Good Life Aficionado - Mambu, Corrieri's and wines

Good Life Aficionado - part one; Mambu

Good Life Aficionado - part two; strawberry wine

Good Life Aficionado - part three; Vinea

Chat's with Dr. Chad- Episode 3

part 1

part 2

Nashville Restaurant Health Scores April 23-29

HIGH SCORES:

El Chico Restaurant
1132 Murfreesboro Road
Date Inspected: 4-16-08
Score: 95

Deli Burrito
5324 Mt. View Road
Date Inspected: 4-18-08
Score: 95

Nero’s Grill
2122 Hillsboro Road
Date Inspected: 4-10-08
Score: 97

Las Palmas Mexican Restaurant
15560 Old Hickory Blvd
Date Inspected: 4-18-08
Score: 96

LOW SCORES:

Seoul Garden
4928 Edmondson Pike
Date Inspected: 4-17-08
Score: 59
Major Violations:
· Employee rinsed-off tongs and did not wash rinse or sanitize them
· Ground beef in cooler is out of temperature
· Employee touching nose and handling food without washing their hands.

UPDATES:

Mambu
1806 Hayes Street
Date Inspected: 4-10-08
Passed Reinspection

Scenes from a late lunch at Mambu

Review to be posted on Webbspun Ideas on Monday.

Trinkets on a wall at Mambu

Taste of Europe...the review

We started off outside on the back deck. We enjoyed the evening by looking out over the Threadventures property. It was so nice and we took folks back to see the horses. Conversations were alive as we talked about travels, books and all sorts of things with sometimes everyone involved in one conversation while other times talking just one on one. Some of the conversations were about literature and movies and talked about Pooh, J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan, C.S. Lewis, Willie Wonka, Charley and the Chocolate Factory but we talked about a little bit of everything under the sun.

The wine began to flow while still outside and than we all went inside to listen to Brandon explain the world of cheese to us and then we all tasted and compared tastes, textures and all the fun complexities of cheese.

We soon moved onto the world of wine and enjoyed some wonderful choices from Italy, Spain and France. They all were wonderful wines with great tastes and they were so pleasing in the way they all danced their own little dances with our taste buds. Mark did a great job of making sure we understood and enjoyed the history, the pleasure and more about the wines.

We also had a fantastic Belgian beer called Chimay. It was excellent in taste, texture and had a wonderful finish.

Chad and Carrie Schott from Drumzrguruven attended and Chad begin to played the didgeridoo for us. Afterwards he discussed how he makes his musical instruments, where he goes to sell them (i.e. festivals, art shows, etc), where he finds bamboo and much more.

We had some really nice door prizes to give away before the night was over. Some of the door prizes were:
$85 gift certificate for Mambu,
two $20 gift certificates for Ellendales,
gourd drum from Drumzrguruven
60-minute massage for Seraphim Salon and Spa.

I now look forward to the next which will be coming up soon.

Stay tuned...

Wednesday's Letter Was M

Moss Wright Park-Took Smokey the "caninecierge" there for some exercise and to play in the water and Mud.

Mambu-This was our lunch destination for the day.
Mahi-Mahi on a bed of chorizo sausage, corn, red potato hash with peach chutney.
Wasabi-crusted Tuna Salad, (Medium rare)

Midtown Corner Pub while waiting for Manuel.

Manuel-Visited him after lunch

Mark Johnson-Stopped by Vinea for a little wine advice.
Our wine selection? Tatone Montepulciano D'abruzzo 2003, Terra D'Aligi (Italian wine) It was very smooth, delightful on the tongue and was like velvet sashaying over our tastebuds.






Mile long walk through old town Franklin and to visit Xoconochco gourmet chocolate and than over to The Cocoa Tree for more chocolate. The chocolate we tasted at Xoconochco was some of the best I have ever had and they explained how the chocolate is made, what type is used and was just so very pleasant and willing to help. The Cocoa Tree offered delicious chocolate but the young lady behind the counter was not able to offer any information and they were out of the menus.

Dinner-
Meatballs, Mozzarella Salad w/ broccoli and tomatoes, Mashed potatoes and Mushrooms. Dessert was Mango and WaterMelon.

Bedtime at Midnight