Christmas Dinner at the Symbouras Place

[Larissa]

Arugula, spinach and blueberry salad with blood orange vinaigrette.



Bay scallops with star anise and caper cream sauce and heather and sweet orange cream sauce.



Sweetened mango, soy pudding, sesame oil and bonito flakes.



Pheasant, shallot, and apple cider fried in a tempura batter served on a smoking evergreen branch.



Pear liqueur with carbonated blueberries.



Chocolate, mocha, and chicory served with confectionary sugar, sour cream and lime juice shavings.



Frozen blueberry cheesecake.

[MakinTheBestOfIt]

Wow!  What a spread!  Better than you could get in the best restaurants. 

[Larissa]

Yeah, he was channeling the chef at Alinea, a molecular gastronomy wizard in Chicago.  2 or 3 of the recipes were actually that chef's except E had to wing them because he hasn't got the books.  So he knew the ingredients but had to gauge amounts for himself.  He's freakin' amazing, my husband.

[Colette]

Wow! these look wonderful! I am sure you had a wonderful time 

[dahlish]

Looks fantastic!

[Chainmaille By MBOI]

I wasn't invited again!!!!!!!!!!

[trusk4u]

I think we should all go to their house next year! PARTY!!!

[Larissa]

That'd be so fun!