Valentine's Day- Part II

My VDay surprise seven course meal was off to a rough start when my valentine took this little creature out of an ice-cube filled bag. I wont lie, I was a little speculative, but I trusted him (after all, he is a professional chef). As he cooked, and stirred, and fried, and chopped, I sat waiting in the living room, waiting for the so-longed-for first dish.

Plat Un: It was delishious: orange and jicama slices with thin onion slices sprinkled with paprika and lime (so good). It was so fresh and reminded me of street fruit from my Chicago neighborhood. Unfortunately, I didnt record this plate...I guess I was too excited and probably too hungry to document this. To substitute, I give you a picture of the wonderful dinner setup (yes, with flowers) and the amazing wine.

Plat Deux: As the chef put it "Its a classic with a twist, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised". Fried corn cakes topped with cheddar cheese and bacon. I love his corn cakes.

Plat Trois: Slices of whole grain baguette topped with tomatoe and garlic on a lemon sauce and (my favorite)with parsley and lemon pieces with drizzled bacon fat. This is probably my favorite dish of all, and I think because it surprised me the most. I have terrible sense of what things taste like (in case you didnt know) and when I bit into the parsley and lemon slice, I could swear I tasted chicharrones...and I was right (somewhat)!

Plat Quatre: What a themed dish, dont you think? This is whole cooked shrimp with jalapeno and onion. This plate was meaningful because he got the recipie from Super Pan's Hector Santiago, one of my favorite chefs in town. So thoughtful, but I was still a little perturbed (the shrimp had eyes).

Plat Cinq: The last of the main courses, a golden piece of chicken on a delishious pan sauce with a parsley branch. Soooo good.

Plat Six: Orange candy on vanilla pudding! My valentine made the orange candy from the left over peel from the very first dish, and cooked it with sugar. Sustainable cooking :)

Plat Sept: Finally the last dish of the night. The bowl was actually full of home-made dark chocolate dipped strawberries, but again, I forgot about taking pictures and dug right in. GD apologized saying it was such a cliché dish, but I loved every part of it.

In conclusion, he is the best. I loved every dish and waiting was so worth it, but the best part of all was all the though he put into giving each dish a meaning to a small piece of our lives...ok enough of that. (Best Valentine's Day ever)