The evening started out with some cheese and toasts... some cheese was stinky, I didn't care for it, but the rest of the crowd sure did :)
this year I whipped out the welcome cocktail... a cranberry-orange gold flecked martini...
eventually we sat down to dinner, almost everyone had a lobster trio to start. From left to right, lobster and avocado tacos, lobster mac and cheese,and lobster croquettes with sun-dried tomato sauce and deep fried capers... fried capers are deliciously salty :)
I had avocado and tomato tacos on greens with a sprinkle of fried capers...
for main 6 mushroom and truffle stuffed chicken breasts on a puree of Jerusalem artichoke, roasted salsify and asparagus... with a drizzle of red wine port reduction...
1 halibut with sun-dried tomato paste and the same veggies as above
for moi veggies as above, soy marinated oven roasted sweet potato, and miso-chili marinated tofu cube
then a finale of sticky toffee pudding with an injection of bourbon for those who wished it, whipped cream, and a brûléed fig...
for moi a few more brûléed figs on top of a almond-poppy seed paste that my mom made for Christmas dinner...
as always food was outstanding, as was the company... Jay is already contemplating dinner for next year :)
