Next show on Netflix: "The Alligator King"

Another week, another blind tasting.

This time Italian.

How was the first one? Looked good. Great idea from the business.

Looks great!

Much nicer presentation than your pizza last night...

They were both awesome. I think only one of these wines is something I'd be willing to buy, but it was a good way to spend the last hour and three quarters.

Ugh.

For those who didn't see it live, the pizza showed up like this:



At least it was the bovine's, not mine

Big Ooof

Hey, delivering pizza in San Francisco isn't without its ups and downs (and gravity).

I heard the story last night, but hadn't seen the visual. It's as you described it, but worse then I had envisioned!

P.S. Please tell the Bovine he has weird taste in pizza

Hello all - man I had some catching up to do with 24 hour shifts 2 of the last 4 days.
THx Cow, that pizza pic made me laugh out loud. It is screaming, "I may be weakened, but I will burn you from the inside out! " and the only thing that would make it more tempting was if they added a bit of Chorizo. OTOH, loved your dinner samplers, but my only problem with your 2 meals is 6 cheeses and not one single blue?

We had the "baby" Anotonov come here some years ago - the 124 - and that was pretty impressive to see.

If folks are seriously considering an OUT THERE get together, the upper Vancouver Island is definitely the place to aim for even if it means charters for the last hop. There are some great lodges that are used to catering to discerning tastes in food (and scotch) with scenery that is beyond compare.

I'm not a fan of blue, and I'm also not the one picking the cheees. Nor should I be. This place is run by a female (apparently there's only 27 of them or I wouldn't use the adjective) Master Sommelier and an Advanced Sommelier, so I trust their judgement.

Please do not reply to the next part because it's airline-related but not so much in this context and I don't want it deleted:
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I've generally preferred the AC J cheese tray out of Canada to the return flights, and even over what I get in most F cabins.
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But the cheese I get at Ungrafted is just so good. It goes well with the wine, and I love it. Next week is Northeast France I believe, so maybe there will be some blue cheese. But I hope not

Weather is always an issue of course but Smithers is much better than Castlegar in that regard. In truth when it comes to weather, I have had the most delays connecting via SFO but much of my travel is up and down the left coast. I find SJC much more reliable when SJ/SF is my destination or origin. Cow could certainly chime in. SFO is the nicer airport though, and for sure I wouldn't want to spend a day stranded in YYD.

I have no expertise in the field, but find that blue cheeses and peaty scotch sensitivities tend to run together. Regardless, I am jealous looking at those repasts and would gladly enjoy the experience again. I do really enjoy a true charcuterie and cheese sampling menu and the last similar to yours would have been at the Del in San Diego a few years ago.

I think I've connected through SFO once. I've arrived late, and I've missed connections when departing, but having chatted with some of the SFO (not AC) team, they actually put in a LOT of effort into trying to be positive to the network on good days, meaning an average early departure. Because they know when Karl rolls in, they'll be worst in the network.

I would hope most cities have some kind of wine bar that can prepare these things without you having to travel to SAN for it. Find one now. Don't wait years.

It's like he's eating Pizza the Hutt from that picture.

To be fair to Papa John, they sent a replacement later. Though the guy on the phone didn't seem to believe me (how could that happen to one pizza but not both) and also tried to blame me (well you asked for extra sauce and that makes it more slippery). In the end, they just required we give back the entire pizza to get the replacement.

I'm not sure if I'm happy or sad about this outcome.