chicken from 24)Bresse, roasted baby lamb with a creamy garlic sauce, an 25)estouffade of beef and olives, a 26)daube, loin of pork spiked with slivers of truffle. The wines tasted progressively better and became progressively more expensive; I was being traded up by an expert, and there was nothing to be done except sit back and enjoy it.
我们品尝着各种美酒,而爱德华大叔则开始向我讲述每一种酒具体产自于葡萄园里的哪个地方,以及为什么某些山坡出产较清淡的葡萄酒,而某些坡地则出产较浓郁的葡萄酒。不知不觉中,我竟然渐渐听入了迷。每尝一口酒,我们都在想象中为它搭配了可口的菜肴,在描述中还伴随着大量的咂嘴声,眼睛也不时抬向脑海中的美食天堂。在想象中的天堂,我们不仅品尝了鳌虾和醋溜三文鱼,还饱餐了迷迭香烧布列斯鸡、蒜泥汁烤羊羔肉,外加牛肉炖橄榄和蘑菇片红焖猪腰肉。酒的滋味是一种比一种好,也一种比一种贵。但想到我正在接受专家的款待,除了坐下细品之外,好像也没有别的办法。
