Some pleasant surprises came my way right about VDay - a fantastic box of baklava courtesy of Mina Yamashita (foodie and author):
And one of my servers and her friend (Annette and Shawna) brought me a plate of Valentine's cookies. Annette's father was a baker in Germany so her treats are always delicious:
And this was our knockout super mega success of VD week - a non-chocolate cake. Two layers of hazelnut dacquoise, vanilla bavaroise, creme fraiche panna cotta and fresh strawberries. If there's interest I'll happily post the recipe.
As for me - well, I'm wrapping up a couple of chocolate sculptures and preparing for the eGullet Chocolate and Confections Conference - hope to see some of you there in DC!
Curious Kumquat
Nice looking cake Rob. I really wish I could attend the conference but it's not going to happen. I can't get away from work this time of year. It's hockey tournament time and the restaurants and hotels get slammed hard. We just wrapped up a 6 day kid's tournament yesterday and a 7 day men's tournament is just around the corner with a smaller women's tournament immediately following that one. That wraps up and kicks off tourist season soon after. My only hope for escape is october - january. Sounds like it will be a good time though.
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ReplyDeleteThanks guys. Cherri - you've seen how my life has changed over the past few years. I rarely do less than 70 hour weeks these days with the restaurant and the work is paying off - we're considered the top restaurant in the state by most food writers. The consequence is that I can't update here as often. But I have some cool stuff coming up in the next day or so...
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