James Walker
@jwalkermobile • 101,922 subscribers
WINEnthusiast & EPICurean #Chef, #Burgers, #Food & #Wine, #Fishing, #MENSA, #Dogs, #Duke, #NYC, #WSET2, #pizza, Married to @SarahWalker910
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James Walker208,368 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
Last night in Dallas before my 5:20am Saturday flight home and I’m back at Mamani, which has become my favorite restaurant in Dallas. Chose the fairly priced 2022 Domaine Vincent Dauvissat Chablis 1er Cru La Forest which I selected earlier in the day from their online wine list and had them decant it. Showed really well, and positive evolution in the glass. Started with the Barbajuan with Chanterelle, Swiss Chard, Smoked Paprika Aioli. Great bites. Next the Heirloom Tomato A Stracciatella, Macadamia, Buckwheat. This course was sent compliments of the house (I do try and remember to disclose this), and it was amazing. Ripe Heirlooms are unbeatable, and I think it was my older brother Chef Jimmy Bradley who introduced me to Stracciatella, and this brought back fond memories. This dish was summer in a bowl. Perfection. Next, Artichoke with Lobster, Sorrel, Green Apple. My friend Mark Miller always remarks on textures. This dish was textures aplenty! Both the Artichoke and Heirloom courses were perfect pairings for the Chablis. For my main, went with the incomparable Tagliatelle Rabbit Ragu Bianco, Fennel, Spring Peas, which I loved last time, and have been thinking about since my last visit. Along with Santi’s Michale White’s Rabbit Roulade, one of two perfect Rabbit dishes I’ve had. Tonight, didn’t disappoint. Wine worked well across all the courses, to be fair, I selected the courses earlier in the day to match the wine… Bread course is fantastic, but to be fair… for me it’s a vehicle for the French cultured butter Mamani imports from Rodolphe le Meunier in 5 kilo blocks. It’s AMAZING. Highest praise I have for any restaurant… I’d love to bring Sarah here. She’d love it, maybe replacing the Rabbit… cause she don’t dig on bunny, that’s all. (Extra points if you heard the last sentence in Samuel L. Jackson’s voice). BTW highest praise for Christopher De Lellis, the Paris-born chef who previously ran a restaurant for Joël Robuchon in Las Vegas and earned a Michelin star for Mamani within eight weeks of opening. Joël Robuchon had more (still does) Michelin Stars than any other Chef, and is known for for what???
James Walker21,031 görüntüleme • 19 gün önce
Been several weeks since I received the Sassicaia 2023’s. Going to decant this for 90 mins before we leave for dinner. Sacrificing a bottle at this early stage to see if I should purchase even more than I already did, given this had the same 💯 rating the 2021 has, I have high hopes. At this stage, aroma and color are fantastic.
James Walker46,148 görüntüleme • 4 ay önce
You know you’ve spent too many nights at Ritz Carlton when they send you a birthday gift…
James Walker21,946 görüntüleme • 3 ay önce
Japanese A5 Wagyu Ribeye topped with Caviar tonight at Cote NYC
James Walker36,663 görüntüleme • 10 ay önce
Am I the only mesmerized by the Heinz Ketchup Remix Machine?
James Walker14,296 görüntüleme • 4 ay önce
Beef Carpaccio last night at Nusr-Et, would you try this?
James Walker28,244 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce
I hate best of lists, so I thought I’d make one 😂. These are the top 10 things I ate in 2025, based on one criteria, how much I personally liked it… the list isn’t force ranked, as it was hard enough to narrow it down to 10… I might also mention, that while not on the list below, my favorite overall dinning experience would be dinner with my wife at The Eighty Six in NYC. And if you do take the time to read this whole post, which of these 10 would you like to try most? Have to start the list with the amazing Pasta ala Presse at Major Food Group’s The Grill in NYC, still my favorite pasta dish in all of NYC The White Truffle Pasta at Orsini in Zurich Roast Chicken at Maison Close in NYC, their wine list isn’t great and they don’t allow corkage, so I haven’t been back, but that chicken was spectacular Caramelized Onion Pizza with Gruyère, Nueske’s Bacon, and Morels, finished with fresh herbs and Maldon’s Salt in our Ooni, my backyard in Connecticut CONIGLIO AL FORNO - roasted rabbit saddle, confit legs and rabbit cappellacci at Santi NYC While service was a major miss, and the duck wasn’t served hot, it was room temperature, the honey lavender duck from three Michelin star Eleven Madison Park in NYC still makes the list, a true testament to how great this dish is… Hand-Dived Scallop with Cafe de Paris Butter at Noble Rot Mayfair in London which I paired with the 2020 Charles Lachaux, Bourgogne Aligote 'Les Champs d'Argent' which was a brilliant match A sphere made from puffed gluten, filled with smoke and topped with cream, a langoustine tartare, almond cream and some osetra caviar at The Alchemist in Copenhagen The A5 Wagyu Sando at NYC’s Sip & Guzzle Chef David’s A5 Wagyu topped with osetra caviar at Cote NYC. My post on this dish got a number of haters, I might mention all haters who never tried this… the saltiness of the caviar worked well with the fat of the Wagyu, and it was a perfect single morsel of ‘land & sea’
James Walker14,773 görüntüleme • 8 ay önce
Home Sunday trying out the new Gymkhana “at home” sauces. Made Tandoori BBQ Pheasant legs, and Butter Pheasant on Jasmine rice, with Sarah’s homemade Naan, and a perfect pairing with the 2012 Weingut Josef Leitz Rüdesheim : Riesling Magic Mountain. The Gymkhana sauces are fabulous, frankly better than any of our local Indian places. Very flavorful and nuanced, many layers of flavors. The BBQ was also super aromatic. Highly recommend.
James Walker10,799 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce