Dinner at David's :)
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thoreauIn pure David fashion, after I'd been asked to surprise him and thought all afternoon of lovely dishes including many of ya'lls answers to the poll I posted earlier, he called about 530pm as I walking out the door, "I'd like porkchops!" LOL!
So, after bearing the brunt of an accident on southbound 101 - (stop and go for 30+ minutes from Octavia to the 280 split) - I finally made it down to David's neighborhood around 645pm. After a brief stop for fresh items and meats we arrived at David's home, Kateydog's Country Estate, about 7:15.
David was busy putting together his new dining room chairs (lovely pine butterfly chairs) so I got right to work with dinner. I made an appetizer of mushrooms stuffed with crabmeat and asiago which I put under the broiler and served it sizzling with a ice cold carrot/fennel/pear/apple salad. I made stuffed porkloin chops with a stuffing of breadcrumbs, apples, slivered almonds and (of course) craisins with a side of steamed green beans. The pork turned out magnificently, the stuffed mushrooms were the tiniest bit too salty.
(damn crab! *shakes fists at sky*)
Then we enjoyed a slice of double chocolate chocolate cake from Prolific Oven - David's favorite bakery in Palo Alto. It was the perfect choice - as we had both stuffed ourselves on dinner. We had a lovely Muscat wine with everything that was perfection. Now we're settling in post-birthday-dinner comas - reading and enjoying a fire. :)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID!
So, after bearing the brunt of an accident on southbound 101 - (stop and go for 30+ minutes from Octavia to the 280 split) - I finally made it down to David's neighborhood around 645pm. After a brief stop for fresh items and meats we arrived at David's home, Kateydog's Country Estate, about 7:15.
David was busy putting together his new dining room chairs (lovely pine butterfly chairs) so I got right to work with dinner. I made an appetizer of mushrooms stuffed with crabmeat and asiago which I put under the broiler and served it sizzling with a ice cold carrot/fennel/pear/apple salad. I made stuffed porkloin chops with a stuffing of breadcrumbs, apples, slivered almonds and (of course) craisins with a side of steamed green beans. The pork turned out magnificently, the stuffed mushrooms were the tiniest bit too salty.
(damn crab! *shakes fists at sky*)
Then we enjoyed a slice of double chocolate chocolate cake from Prolific Oven - David's favorite bakery in Palo Alto. It was the perfect choice - as we had both stuffed ourselves on dinner. We had a lovely Muscat wine with everything that was perfection. Now we're settling in post-birthday-dinner comas - reading and enjoying a fire. :)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID!
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Date: 2008-12-17 05:09 am (UTC)(giggling about the 'no pork dishes' comment I made!)
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Date: 2008-12-17 05:39 am (UTC)Happy Birthday to David!
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Date: 2008-12-17 10:31 am (UTC)I don't even KNOW what Asiago is, but mushrooms stuffed with it, and crab meat sound DIVINE! :-)
Mmmmm....
And of course, a Happy Birthday *hug* from Down Under for David! xxx
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