7/3/06

Granola bar
Diet Dr. Pepper

Veggie Delight from Subway (In LA you can get avocado with this)
Leftover black bean soup
Diet Dr. Pepper

6SDC, The Big Swing Dinner, wherein an amateur chef, v.Danger, attempts dishes from Mr. Keller's French Laundry menu:

Canape
Yukon Gold Potato Blini with Roasted Sweet Pepper Caviar

First Course
Salad of Haricots Verts and Tomato Tartare

Second Course
Black Cod with Sweet Parsnips, Arrowleaf Spinach, and Saffron-Vanilla Sauce

Cheese Course
Brie, Polder Blac, Vermont Raw Cheddar on baguette and crackers

Dessert
Frozen Berries with Ice Cream

Drinks
2 Poinsettia Blossoms (ala SC)
Several white wines


Everything was as delicious and sophisticated as it sounds. For one of these dishes, Danger had to boil mussels for broth purposes only. In his wisdom, he served the cooked mussels to us as we waited between courses. I ate 98% of these mussels. SC, a gentleman, moved some of my mussel shells onto his plate to help me avoid looking foolish, which of course in the end was unavoidable as I was heavily intoxicated.