chefdaddy

Pretty great weekend. Yesterday I was off and we all went sledding along with TreeThingBlue and his daughter and the babysitter and her two kids. It was about 25 degrees and sunny. The girls lasted about three hours which was pretty amazing. We took the babysitters eldest home and had lunch and hung out.



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After a chill we took the girls to my mom's for the night. We ate ate a very nice local sourced food restaurant here in town. Our server ended up being I guy I had worked with before so we had a fun time. The wife was entranced by the description of the 8 course tasting and so that is what we had. I love doing tastings but the wife had never had one before. By the end the look of glee twisted together with agony as yet another course was set before her was priceless. Actually it was two hundred dollars with drinks and that was without the optional wine pairings with each course which would have doubled it. It was very cool although I had to eat two kinds of foam.
1. Hamachi - It was a little stack of raw fish and guacamole and some foam.

2. Nested egg - poached egg rolled in a wonton with field greens and several little sauce dots. Very cool

3. Carrot Veloute - The wife had a tamarind glazed scallop in it mine had polenta cake the soup was finished with maple syrup and chai foam

4. House Andouille with root veg and caramelized onion puree. Awesome dish.

5. Beef Cheeks with cous cous - Sous Vide beef cheeks in thin slices with cous cous and a couple little sauces.

6. Braised Lamb Shank - with a gremolata and turnips. Easily my favorite.

7. Flash Fried Pound Cake - yep with powdered blueberries and cranberry chunks

8. Peanut butter chocolate ice cream sandwich with chocolate sauce and peanut brittle.

Fun time good food and cocktails. Then we got the UFC fight. First female UFC fight ever. Great fight, really a great card all around. Great night cap. Slept in had some breakfast and some more lovin. Now I am thinking about what to make for dinner. Have fun SG.