WELCOME BACK TO "HOUSTON LIFE.
SOME OF HOUSTON'S BEST DISHES
ARE NOT ON THE MEN
LORRI FREES IS HERE.
ALSO HERE IS RUTH KRIST'S
STEAKHOUSE MANAGER, OMAR AND
HUGO SHAM BONE ROETHLISBERGER
FROM STAGS LEAP WINERY.
WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT, A
HIDDEN UNDERGROUND MENU?
>> IT HAPPENS THE KRIST.
A WINE MAKER COMES TOGETHER
WITH THE HEAD CHEF, AND THIS
PARTICULAR ONE IOCTOBER 21st
WITH STAGS LEAP, AND IT IS A
FIVE COURSE MEAL THAT IS
PRIVATELY PAIRED.
I MEAN, THEY WORK SO HARD T
GET THESE PAIRINGS DONE, AND
THIS MENU IS OFFERED ONE TIME
ONLY.
>> ONE TIME.
>> YOU CANNOT GET IT ON A
REGULAR MENU EVER.
>> AND DO YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT
IT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON?
>> YES.
>> OR DO YOU WHISPER A SECRET
PASSWORD?
>> YOU GO IF AND WHISPER LORRI
FREES.
NO, I'M KIDDING.
LET'S TALK TO OMAR ABOUT THI
>> RUTH KRIST, AS SHE
MENTIONED, WE HOST SIX DINNERS
PER YEAR AND WE HAVE SIX
BEAUTIFUL ONES READY FOR 2017,
BUT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT
THE ONE FOR OCTOBER 21st, WHICH
IS GOING TO BE ON A FRIDAY.
WE'RE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STAGS
LEAP FOR THEIR CABERNE
THE SET-UP IS FOR OUR FOURTH
COURSE, WHICH IS GOING TO
INCLUDE OUR PETITE FILLET
MIGNON.
>> ANDTHE CABERNET SHALLOT IS
MADE WITH THE WINE.
>> THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE THAT
WE'VE GOT FOR YOU RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU'RE
GETTING, BUT JUST A SAMPLE
IT COMES WITH ROASTED GARLIC
MASHED POTATOES AND BRUSSEL
SPROUTS, BACON AND HONEY BUTTER.
>> THIS IS ONLY A TINY BITE,
BUT YOU GET THIS -- I MEAN,
FIVE COURSE, YOU CANNOT EAT THE
WHOLE THING.
IT'S INCREDIBLE.
>> WHY DO YOU DO THIS EVERY
COUPLE OF NO, SIR IS THERE A
BIRTHDAY?
A SPECIAL OCCASION
WHY DID YOU GUYS DECIDE TO DO
IT?
>> IT'S JUST THIS EXCLUSIVE
MENU THAT YOU ONLY GET IF YOU
KNOW ABOUT IT AHEAD IN ADVANCE,
AND YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE THE
TICKETS IN ADVANCE BECAUSE THEY
GO QUICK, BUT FOR SPECIALCUTS
OF THE BEEF, THE FAT AND THE
NUTRITION, WHATEVER, IT PAIRS
PERFECTLY WHEN IT COMES WITH A
PERFECT WINE, AND THIS IS WHERE
THEY COME IN, WITH THEIR
EXPERTISE, WITH OUR CHEFS, WITH
OUR EXECUTIVE CHEFS, AND THEY
KNOW EXACTLY WHICH WINE, IF
IT'S TOO STRONG, IT'S GOING TO
KILL IT.
THIS GOES PERFECT.
>> HOW DOES THIS ALL WORK WHEN
IT COMES TO SETTLING A WINE FOR
A PAIRIN
>> IT'S NOT EASY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK IT'S A
NATURAL PAIR, BUT TO DO THE
RIGHT PAIRING, IT'S NOT ALWAYS
EASY SO, WE'RE PICKING TODAY
THE CABERNET SAUVIGNON FROM
NAPA VALLEY STAGS LEAP WINERY,
WHICH HAS CABERNET, MALBEC AND
CAB BURY ANYWAY FRANC.
WE HAVE ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR
WINES IN THE U.S. PAIRING ONE
OF THE MOST POPULAR DISHES IN
THE U.S., SO A LOT OF BLACK
FRUIT COMES INTO THIS WINE,
LIKE BLACKBERRIES, BUT ALSO
SPICES, DEFINITE SOME CHOCOLATE
COMING THROUGH ALSO.
RIGHT AMOUNT OF TANENS, WHICH
MEANS WE USED THE OAK PROPERLY.
THE TANENS SHOULD BE A NICE
ADDITION, A COMPLEMENT TO THE
WINE AND NOT THE CENTERPIECE,
SO IF YOU TRY IT, IT'S AMAZING.
IF YOU PAIR IT WITH THE RIGHT
DISH, IT'S QUITE A UNIQUE
EXPERIENCE.
>> HUGO AND OMAR, CHEERS TO YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE YOU OVER
HERE ON THIS SIDE OF THE POND
WHILE WE MIKE GRATE OVER ON
THIS SIDE.
LORRI, WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
>> SO WHAT WE HAVE OVER HERE
ARE REGULAR ITEMS THAT YOU CAN
GET EVERY SINGLE DAY AT
DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS AROUND
HOUSTON, BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW
THEY'RE AVAILABLE, THEY'RE NOT
ON THE MENU, AND YOU HAVE TO
ASK FOR THEM SPECIFICALLY.
SO THIS PARTICULASAUCE TRIO,
AMERICAS AND WHICH CHURASCO,
THEY'RE KNOWN FOR MAKING IT
SUPER SPICY, SO YOU HAVE TO ASK
FOR THE HABANERO TRIO, AND
DAVID WAS SO FUNNY THIS MORNING
WHEN HE BROUGHT THIS OVER.
WE CAN TRY THESE TWO WITH THEIR
FAMOUS PLANTAINS.
HE SAID DO NOT.
JUST DON'T.
YOU WILL HURT THIS.
>> WHY DID THEY BRING IT OUT
THEN?
>> BECAUSE THERE MAY BE WHO CAN
HANDLE THE SPICE.
>> YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GOING TO
DO A TINY TASTE HERE.
SERIOUSL
>> OH, YOU JUST MADE KNEE
NERVOUS.
I JUST ADD TO CRACK MY KNUCKLE.
>> SO FAR, IT'S ACTUALLY OKAY,
BUT IS IT THE KIND OF HEAT THAT
SETS IN AND BURNS YOUR TONGUE
AFTER THE SHOW?
IF I STOP SPEAKING, YOU'LL
KNOW--
>> YOU STOPPED.
OKAY
>> IT'S NOT SO BAD.
>> HE EVEN WROTE A NOTE, AND IT
SCARED ME.
SO WHAT WE HAVE OVER HERE IS
THE BAR BURGER AT PAST
AMERICANA.
YOU CAN GET IT AT PAXTON, BUT
YOU HAVE TO BESITTING AT THE
BAR.
THEY WILL NOT SERVE IT TO YOU
AT THE RESTAURAN
IT'S THE BAR BURGER, AND IT'S
TWO PATTIES WITHAMAZING
CHEESE, THEY'RE HOMEMADE BUN
AND THEIR HOMEMADE ONION JAM.
IT'S INCREDIBLE.
IT'S THE PERFECT BURGER
>> MY HIDDEN MENU TIP IS ANIMAL
STYLE AT IN AND OUT IF YOU GO
THROUGH THE DRIVE-THROUGH AND
GET A BURGER.