No.VI Chop House
Continuing our search for the best food and drinks in the Detroit area, MCB was invited to head over to world-renowned Matt Prentice’s No.VI Chop House for one of a series of wine pairing dinners called “Around The World in 12 Days”.
We could not have been more excited and our excitement was proven to be correct. Inside the Crowne Plaza Hotel, just a jump off I-696 at Novi Rd. is the loveliest steak house you would never expect. It is decorated beautifully and the staff is top notch, really the staff were incredibly kind, genuine and professional. Absolutely the best!
ON to the event:
Owner and remarkable winemaker Anne-Charlotte and brought her amazing wines of Chateau de la Font de Loup from Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Ann-Charlotte paired these with Executive Chef Jeremy Kalmus delectable 5 courses for an over the top taste extravaganza, to be blunt.
The first wine was a 2008 Blanc, a well balanced blend of citrus and fruit with a floral nose. A nice change from the usual chardonnay. Chef Jeremy served it with a succulent Sea Scallop atop black truffle risotto. C’est magnifique! Paired perfectly, a hit!
The second pairing featured a 2001 Chateaneuf-du-Pape , very pinot noir in flavor and color, it was warm and also a well balanced red wine. With this wine Chef Jeremy served the most popular Duck Confit Port Wine Demi and a foie gras apple sausage. This was for me the winner of the night, so tender, rich and very subtly smoky..I loved it!
After 2 more courses one of King Crab and one Smoked Short ribs (yum). Ann-Charlotte thoughtfully served 2 different years of the same wine together to point out the different flavors that result from the same vines, same location, different weather. Very interesting and it seems you can never stop learning about wine and wine making , that is the draw.
Our final course, dessert of course. This was my partner’s favorite. I complained that we should have a final course of cheese like the sophisticates in Europe do but I have to say Chef Jeremy really put a lot of effort into the salted caramels, chocolate mousse and pea nutty lacy cup things and they had good taste as well as a pretty landscape on a plate.
The dessert wine was a 2007 LePuy Roland – nice!
I am sure with the night’s success these things will be happening more frequent. What a wonderful way to escape the winter blahs than with a fantastic and interesting food event in a romantic setting.
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