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whisky and dinner
Aug. 22nd, 2018 11:28 pmMy dad and I went down to Union House to meet our new friend Monique for dinner and whisky.
We had an interesting variety of whiskies. Since my dad is friends with the proprietor, whisky is always cheap there, no matter what old and rare whiskies we've had. Tonight it might have been free. I don't know, since Monique treated us.
It's an expensive place to eat, though. I had the duck, which was excellent. I kinda felt like I should have one of the specials, even though they were more expensive than most of the menu items. I just had the duck, though. The wild game selection for the evening was pheasant. My dad ordered that since he'd never had pheasant before. He said that when he was a kid, he raised pheasants. The county gave him 150 eggs, and food for the chicks, and he released them into the countryside when they were ready.
The restaurant probably has the best Scotch selection in the state. Monique asked the proprietor how he got into Scotch. He said that when he first opened, he hired a chef, and the guy asked him what single malts he had. He replied, "what's a single malt." After that, he had to keep buying them to prove to the guy that he had good taste and knew what single malts were. Then his wife asked what he was going to do with them. So he put them behind the bar, and started selling enough of them to buy more. That chef only lasted two years there, but the next one is still there - since the late eighties.
Monique is totally charismatic. She makes everyone like her. She talks a lot, and can carry the conversation by herself, but she doesn't dominate it it, if anyone else has anything to say. As someone said, she was inoculated with a long-play needle. She usually has something in common with you, even if she has to exaggerate to get there. On the other hand, she knows a heck of a lot about Scotch whisky. I can always pick her brain about whisky-related topics.
We had an interesting variety of whiskies. Since my dad is friends with the proprietor, whisky is always cheap there, no matter what old and rare whiskies we've had. Tonight it might have been free. I don't know, since Monique treated us.
It's an expensive place to eat, though. I had the duck, which was excellent. I kinda felt like I should have one of the specials, even though they were more expensive than most of the menu items. I just had the duck, though. The wild game selection for the evening was pheasant. My dad ordered that since he'd never had pheasant before. He said that when he was a kid, he raised pheasants. The county gave him 150 eggs, and food for the chicks, and he released them into the countryside when they were ready.
The restaurant probably has the best Scotch selection in the state. Monique asked the proprietor how he got into Scotch. He said that when he first opened, he hired a chef, and the guy asked him what single malts he had. He replied, "what's a single malt." After that, he had to keep buying them to prove to the guy that he had good taste and knew what single malts were. Then his wife asked what he was going to do with them. So he put them behind the bar, and started selling enough of them to buy more. That chef only lasted two years there, but the next one is still there - since the late eighties.
Monique is totally charismatic. She makes everyone like her. She talks a lot, and can carry the conversation by herself, but she doesn't dominate it it, if anyone else has anything to say. As someone said, she was inoculated with a long-play needle. She usually has something in common with you, even if she has to exaggerate to get there. On the other hand, she knows a heck of a lot about Scotch whisky. I can always pick her brain about whisky-related topics.
