lafon Volnay Santenots 1er
Nose was somewhat stewed, but no green, just a hint of greenie meanies on palate. But consensus was this was cooked.

2014 Mugneret Gibourg Nuits St George Chaignots 1er
This needs some time, but really good wine, red and black cherry, a touch of cocoa, a little leather. B for now, A- with time.

Great fun in a great outdoor setting.



Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent wine, B a good wine, C
drinkable. Anything below C means I wouldn't drink at a party where it was only choice.Furthermore, I offer no promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.

[David M. Bueker]

I had the ‘08 Bolly a couple of months ago and loved it.

No surprise that the ‘14 M-G has more upside with time. While the 2014s were wide open on release, that have largely shed that youthful exuberance.

[Jenise]

What a to-die for menu. I would kill for Chinese food at that level.

What a to-die for menu. I would kill for Chinese food at that level.

This. I can get the finest wine known to humanity in Colorado, but awesome Chinese food? It may as well be dark side of the moon.*

*due largely to a historical footnote, there is terrific Vietnamese food in Denver.

[Jenise]

I grew up and lived a majority of my life in L.A. Every town has many Chinese restaurants, and they range from decent for take-out to spectacularly good, especially around Monterey Park and San Gabriel. There's essentially no bad Chinese food there. So it was sure a shock to move to the Pacific Northwest and find all the Chinese food extremely poor. Lots of sugar and ketchup added to appeal to clueless American palates, lots of fried meat options with sweet goopy sauces beyond the standard sweet & sour, and scant inclusion of vegetables. Can't wait for the border to open.