Monday, September 28, 2009

pink bubbles at Per Se

H. Billiot Fils NV Brut Rosé from teensie weensie lil producer in Champagne's epicenter...Village Ambonnay...the perfectly pink beginning to a perfectly leisurely lunch...luxe texture, persistent pinpoint perlage, crisp and fruity yet almost creamy finish...100% pinot noir at its bubbly best.... Chef's dishes almost sang as, in multitudinous succession, they arrived... a perfectly polished staff delivered service unparalleled (well...my favorite, Jean-Francois at Gotham, Miami, might still have them beaten)...Sundays are my favorite day...11:30am...enjoying this sumptuous flute of divine liquid without a second fleeting whisper of a thought...with Maitre d' and staff abuzz all around delivering dishes...saucing and rearranging...while my bubbles and I drifted absolutely away