On November 6th, I went with friends to Tokyo to the New Sanno Hotel to attend the Harvest Moon Escoffier Dinner. It was fun and fancy and the food was absolutely delicious! Each course came with its own wine pairing, which certainly improved the mood. My only complaint is now that I'm hooked, the dinners are booked until the end of this school year. Here we are all dressed up before going into the dining room.
And seated...
Our first course which was Lobster Terrine paired with tarragon mayonnaise. Accompanied by a Foie Gras mousse and diced port jelly. The Foie Gras was a bit too much like eating a forkful of butter, but everything else was great. We had an Italian Pinot Grigio with this appetizer.
I forgot to take a picture of the Pumpkin Bisque soup which was next on the menu...Below is the Fillet of Rouget served with a mustard champagne sauce and garnished with lobster risotto and broccoli flourettes. It was served with a Fume Blanc.
This is the breast of pheasant filled with lobster and morel mushrooms. It included grilled polenta (which isn't fantastic) and asparagus. The wine served with this course was a Meritage.
Here is the apple sorbet...and of course I forgot to take pictures of the main entree and the salad. Hey, take it easy I was about 8 glasses of wine into dinner at this point...you're lucky I remembered this much! I will tell you about them anyway. The entree was lobster stuffed filet of beef with madeira wine sauce and garnished with a wild rice croquette and creamed spinach. The salad was also phenomenal...grilled lobster atop baby greens lightly coated with shaved parmesan cheese. It had an apple vinaigrette with a fig baguette on the side. It was served with a Cabernet Sauvignon. Mmmmm!
And for the finale...Apple tart tatin with cinnamon ice cream and a calvados truffle tart. Topped off with a Champagne. Yep...it was delicious!
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