Four Course Dinner on a Wednesday!

I finally decided to break out the camera phone to show everyone what one of my standard four course meals looks like. During this block (which ends next week) I will receive  a participation grade for attending the catering and banquet dinner (will count towards my product knowledge class). Almost every night I am in line at 5 p.m. (no longer 4:30 as we figured out you can make reservations!) and seated at a round table with six place settings. The meal is different each night and there have been some fabulous and some not so fabulous meals. Tonight's meal was good so I decided to capture it in pictures and post for everyone to see. Take a look at the slideshow on the right side of the blog to see the other courses besides the main entree posted with this text. 

 

In honor of St. Patrick's day we started off with a cooked shrimp with cabbage and a potato, leek sauce, with a parsley sauce (that is the parsley sauce shaped like a shamrock). The amuse was ok and the cabbage had a nice caraway flavor to it to start off with.

 

The second course included a crostini with black olive tampenade, tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, hand made salami, micro greens, prosciutto, and balsamic vinegar along with olive oil drizzled on the plate. I felt like I was back in Tuscany! The salty olives with the tomatoes, sweet balsamic and salty salami...mmmmm delicious! 

The entree included a perfectly roasted Cornish game hen (a fancy chicken). I must say it was cooked perfectly and was moist and delicious served along side roasted brussels sprouts, pearl onions, and a muffin shaped serving of mac and cheese. All with a pan sauce from the chicken along the side of the plate. The chicken was excellent and if I wasn't in a dining room with a white table cloth in front of classmates, I would have picked up the bones and finished it like Fred Flintstone.....but I refrained. 

I finished off the meal with a few bites of the dark chocolate cream pot (fancy chocolate pudding) and a cappuccino. All in all a pretty good 4 course meal for your average Wednesday night!