I am the Monarch of the Sea
Last night we went to the Houston Gilbert and Sullivan Society’s performances of Trial by Jury and HMS Pinafore.
We started out the evening early at The Glass Wall. We had eaten there before, and it did not disappoint. I started with the Gumbo Broth (smoked shrimp, sausage, brown rice~fried okra) which I paired with their recommended wine; a Rudy Weist, Mosel River Riesling. The Gumbo was a very thick broth, the sausage was outstanding – spicy and firm. The smoked shrimp was tremendously tasty and bold, and the relatively sweet Reisling paired with it perfectly.
My sweet ever-lovin’ had the Maryland crab cake, which had smoked paprika aioli, crunchy pickles and sea salted chips. She paired this with the Starvedog, Chardonnay, from Australia. I had a bite, and the crab cake was about the best I have ever had.
For our main courses, I had the Buffalo hanger steak with frites. I paired that with their recommended Karly Pokerville Zinfandel from Amador County. A big bold, smoky Zin to go with the chewing and flavorful Buffalo.
My dear wife had the Brown Trout (which looked beautiful, and tasted great) that was seasoned with butter and basalmic vinaigrette, served with green beans and (custom) roasted potatoes. She continued with another glass of the Starvedog.
Finally for dessert, we had the fig tart. Fresh figs with mascarpone ice cream.
Since we had some food leftover, we packed it up and drove to our friends David and Lisa’s house which was nearby. They are building a new garage apartment which was just framed. We wanted to see it. It is huge.
Then we went over to the performance.
I grew up listening to the D’oyle Carte edition of HMS Pinafore. I had never heard Trial by Jury.
It was all very much fun, and very, very silly. There is one big number where the final line ends up with “He is an Englishman”. But it goes more like this “He is an Eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh En-glish- man”. With each “eh” the chorus would stroke their hands up and down (holding their hat) in front of their lower abdomen. Riiiiiight…
The choreography overall was quite amusing.
The show was quite amusing.
We started out the evening early at The Glass Wall. We had eaten there before, and it did not disappoint. I started with the Gumbo Broth (smoked shrimp, sausage, brown rice~fried okra) which I paired with their recommended wine; a Rudy Weist, Mosel River Riesling. The Gumbo was a very thick broth, the sausage was outstanding – spicy and firm. The smoked shrimp was tremendously tasty and bold, and the relatively sweet Reisling paired with it perfectly.
My sweet ever-lovin’ had the Maryland crab cake, which had smoked paprika aioli, crunchy pickles and sea salted chips. She paired this with the Starvedog, Chardonnay, from Australia. I had a bite, and the crab cake was about the best I have ever had.
For our main courses, I had the Buffalo hanger steak with frites. I paired that with their recommended Karly Pokerville Zinfandel from Amador County. A big bold, smoky Zin to go with the chewing and flavorful Buffalo.
My dear wife had the Brown Trout (which looked beautiful, and tasted great) that was seasoned with butter and basalmic vinaigrette, served with green beans and (custom) roasted potatoes. She continued with another glass of the Starvedog.
Finally for dessert, we had the fig tart. Fresh figs with mascarpone ice cream.
Since we had some food leftover, we packed it up and drove to our friends David and Lisa’s house which was nearby. They are building a new garage apartment which was just framed. We wanted to see it. It is huge.
Then we went over to the performance.
I grew up listening to the D’oyle Carte edition of HMS Pinafore. I had never heard Trial by Jury.
It was all very much fun, and very, very silly. There is one big number where the final line ends up with “He is an Englishman”. But it goes more like this “He is an Eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh En-glish- man”. With each “eh” the chorus would stroke their hands up and down (holding their hat) in front of their lower abdomen. Riiiiiight…
The choreography overall was quite amusing.
The show was quite amusing.
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