17th Dinner Club: Asian Fusion Menu & Recipes

13-Sep-2005

Friday night M2 got her first chance to host the cooking club and she did a beautiful job! Our theme for the night was Asian Fusion. As we’ve seen with other menus some ingredients seem to keep popping up throughout the offerings – more on that in the summary! Here’s what everyone contributed:

Appetizer: Crab Lemongrass Tartlets
Cocktail: Cucumber, Ginger and Sake Sangria
Salad: Arugula Salad with Lemongrass Vinaigrette and Goat Cheese
Main: Grilled Halibut wit Cilantro-Lime Butter from "Pacific Northwest Palate: Four Seasons of Great Cooking"
Side: Crazy Coconut Noodle Toss from "Chopstix"
Dessert: East-West Ginger Cake with Cardamon Cream

17th Dinner Club: Asian Fusion Summary

4 Comments

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13-Sep-2005 11:54 pm

CuFoo:The topic of your post is Asian Food Menus. Then, at the bottom of the post, you include a photo of a cat.Do I really need to say it?Sal
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14-Sep-2005 5:34 am

Ohhh… Poor planning on my part! :-) M2 would NOT be happy to hear that her little (that\’s a figurative term – this is one big cat!) Dylan might be considered part of our recipes. However, he was a great accompaniment as he hung out with us all night…. ~ B
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14-Sep-2005 4:08 pm

Nice post Brenda. What a yummy dinner that was!I was excited to see Dylan\’s pic–this is his first debut on the web…
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15-Sep-2005 6:22 am

He\’s such a pretty boy that he should have his picture all over the place! :-) ~ B