Yes, ladies and gentlemen Chefs, here I am again. This time with a rare pic of my trusty lead line cook, Luis. We are responsible for making breakfast, lunch, and dinner for our retreat center guests 7 days a week, but about once a month we are called to create a 4 course “fancy” dinner for some big-wig donor or other important people. This meal was 4 courses: roasted beet salad with goat cheese, apple matchsticks, and champagne vinaigrette. Duck confit spring rolls with crispy rice noodles and umeboshi/fig gastrique. Port braised short rib with brown butter whipped potatoes and garlic sautéed spinach, and port demiglze. Lychee panna cotta with buckle berry coulis for dessert.
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You know, I had a pretty decent pizza tonight, and was totally happy with my life choices, then you came along.
(That looks seriously beautiful. Am now considering going on a religious retreat until I find your food.)
The color on your onion rings is killing me softly.
Those spring rolls 😍
What kind of apple for the Beet Salad? Also what’s that sprinkled on it? Juniper?
From one old lady to another, nicely done.
And Luis sure is one sexy beast.
That’s my kind of stuff. Simple dishes elevated but nowhere near pretentious. Great looking dishes.
Give em hell, chef! Nice work.
Looks heavenly! I’ll need to try this next time I’m down there.
Damn I wanna dip one of those onion rings in that sauce right now.
Looks delicious, great job
THAT SALAD. 🤌🤌🤌
God knows I still love a candied nut with goat cheese but beets and apples are an unbeatable combination!!
Did this come with wine pairings?
Gorgeous.
Everything looks amazing, but those spring rolls sound divine.
Sounds fantastic. The plates were beautiful.
Oxidation on the apples.
Curious about your Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner menus as well. And are you in there 7 days a week, or is the load light enough for 1 on “slow” days?
Always amazing!!
I’d pay (a lot) extra for some lychee panna cotta. Everything looks amazing, Chef!
Sounds excellent chef. Nicely done
That first pic is like what I dream about eating all the time. Onion rings that are perfect are great. Then meat gravy mash and spinnys
Marvelous. I’d eat the whole thing.