Wine and goose

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We're back in Hong Kong and Foursheets decided to have a small dinner to welcome in the new year of the snake. We took our house guest to our current favorite Chiuchow restaurant Noble Imperial (尚御潮滷居), as authentic Chiuchow cuisine isn't easily available in Toronto

An order had been placed for flower crab when the booking was made, but the boss notified us upon arrival that they didn't have any decent ones to serve us, so a substitution was made.

Chilled razor clams Chiuchow-style (潮式凍蟶子) - this was something we always enjoyed on previous visits, and tonight the soy-and-chili sauce - with the Sichuan peppercorn oil numbing and tingling the tongue - managed to highlight the sweetness of the razor clams. Really fresh and delicious.

Goose liver marinated in Chinese wine (極品酒香鵝肝) - a perennial favorite, with the texture not unlike silken tofu. Wonderful fragrance from the Huadiao (花雕) that the liver was marinated in.

Marinated goose wings and webs (滷水鵝掌翼) - no surprise that this was requested by our guest, since we've had these a few times already since she arrived.

Marinated goose intestines (滷水鵝腸) - nice and crunchy texture.

Noble Imperial marinated slice goose and cuttlefish (尚御鵝片「起片」拼墨魚) - two things Foursheets loves to order here. Some of the marinated cuttlefish pieces had a jelly-like texture, which was pretty nice. The goose was nice and thick cut, and I loved the skin and the fact beneath it. Very, very tasty.

Oyster omelette (酥炸蠔餅) - la pièce de résistance! So happy to have this beautiful dish again, with fat, tasty oysters enveloped in thick batter that has been deep-fried to a crisp. I always love all that crispy batter, which is more like tempura to me.

There's always gonna be some alcohol for a dinner like this.

Laherte Rosé de Meunier, dégorgée en Mars 2023 - nice and fruity with red fruits. Nicely balanced on the palate.

2019 Giscours - started drinking 45 minutes after opening. A little bit of smoke, some oak, some sweet fruit but not too ripe, and not too sweet on the palate. Definitely a claret.

Another very happy meal here, and we didn't even need to vacate our table for the second round tonight. Definitely taking more friends here in the foreseeable future, especially since they don't charge corkage!