January 01, 2008
new year's eve dinner party: the francophone world
We were lucky enough to be invited to tag along to a fabulous dinner party thrown by friends of friends on New Year's Eve. They managed a fully-plated, multicourse dinner for 20, incorporating dishes from all over the french-speaking world, including both fish and lamb chops that were cooked *perfectly*.
I was impressed. And very well fed. Here are pictures:
brik of chicken, charmoula and egg, with homemade harissa
amuse bouches: cherry tomato with feta, potato with truffled foie gras, creme fraiche and caviar
vietnamese crab and asparagus soup (in an exquisitely subtle pork/ginger broth)
sea bass in madagascar spices, with cucumber-onion salad
palate cleanser of mango and grapefruit granitas
gorgeous lamb chop in homemade demiglace, with wok-fried green beans and a phyllo package of lobster, chanterelles & nuts, in a red-wine-cream sort of sauce. purported to be quebecois; delicious no matter where it's from.
cool rice salad with chevre, sun-dried tomatoes, yellow peppers and scallion
cheese plate, including dried cherries, date paste and home-candied grapefruit peel
chocolate gateau and gelee of champagne with winter citrus fruit
Posted by foodnerd at January 1, 2008 08:42 PM