Wine with maple-rum glazed salmon

The tastes and the ingredients you have put together are pretty strong and different - I'd go for a white wine, a Poully Fume definitively, which is a acid and slightly smoked tasted white wine which can perfectly balance the sweetness of the sauce and the the strenghts of blue cheese as well.

Pix

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London - Truc Verd, La Fromagerie or Gordons Wine Bar?

Wow, thank you all for your precious hints and suggestions:)
I am preparing my list and will snoop around in the coming days!
This is really a great place for newbies like me to discover interesting places in London, Thanks!!!

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London - Truc Verd, La Fromagerie or Gordons Wine Bar?

Thank you both for your answers!
Yes, I have seen Terroirs and it was my first choice, but it seems that it is closed on Sundays and I am looking for something to celebrate a birthday which happens on a sunday so I was looking for a nice alternative.

But I definitively will go there very soon :)))

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Uses for pesto?

Lucky you, I love pesto!!

Some options:
- use it on soft goat cheese with some dried tomatoes on a warm bread slice (bruschetta style)
- use ot on aubergines - grill or fry slices aubergines, make a layer of aubergines, add pesto and mozzarella cheese - layer with aubergine and than a layer of tomato sauce (you can also add some black olives if you like) - add a layer of aubergine and then again pesto & cheese. When you've finished the layers, put it in the over for few minutes to melt the chese et voila;)
- I used also on polenta (make a 1 cm think polenta layer, when it's cold, cut it in square shaped slices. The light option: add Pesto on the top of it with an olive and serve it as it is. The fat-version: grill the polenta (mush?), add a slice of lard on each slice and pesto over the top.
- use as a filler in puff pastry! mix pesto with ricotta or quarck cheese to make a cream - add 1 - 2 eggs (depends how firm you want the filling), some parmesan cheese and some ham bits of you like. Use the filling with fillo pastry or puff pastry. Put it into the oven for 20 minutes and enjoy ;)
And of course, pesto is great on mozzarella cheese or as a salad dressing as well (just add some more iol if the taste is too strong).

Enjoy:)

Pix

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London - Truc Verd, La Fromagerie or Gordons Wine Bar?

Hi All,

I am looking for a nice, easy-going, quiet and informal place where you can go, order a good bottle (or glass) of wine and have some plates to share with cheese, ham and veggy.
I have found the website of a(n apparently) lovely place called Truc Verd [1], has anyone been there?
Also La Fromagerie [2] seems a nice place to go or shall indeed I consider Gordon's Wine Bar [3] indeed (although not conveniently located for my purposes)?

Or if you have any suggestions for something nice in the Area around Hyde Park?

Thank you so much!

Pix

[1] http://www.trucvert.co.uk
[2] http://www.lafromagerie.co.uk (Moxton street)
[3] http://www.gordonswinebar.com/

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Wine Pairing for Shrimp in Pesto Cream Sauce?

I'd avoid any aromatic or fruity wine woth pesto: the strong pesto sauce taste won't allow you to comletely enjoy the delicate fruity notes of most aromatic wines.
I'd suggest you a Pigato (a dry, firm white wine from Liguria, the same Italian region where Pesto comes from), a Poully fumè (a dry, mild acid France Wine) or a good Barrique Chardonnay wine.

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Spanish Food Shop in London

I agree with most of you - Brindisa, Borough Market is a good place for jambon and choriso (Yummy) ;)
Nice selection and very good quality.

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Buttermilk? (London, ideally Hackney)

Sainsbury in Camden Town regularly has it. And even most Tesco Extra have it.
You can find Kefir (caucasian name) or Laben (arabic). But just ask for fermented milk in polish stores and youll find it easily.

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