Favorite Meal cigar pairing

[Loki]

I was just wondering what everyones favorite meal and after dinner smoke would be.

I love beef.

Mine? A nice 2" thick aged porterhouse rubbed with sarawac pepper and kosher salt, seared in a cast iron skillet then finished in the oven to the perfect medium rare. Throw in some steamed broccoli , a baked spud with sour cream and cheddar and a nice glass of cabernet. Chow time....

Pop the button on my pants and settle down with a BBF and a vintage port.

Aged Bolivar Belicoso finos are tops after a heavy meal. IMHO.

[harwellplant]

my father in law's sugar and pepper crusted steak and dirty rice, followed with a vru.

[Curmudgeon]

Well, the appetizer would be an Old Raj gin martini. The main course would include a grilled, thick, dry-aged NY strip steak and a baked potato with sour cream and Niman Ranch bacon. I'd probably have a glass of big, fairly young cabernet with that. For dessert, I'd have some George T. Stagg bourbon with a Tang Monarca.

Damn, it's just after lunch and I'm getting hungry and thristy!

[Curmudgeon]

Whoops, sorry.

[cf2112]

There's a place in Kansas City that serves a Poterhouse (medium rare) with baked potato, soup & salad. For desert they have a chocolate bag filled with chocolate mouse, fresh berries freaking awesome. After that a PSD 3 EL and a nice port can't be beat.

If you get to KC it's called McCormick & Shimicks on the Plaza and they also have excellent seafood flown in fresh. I'm going next weekend and have atough time deciding between the two, if I go with the seafood, probably King crab I'll have a cohiba Espy instead.

[smk819]

The winner is clearly steak, for me it is a dry aged NY strip, oven fried potatos, sliced tomato and red onion salad followed by an aged port and a Monte #2.

[El Presidente]

Stop it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11:20 am and I am now famished.

Rabbit and Snails crockpot (Garlic, tomato, thin sliced chilli, dry white wine, sea salt and coarse black pepper.). Reduce down and serve with crusty baguette and rich red wine.

and the cigar is always a Partagas Serie De Connoisseur No 1

[Spud2]

Outback special, Prime Rib MR, side of grilled Schrimp, baked potato, soup (no salad) and relax after with a Monte2. :-P

[gehrig24]

» There's a place in Kansas City that serves a Poterhouse (medium rare) with

» baked potato, soup & salad. For desert they have a chocolate bag filled

» with chocolate mouse, fresh berries freaking awesome. After that a PSD 3

» EL and a nice port can't be beat.

»

» If you get to KC it's called McCormick & Shimicks on the Plaza and they

» also have excellent seafood flown in fresh. I'm going next weekend and

» have atough time deciding between the two, if I go with the seafood,

» probably King crab I'll have a cohiba Espy instead.

You are correct on this place, seafood is very good and makes it a tough choice. I lived in KC area before I moved up to MN (last year) and frequently took business clients to this place. My usual cigar following the meal was RyJ Churchill.

[strayvector]

A 2lb. porterhouse grilled medium rare over mesquite with a teaspoon of ranch beans as a side dish to break up the flavor. Then followed with Woodford Reserve and a Trinidad Robusto Extra. :-P

[shrink]

Roast rack of lamb marinated in olive oil, rosemary and garlic.

Middle eastern tomato salad with eggplant, onions and greek olives.

Moroccan cous-cous with toasted pinon nuts.

Freshly baked garlic pita bread with hummus.

Freshly brewed hot spiced tea.

Sparkling mineral water.

Honey baklava.

and for dessert:

a Saint Luis Rey Double Corona.

[jay8354]

Can't beat Beef.

My Favourite Meal would have to be :

Before Meal Drink:

Shaken Dry Martini with Sapphire Gin.

Starter:

Deep fried Soft Shell crab with a light citrus dressing.

Mains:

Old aged Wagyu Sirloin steak cut thick. Seared on a cast iron pan and finished in the oven till it is on the rare side of medium rare. Topped with a light bearnaise sauce. Accompanied by potato chips that are handcut. Eaten with a glass of St Andrew 96 Cab Sav.

Dessert:

Varhonna Chocolate fondant

Finish:

Monte A with Seppelt Parra Old Port

[Loki]

Nice choices keep'em coming

[Elric]

Aged porterhouse followed by a nbice LBV port ('94 Churchill is my current fave) and a Part Serie du Conn #1.

[habanohal]

Ok, i will go out on a limb and halfto say after Sunday brunch. A 3 cheese and ham omelette,loads of bacon and cheesy hashbrowns with 2 slices of prime rib and iced down Diet COke

[Phailure]

Beef... its whats for dinner

[strayvector]

» Beef... its whats for dinner

I wish I didn't have to worry about cholesterol, otherwise, this would be true every night. Oh...and pork for breakfast, chicken for lunch, seafood for brunch, and everything else for snack. Man, I wish I didn't have to worry about my weight.

[thschrminm]

My love for Habanos has also led me to the world of Cuban cuisine..

I love a meal of Masas de Cerdo (fried pork marinated with garlic) with arroz amarillo (yellow rice), frijoles negros (black beans), and platano maduro (fried plantain bananas) with a nice agua de coco (coconut water) to drink. Finish this with some guava con crema (guava with cream cheese) for desert and I am ready for my ideal smoke...

A 98 Bolivar Gigante.....

[GoatLocker]

A big thick, rare fllet mignon and lobster, loaded potatoes, steamed veggies and a bottle of good Zinfandel. After the meal a good strong cigar, like Boli Beli or Party P2 with a nice port or scotch.

[Bunker1028]

» A big thick, rare fllet mignon and lobster, loaded potatoes, steamed

» veggies and a bottle of good Zinfandel. After the meal a good strong

» cigar, like Boli Beli or Party P2 with a nice port or scotch.

Love steak, preferably on my grill or in a steakhouse like Mortons or The Palm. Before & during it's straight Stoly or Ketel One, and water for a chaser.

After it has to be something that equals the heavy pace of the evening. And that means a Boli Corona Gigante or Partagas Lusi for me.

[SlimDiesel]

For dinner, hold my steak over the flame just long enough for it to quit mooing with a baked potato. Gotta have some iced tea with that then after dinner, a nice scotch or irish whiskey and a PSD4.

My cigar/meal combos happen for lunch though. For that I love a nice juicy Italian beef sandwich with fries and a Coke. Afterwards a nice Party Shorts before work is awesome. That if I got the Cubans, if not it's a La Aroma de Cuba most of the time.

[swl]

Cuban food with lots of Mojitos and cigars. Mmmm...mmm...good! :-)

[gvlagos]

i hate to say this, but the best pairing i've had was with an NC! I dont even smoke those things anymore! But i think a part of it was that i was with great company. It was an excellent steak, with some vintage port and an Ashton VSG. That peppery VSG taste was fitting.

[Bernard]

Lots of gourmet combinations here, but what about:

Long lunch at El Ajibe

Food: Chicken, rice, black beans etc

Drink: Loads of good rum in whatever format you choose.

Smoke: Something rolled for you that morning.

[alexgtp]

I am a simple person.

I will take a good steak and baked potatoe any day of the week.

Than i like to retire to the bar area for a Corona sized cigar.