Speak Easy Underground dinner

Going to Louisville on business and pleasure. Ethan and Sarah are doing an underground dinner and will lend them a hand in doing so. Afterward a business meeting w/ Todd Blue to open a restaurant at the former Primo space. Don't know what to make out of it but we will see.

Here is the menu for Monday.
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090314/SCENE02/903140444/1044

so-so, SO over it!!!

I'm just over this burger craze. Geez just because the economy sucks we are relished to eating burgers again? I'm mean there are so many ingredients in the same price point as burgers. Look at rabbit, oxtails, periwinkles. I mean damn as soon as something goes wrong in the world we are gonna end up with burgers.

And the absolute worst is the mini burger. Now Burger King is in the act. I honestly believe that they are so ashamed to sell this stuff they result to using sex to sell their items. If the burger was that good they would just put it on the screen and say here is the best damn burger ever. But no. They hide behind lusty women and a giant head pot smokin' jackass runnin' around staring at people. Mini-mini-mini...
Kiss my ass!
When are people going to get over it. I don't even see why people are against cloning. Restaurants are just copying off each other and I am feed up.

Here is my top 5 list of menu items I hate the most:
5. Deviled Eggs for more than 3 bucks You can buy 4 carton off eggs for what some people are charging
4. Hummus, anything on a stick and anything on a Chinese spoon
3. Shrimp & Grits WHATEVER! Except for maybe Watershed
2. Burgers in many shapes and sizes
1. Crabcakes I hate it, hate, it ,hate it!

Honorable mention
5. Truffle oil without any pieces of truffle in sight
4. Food served out of season
3. the term farm to table... where the hell else does the food come from
Out of thin air to table
2. The term chef... WTF how are you chef if you're not in the freakin' kitchen
1. People who say they hate molecular gastronomy but eat ketchup and mayonnaise
Please read the fuckin' label xanthum gum, ester of wood rosin (ester means formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water) etc, etc,etc

Cliff Lede Wine Dinner High Museum Atlanta

Wine Dinner Menu
Reception
Blue Crab & Yukon Potato Croquette
watercress, aioli, caviar, potato crisp

Cliff Lede Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc 2007

Cured Salmon Sashimi
avocado, candied ginger, soy grapefruit emulsion, salmon roe

Cliff Lede Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc 2007

Breast of Duck
porcini ravioli, white asparagus
merlot chocolate sauce, meyer lemon sabayon

Lapostolle Cuvee Alexandre Merlot (1999, 2001, 2003)
Apalta Vineyards, Colchagua

Lamb Loin & Sweetbreads
rutabaga puree, caramelized brussels sprouts, pecans, mint gelee, lamb jus

Cliff Lede Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon, Stags Leap District 2006

Grilled Whippoorwill Farm Rib-Eye Loin
truffle tatter-tots, red wine braised carrots
peas & their tendrils, torpedo onion sauce

Lapostolle Clos Apalta, Apalta Vineyards, Colchagua 2005
and Cliff Lede Vineyards "Poetry" Stags Leap District 2005

Blueberry Short-Stack
maple syrup, whipped bacon butter

Counter Culture Coffee Service


Cliff Lede Vineyards
All sixty beautiful acres of Cliff Lede Vineyards reflect a dedication to exceptional quality and gracious hospitality. The independently owned winery boasts two handcrafted Stags Leap District wine brands, a museum-level art gallery and an exclusive luxury inn, making it the ideal wine country destination for those who appreciate life’s finer things.

Casa Lapostolle
Casa Lapostolle has been founded by the Marnier Lapostolle family from France and the Rabat family from Chile in 1994, through Alexandra Marnier Lapostolle, her husband Cyril de Bournet and Don José Rabat Gorchs. Today, Casa Lapostolle is 100% owned by the Marnier-Lapostolle group. The Marnier Lapostolle family, founders and owners of the world-renowned liqueur Grand Marnier, are known for producing spirits and liqueurs, but the family has been also involved in winemaking for generations. Originally winegrowers in the Loire Valley, the Marnier Lapostolle continue this vintner tradition today as owners of Chateau de Sancerre.