So we all know that I passed my boards. Boring story by now. I can't remember if I mentioned the drunken bet that I made or not, but am too lazy to go back and read through the posts. I will therefore tell (or retell) it now. The night after I got back, we went over to our friends the Crowleys house and I went with the purpose of tying one on. Which I promptly did and then drunkcnly obsessed about the test. At some juncture, after everyone probably repeatedly telling me there was no way I had failed, I made a bet which stated that if I passed, I had to take everyone out to dinner (total 6 people). If I failed, they had to take me out to dinner. It's not clear if that included a total of 5 dinners or not, the details were pretty fuzzy.
In good sport, I planned to make good on my bet. However taking 6 people out to dinner in NYC is definitely not something in the budget. So instead I had a dinner party. The theme was Balthazar restaurant, a NYC West Village staple. I have their cookbook and it's mostly classic French food. The menu was obsessively planned out, with each course having a recipe from the cookbook, as well the procurement of all of the ingredients and wine pairings. And most importantly, no kids. I think all in all it was a debt well repaid.
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| Ellie D helping me roll out the crusts for the tarlets |
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| Mr. D helping by just being cute |
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| The menu |
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| First course: Steak tartare frico napolean |
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The ladies at the table
Unfortunately we were so caught up in the evening that I forgot to take a picture of the second course. |
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| Stuffed saddle of lamb with gruyere polenta and fennel confit |
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| Camembert profiteroles with fig sauce and homemade chocolate truffles |
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