"Bacon is the candy of meat."

Friday, March 2, 2007

Totally Hypothetical Question

If anyone is actually reading this, please weigh in on the following very important query:

If you had to choose an entree on the basis of the side dish, and the side dishes were gorgonzola "tater tots" with bacon-studded spinach, or foie gras bread pudding with pancetta-wrapped asparagus, which would you pick?

Not that it's really required, but it seems likely that these are the leading contenders on the menu.

UPDATE:
Well, the food was a good as it sounded. We started with a cocktail (this followed the leisurely downing of a bottle of Pinot Grigio and numerous gossip magazines) -- I had a blood orange Cosmopolitan that was fantastic, and also pretty. For dinner, I went with the tuna tartare, which was wonderful -- very meaty and flavorful with plenty of ginger and cilantro, plus wasabi sauce on the plate. For the entree I just could not turn down the promise of foie gras bread pudding, which tasted heavenly, though it was so rich that I couldn't begin to finish it all. The duck breast was very nice, and though there was a dried cherry sauce, not sweet at all. Pancetta-wrapped asparagus gave me my daily bacon requirement. Meg was good enough to share her gorgonzola tater tots, which were basically the Platonic ideal of potato croquette. Must try making those some time.

By the time dessert rolled around, all I could manage was a latte to try to cut through the massive amounts of alcohol (by this point, we'd also managed to put away a bottle of Zin) and tastes of Meg's chocolate beignets and Pam's warm chocolate cake.

8 comments:

Dad said...

The tater tots, without a doubt. Foie gras bread pudding sounds like something that might come out of a jar of Gerber's. How about the lobster mac and cheese, or the pork chop, both sound tremendous.

katherine catmull said...

I am also going with the tater tota, albeit rather sheepishly, as I am sure the others are brilliant (although I share the other commenter's alarm about the foie gras bread pudding); only just the words "tater tots" and "gorgonzola" are both so pleasing and look so well together.

katherine catmull said...

meant to say that that katherine is me, katecat, btw

Megan said...

I got the tater tots with gorgonzola. They were divine.

kayo said...

As if there could be any contest. Tater tots rule.

Foie gras does seem too similar in consistency to bread pudding. Now, bacon bread pudding with foie gras on the side...

kayo said...

Whoops, the second Katherine is kayo.

lmc said...
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lmc said...

i would absolutely go with the tater tots. steak, bacon, spinach,gorgonzola, tater tots! no question.